WWII Test Review (Part II)

Italy invaded ____________________in 1935.

• Indonesia

• Ethiopia

• Egypt

What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

• A deal that split Poland between the two nations and an agreement not to fight each other.

• A treaty deal to trade food and oil.

• An agreement to support Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria and eastern China demonstrated

• the Japanese desire to destroy and pillage.

• connections between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

• an inability of the League of Nations to stop aggression.

The German style of warfare combining tanks, airplanes, and infantry and a very mobile and fast attacks is known as

• Blitzwiesse.

• Schnitzenkriegel.

• Blitzkrieg.

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

• They wanted Hitler to notice them

• They wanted to destroy the US naval fleet in the Pacific

• They were retaliating from an attack the US launched against them in 1939

The United States decided to defeat Hitler before dealing with Japan partly because

• Germany was considered a greater threat to the world.

• Germany had declared war on Japan.

• Germany had attacked the U.S. first not Japan.

Name of the town where 340,000 British troops were rescued by mostly civilian naval vessels

• Normandy

• Bastogne

• Dunkirk

What was the nickname of Operation Overlord?

• Battle of the Bulge

• Pearl Harbor

• D-Day

What was D-Day?

• The day the Nazis invaded Poland

• The day Hitler surrendered

• The Allied invasion of Europe

Why was D-Day important?

• It was the first time a nuclear weapon was used in warfare

• The Nazis surrendered after the defeat

• It opened a second front which forced Hitler to fight a two front war