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1
Who was the Allied commander of Europe?
Eisenhower
Goring
Montgomery
Rommel
2
What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?
Sinking of the Lusitania
Bombing of London
Bombing of Washington DC
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
3
World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
France
4
What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Iwo Jima
5
Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?
Lack of food and water
Radiation Poisoning
Severe injuries
Burns
6
The leader of Russia during WW2:
Churchill
Roosevelt
Tojo
Stalin
7
Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?
11 million
6 million
5 million
1.5 million
8
The Axis Powers of WW2 included:
Germany, Italy, Japan
Germany, Japan, Ottoman Empire
Germany, Japan, France
Germany, Italy, US
9
The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Tojo
10
Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?
Amphibious assault
Atomic bombings
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Prolonged aerial bombings
11
What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?
Churchill
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
12
Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?
6 million
5 million
3 million
11 million
13
The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?
Germany and Japan
US and USSR
USSR and China
US and China
14
What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?
Sent them to Internment Camps
Sent them to fight in Europe
Nothing
Sent them back to Japan
15
The leader of the US for most of WW2:
Churchill
Stalin
Tojo
Roosevelt
16
The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:
Mussolini
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
17
Allied invasion of Normandy, France:
Okinawa
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
B-Day
18
How did WWII end?
US surrendered on the USS Missouri
Japan signed a peace treaty on the USS Missouri
Japan surrenedered on the USS Bowfin
Japan surrenedered on USS Arizona
19
Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?
US
Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
20
On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?
Nagasaki
Berlin
Tokyo
Hiroshima
21
The Allied Powers included:
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Japan
Great Britain, Japan, US
Great Britain, US, Italy
Great Britain, Soviet Union, US
22
US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.
Fire Bombing
Blitzkreig
Island Hopping
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
23
The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?
Little Man and Fat Boy
Enola Gay and Little Boy
Alfred and Big John
Fat Man and Little Boy
24
What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?
US
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
25
What was the Holocaust?
The catastrophe
All of these
The final solution to the Jewish problem
The attempted extermination of the Jews by Germany
26
The leader of Italy during WW2:
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hirohito
27
Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?
Supplies Act
Buy-Sell Act
Non-aggression pact
Lend-Lease Act
28
After which battle was the following photo taken?
Okinawa
Hiroshima
Iwo Jima
Midway
29
Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Britain
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What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
Battle of Normandy