WW2: European Theater

Why did the U.S.A get involved in WW2?

• the Luftwaffe bombed us

• The German's invaded Russia

• The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

• The Japanese invaded Hong Kong

What was one of Germany's most successful military strategies?

• operation Sealion

• invasion via ocean

• air raids

• Blitzkrieg

What is appeasement?

• giving someone more resources than you received through trade

• allowing someone to invade your own country

• giving into the demands of an aggressor to keep peace

• all the above

Which phrase best defines the Holocaust?

• The U.S. Plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

• The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

• The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

• The Japanese military strategy to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers

What was the main purpose of this World War II poster?

• To Persuade citizens to enlist in the armed forces

• To Inform citizens about the wartime dangers facing the nation

• To encourage citizens to volunteer to help support the war

• To notify citizens of mandatory programs for national security

Three countries that became very aggressive in the 1930s and 1940s were…

• Germany, Italy and Soviet Union
• Germany, Italy and France
• Germany, Italy and Japan

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Benito Mussolini led which country during World War II?

• Italy
• Japan
• Soviet Union
• France

Adolph Hitler led which country during World War II?

• France
• Soviet Union
• Germany
• Japan

Who was the leader of the the Soviet Union during WWII?

• Adolf Hitler
• Benito Mussolini
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Joseph Stalin

Where did Hitler take over?

• France
• Poland
• Czechoslovakia
• All of the above