10-0 WWII - Review

Which of the following was NOT a reason why the Nazi invasion of Poland was successful?

• The German army was far more advanced than that of the Poles
• British and French forces arrvied to late in Poland to help the Polish army 
• The Soviets attacked eastern Poland after the initial German invasion
• The Polish army was attacked on multiple frons making it impossible to defend

Which of the following was a MAJOR reason why the Maginot Line failed?

• By the time it took to build, the weapons were already obsolete
• It did not take into consideration that the Germans were going to attack from the Mediterranean Sea
• It was not long enough, and the Germans went around it. 
• The French could not station enough troops on the Maginot Line, leaving many spots undefended.

What description below describes what happened at Dunkirk, France in 1940?

• Hundreds of thousands of British and French troops escaped capture by the Nazis
• The French terms of surrender to the Nazis were formally signed
• French resistance fighters assassinated Reinhard Heydrich
• Hitler's invasion of France started in this city

What was the significance of the English victory in the Battle of Britain?

• Hitler was successfully driven from power after his failure here
• General Rommel was replaced by Herman Goering as commander of the Nazi forces in Europe
• Germany was forced to unconditionally surredner to the Allied occupation forces
• German was forced to invade Russia without successfully defeating all his foes in the West

The American invasion of North Africa was known as _____.

• Operation Torch
• Operation Overlord
• Operation Uranus 
• Operation Sea Lion

Why was North Africa & Egypt important in WWII?

• It has enormous supplies of food 
• It has millions of soldiers to be used in European armies
• It has natural resources like coal and iron
• It links to the oil fields of the Middle East

The Allied invasion of Italy led to directly to which of the following events?

• Mussolini was driven from power and Italy surrendered
• Hitler was driven from power and Germany surrendered
• Francisco Franco was driven from power and Spain surrendered
• Stalin was driven from power and the Soviet Union surrendered

The turning point in the war on the Eastern Front was at ______.

• Moscow
• Stalingrad
• Leningrad
• St. Petersburg

The D-Day invasion was the Allied invasion of _____.

• Normandy, France
• Sicily, Italy
• Madrid, Spain
• Berlin, Germany

What was the importance of the D-Day invasion in helping the Allies win the war against Germany?

• It led directly to Hitler surrendering
• It led directly to the capture of Berlin
• It opened up a 2nd Front in Europe
• It wiped out what was left of the German army in Europe