Name the three major countries that formed the alliance known as the Allied Powers.

• Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States
• Great Britain, Japan, United States
• Germany, France, United States
• Japan, Germany, Italy

Who was the leader of the United States during World War II?

• Mussolini

• Stalin

• Roosevelt (FDR)

• Hitler

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II?

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Josef Stalin

• Winston Churchill

Who was the leader of Russia during World War II?

• Mussolini

• Stalin

• Roosevelt (FDR)

• Hitler

The first African-American flying unit in the United States military?

• Tuskegee Airmen
• Rough Riders
• 7th Calvary
• 82nd Airborne

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Allied forces

• took control of many Japanese islands.

• fought the Nazis in the Soviet Union.

• sent thousands of troops to Berlin.

• stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

The Allied invasion of Normandy would involve moving 156,000 allied troops across what body of water?

• The Atlantic Ocean
• The English Channel
• The Rhine River
• The Mediterranean Sea

TRUE or FALSE: The D-Day invasion was delayed due to bad weather.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What battle was a turning point in 1942 as Germany was forced to retreat from a near-victory in the Soviet Union?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of the Atlantic

Hitler’s last failed attempt to force the Allies off the mainland of Europe was the Battle

• of Stalingrad

• of the Bulge

• of Britain

• for Normandy