Early WW2 Flashcard

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Which of these was the Invasion of France and the largest land and sea military effort in history? Options: Operation Torch, Operation Barbarossa, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge

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D-Day

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Which of these is true about the ends of WW1 and WW2? Options: WW2 ended in the an unconditional surrender by Germany, WW2 ended in an armistice, WW1 ended in an unconditional surrender by Germany, The Allies beat the Russians to Berlin

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WW2 ended in the an unconditional surrender by Germany

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What was Hitler's last offensive of WW2? Options: D-Day, Operation Barbarossa, Operation Torch, Battle of the Bulge

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Battle of the Bulge

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Which of these are reasons Operation Barbarossa failed? The Soviets had the largest army in the world, The Soviets Scorched Earth policy, The Russian winter, All of the above

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All of the above

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Hitler’s “superior race” were referred to as which of the following: Fascists, Aryans, Slavs, Gypsies

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Aryans

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All of the following are true about the Blitzkrieg EXCEPT: It involved slowly demoralizing the enemy with siege warfare, It involved quickly overwhelming the enemy with air and ground attacks, It was successfully utilized by Germany against France, It was successfully utilized by Germany against Poland

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It involved slowly demoralizing the enemy with siege warfare

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What is the term for giving into an aggressor's demands hoping they will be satisfied and stop taking land?

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Appeasement

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Why did the United States hesitate to become involved in World War II after the Germans invaded Poland?

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Isolationism was popular in the US, and citizens did not want to go to war.

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All of the following are true about Benito Mussolini EXCEPT: He was the leader of the Fascist Party, He censored the newspapers and restricted free speech, He ruled over France during World War II, His secret police were used to attack and scare critics

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He ruled over France during World War II

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Which two nations signed a Nonaggression Pact promising to divide up Poland between them and not attack each other? Options: Italy and Germany, France and Germany, Russia and Germany, Britain and Germany

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Russia and Germany