WWII Flashcard 2021

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Hitler and his Nazi Party attracted supporters by preaching German racial superiority.

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True

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What is significant about D-Day?

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It was the Allied invasion of France, the largest land-sea-air operation in army history, and the turning point of the war.

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Where were the atomic bombs dropped? Options: Hiroshima/Nagasaki, China, Tokyokawa, Okinawa

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Hiroshima/Nagasaki

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Why did the US government put thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war?

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They feared that Japanese-Americans were a security threat.

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Which countries had not fallen to Germany when the U.S. entered the war? Options: Great Britain and France, France and Italy, Great Britain and the U.S.S.R., Belgium and the Netherlands

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Great Britain and the U.S.S.R.

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Name the three major countries that formed the alliance known as the Allied Powers.

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Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States

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Who was the US president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on two Japanese cities?

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Harry S. Truman

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Which country did Hitler invade that triggered the all-out conflict in Europe? Options: Spain, Greece, Poland, Great Britain

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Poland

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Name the three countries that formed the alliance known as the Axis powers (it was also known as the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis)

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Japan, Germany, Italy

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What was the policy called that continually gave in to Hitler's demands in order to prevent conflict with Germany?

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policy of appeasement