WWII

Japan, Germany, and Italy formed an alliance called

• The Allies.

• The Fascist Nexus

• The Final Solution

• The Axis Powers

In 1939 what caused the prime minister of Great Britain to question the success of his policy of appeasement?

• Hitler attacked Norway and Denmark.

• The fall of Poland suggested that Hitler would continue to attack neighboring nations.

• A French resistance movement was well organized by the end of the year.

• German U-boats sank the USS Kearny and the USS Reuben James.

The top-secret program to build an atomic bomb was called the

• Oppenheimer Project.

• Manhattan Project.

• Bracero Program.

• Operation Liberty.

What successful strategy did Roosevelt and Churchill use in the invasion of Sicily?

• An appeal to the Italian people

• An appeal to anti-Italian sentiment

• Massive bombing of major cities

• The killing of massive numbers of civilians to destroy morale

A pilot who loaded his aircraft with bombs and deliberately crashed it into an enemy ship was called a(n)

• Leyte.

• Intern.

• Code talker.

• Kamikaze.

What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?

• It led to the success of D-Day.

• It was the first success of the American navy in World War II.

• It was the turning point that changed the entire balance of power in the Pacific.

• It devastated American morale.

For American soldiers, one of the most feared aspects of the war in the Pacific was the?

• Willingness of Japanese soldiers to fight to the death.

• Likelihood of nuclear attack.

• Difficulty of identifying who the enemy was.

• Unpredictability of U-Boat attacks.

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 wanted to punish Japanese civilians for refusing to surrender.

• He hoped to avoid an invasion that would result in massive Allied casualties and firebombing had not yet forced Japan to surrender.

• He hoped to force Hitler to surrender alive.

Control of North Africa was important to the Allies because

• It kept shipping lanes on the Mediterranean Sea open.

• It distracted the Axis and kept them from attacking Great Britain.

• North Africa was the source of critical supplies, such as uranium and iron.

• It was important to troop morale that the Allies have some success against the Axis forces.

German forces in North Africa were led by

• Hermann Göering.

• Heinrich Himmler.

• Benito Mussolini.

• Erwin Rommel.