WWII: Crash Course World History #38

It's hard to say when WWII started, but the invasion on Poland marked the beginning of the war in Europe on what date?

• DEC 7, 1941
• SEP 1, 1939
• MAY 8, 1945
• JUN 6, 1944

What year did Adolf Hitler come to power in Germany?

• 1929
• 1930
• 1933
• 1945

Hitler was able to convince Germans to support him because he promised...

• to improve the economy
• to restore Germany to its former glory
• to rebuild the German military
• all of the above

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"Keep Calm and Carry On" was a poster developed to...

• encourage the British to buy more British made goods
• encourage the British to buy more cupcakes
• encourage the British in the face of frequent German bombardments
• encourage the British to retaliate against the Axis forces

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In 1941, the Germans broke the Non-Aggression Pact they had formed with...

• Russia
• Japan
• Italy
• Canada

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The Allied forces are comprised of which of the following countries...

• Britain, Japan, the United States
• Britain, Russia, the United States
• Germany, Russia, Italy
• Britain, Russia, Switzerland

The Axis forces were primarily formed of...

• Germany, Russia, Italy
• Germany, Canada, Italy
• Germany, Japan, Italy
• Germany, Japan, China

"A day that will live in infamy" refers to

• the bombing of Berlin
• the bombing of Hiroshima
• the bombing of London
• the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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The beginning of the end for Germany was which of the following battles?

• D-Day
• Stalingrad
• Britain
• Midway

May 8, 1945 marked an important day in WWII because...

• Hitler committed suicide
• the Japanese surrendered
• the Germans surrendered
• Mussolini was killed