World War II Review

The immediate event that started World War II was

• Britain and France's policy of appeasement.
• The Treaty of Munich allowing Hitler to occupy part of Czechoslovakia.
• Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939
• Hitlers alliance with the Italian dictator, Mussolini.

Germany encountered no successful resistance from any European country until it sought to defeat

• France
• Britain
• The United States
• Belgium

Although officially neutral, the United States increasingly helped Britain through actions like

• teh Neutrality Acts
• the Lend-Lease Act
• the America First committee
• enforcement of the arms embargo

After aligning itself with Germany and Italy, the island country of Japan sought to 

• make peace with China
• invade Manchuria
• control Europe
• control Asia and the Pacific

The standofff in negotiations between the United States and Japan involved

• trading oil and steel for nonaggression in Asia
• competition between their naval forces in the Pacific.
• the possession of Hawaii.
• the growth of the military in Japan.

"A date which will live in infamy" was President Roosevelt's description of the 

• invasion of Poland by Germany.
• bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan.
• surrender of France after Paris was captured.
• the Battle of Britain.

The principal war strategy that the United States adn her allies agreed to pursue was to

• defeat Hitler first.
• sink Japanese merchant ships.
• control North Africa.
• bomb multiple targets.

Defeating Germany in North Africa was important for all of the following reasons except to 

• keep Middle East oil out of Germany's hands.
• establish a military route to Europe through Italy.
• provide military experience for untested American troops.
• eliminate one route Germany could use to attack Russia. 

The main reason that the Soviet Union became an ally of Britain and the United States was because the Soviet Union

• was Fascist and opposed Communism.
• mistrusted Japan.
• needed the soldiers of Britain and the United States.
• was attacked by Germany in spite of their 10-year Nonaggression Pact.

The liberation of Europe from Hitler began with the 

• invasion of Normandy Beach on the coast of France.
• evacuation of the British troops from Dunkirk on the coast of France.
• defense of Britain by the Royal Air Force.
• deciphering of German communication codes by British intelligence.