European Theater

Which German defeat marked a major turning point in the war?

• Leningrad

• Moscow

• Stalingrad

• Warsaw

Dwight D. Eisenhower landed his Allied troops on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944. What was this day known as?

• Battle of Leningrad

• D-Day

• V-E Day

• Battle of the Bulge

During the war, the Nazis killed as many as 6 million Jews. What has this become known as?

• the Holocaust

• Kristallnacht

• Hitler's Horror

• Nuremberg Laws

What code name did the Allies call their planned invasion of occupied Europe?

• Operation Mainland

• Operation European Storm

• Operation Independence

• Operation Overlord

Which of the following countries fought the Nazis from the eastern section of Europe?

• Great Britian

• U.S.

• France

• USSR

Which Axis power was the first to surrender?

• Nazi Germany

• Italy

• Japan

• USSR

Which of the following was NOT one of the Big Three countries at the Yalta Conference?

• France

• Great Britain

• U.S.

• USSR

Blitzkrieg means

• lightning storm

• lightning war

• fire fight

• bombing war

What event marked the beginning of WWII?

• The Austrian Anschluss (takeover)

• The invasion of Nanking.

• The invasion of Poland.

• The annexation of the Sudetenland.

Which country did Germany fail to successfully invade during World War II

• Great Britain

• Denmark

• France

• Poland