WWII

What caused the U.S. to enter World War II?

• Germany invading Poland
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• France being taken over

What is the largest amphibious assault in world history?

• Invasion of Normandy
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Gudalcanal
• Battle of the Bulge

D-Day was the invasion of what country?

• Italy
• Japan
• France
• Germany

Hitler's Final Solution 

• exterminate all Jews- Genocide 
• make them useful citizens of Germany
• place them in ghettos to live
• experiment on Jews and others 

After the defeat by the Japanese in the Philippines, US soldiers were brutalized in the:

• ritual of Bushido
• Kamikaze Suicide Attacks
• German POW Camps
• Bataan Death March

In August of 1945, U.S. bombers dropped atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of _________ and ____________.

• Tokyo and Osaka
• Nagoya and Yokohama
• Osaka and Kyoto
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

All of the following were members of the Axis powers EXCEPT:

• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• Soviet Union

Why did President Truman choose to drop the atomic bomb?

• protect lives of Japanese citizens.
• save American lives. 
• become a superpower.
• prepare for a U.S. invasion of Japan. 

D-Day was the invasion of what country?

• Italy
• Japan
• France
• Germany

Japanese fighters at the end

• won more and more battles 
• surrendered quickly
• would rather kill themselves than surrender
• where afraid of disease and starvation