Year 9 Quiz 2

Why was World War Two started?

• The French invading Spain

• The Germans invading Poland

• The Germans threatening France

• The Polish taking over Germany

When did World War Two end?

• 1990

• 1918

• 1945

• 1939

When Germany invaded the USSR, what was it called?

• Operation Sea Lion

• Operation D-Day

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Barbarosa

In what year did World War Two start?

• 1918

• 1945

• 1939

• 1492

Who was the last to surrender on the Axis in World War Two?

• Japan

• Italy

• Germany

• Hungary

• Romania

Why did the USA join World War Two?

• Germany attacked New York

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbour

• Italy took over Florida

• Germany told Mexico to attack the USA

Why did the Soviets win against the Germans when they were surrounding Moscow?

• The Axis disbanded

• The Soviets allied with Finland.

• Winter came in Russia and Germany was freezing

• The Soviets didn’t win against the Germans.

The first (1st) Atomic Bomb was dropped on:

• Hiroshima.

• Nagasaki.

• Tokyo.

• None of these.

When did Japan finally surrender?:

• Following the second (2nd) Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki.

• When U.S. troops invaded and captured Tokyo.

• Following the first (1st) Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima.

• They never surrendered.

Hitler's "lightning war" tactics were also known as the:

• Bolshevik

• Blitzkreig

• Bedlam in Belgium

• Birkenbier