WWII Battles

The Battle of __?__ was a 1942 battle in the Pacific during which American planes sunk four Japanese aircraft carriers.

• Bulge
• Midway
• Britain
• Normandy

Which battle is considered to be the turning point in the Pacific?

• Iwo Jima
• Midway
• Okinawa
• Guadalcanal

Many Japanese Americans were forced to move from Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona to prison camps. What was this called? 

• re-education camps
• concentration camps
• Interment camps
• relocation centers

Who was the primary General of the Pacific Theater?

• Dwight Eisenhower
• FDR
• Harry Truman
• Douglas MacArthur

Why was the Battle of Midway the turning point in the Pacific War?

• Germans never won any battles after it
• U.S. lost its entire fleet
• Japanese never won after it
• U.S. now could launch planes to bomb mainland Japan

Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan because

• He was unaware of the amount of destruction and suffering the bomb would cause
• He hoped to avoid an invasion that would result in massive Allied casualties and firebombing had not yet forced Japan to surrender
• He wanted to punish Japanese civilians for refusing to surrender 
• He hoped to force Hitler to surrender alive

Who was fighting in the battle of Stalingrad?

• Nazis vs American and British forces
• Americans vs Soviets
• British / polish vs Soviets
• Soviets vs Nazi's

What is the most important fact about the battle of Stalingrad?

• Proved that the Germans could indeed lost battles and were not indestructible 
• The battle is considered the turning point in WWII 
• The battle killed on average 3,400 men a day
• After this battle Nazi Germany Surrendered and Hitler committed suicide 

The battle of Stalingrad was the ____________________________ . 

• Bloodiest battle in modern history with over 1,530,000 killed
• largest tank battle in human history with over 70,000 tanks being used by both sides
• Turning point in the pacific theater 
• battle that created a 2nd front in Europe.

The British air forces were called the...

• Royal Air Force (RAF)
• Army Air Corps
• British Air Force
• Luftwaffe