WWII Quiz

Which event started World War II?

• The signing of the Treaty of Munich, allowing Hitler to take part of Czechloslovakia.

• Hitler forming an alliance with Benito Mussolini.

• Britain and France's appeasement policy

• Germany invading Poland

The U.S.A was officially neutral due to which of the following:

• The Lend-Lease Act

• The Neutrality Acts

• Appeasement of Hitler

• enforcing the Arms Embargo act

After becoming allies with Germany and Italy, Japan sought to....

• invade Manchuria

• make peace with China

• imperialize European countries

• attack America at Iwo Jima

The standoff in negotiations between the United States and Japan involved which of the following:

• the increase in military grade weapons in Japan

• Increased competition between the countries over land in the Pacific

• trading oil and steel for nonaggression in Asia for resources

• the possession of Hawaii

" A date which will live in infamy" was President FDR's description of the....

• Invasion of Normandy

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan

• Kristalnaght

• the surrender of France to Germany

What was the main reason that the Soviet Union became an ally of Britain and the U.S. ?

• they opposed Communism

• they mistrusted Japan

• they needed soldiers of Britain and the U.S.

• they were attacked by Germany in spite of their nonaggression pact

The liberation of Europe from Hitler began with...

• invasion of Normandy on the coast of France

• evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk

• deciphering of German communication codes by British troops

• defense of Britain by the Royal Air Force

Which of the following victories ended the Japanese threat on Hawaii and encouraged additional victories by island hopping?

• Guam

• Iwo Jima

• Midway

• the Philippines

President Truman's main decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was influenced by all of the following reasons except:

• refusal of Japan to surrender

• The Lend-Lease Act

• thousands of American lives already lost in the war

• fear that an invasion of Japan would lead to many more American deaths

Thousands of African American soldiers served bravely in a WWII flight crew known as the

• Nisei Airmen

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Harlem Flyers