WW2 Unit Test

What major event triggered the United States to join World War II?

• Italy attacking the Pentagon

• Germany attacking Pearl harbor

• Germany invading Poland

• Japan attacking Pearl Harbor

This famous image is from which battle of the Pacific Theater?

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Iwo Jima

Group of famous African American pilots during World War II​ ​ (a)  

• Tuskegee Airmen
• 761st Tank Battalion
• Davis Jr
• Truman

The United States joined forces with the Allies. The Untied States, along with the rest of the Allies, planned an invasion with the code name ________. This invasion is known as D-Day.

• Adolph Hitler

• Axis Powers

• Allied Powers

• Operation Overlord

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 Stalingrad?

• The Axis disbanded

• The Soviets allied with Finland.

• Winter came in Russia and Germany was freezing

• The Soviets didn’t win against the Germans.

Which battle, fought in the German village of Aachen, was won by the allies despite an aggressive offensive by the Germans?

• Pearl Harbor

• Iwo Jima

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Stalingrad

Victory in Europe (V-E Day) was a result of ________________.

• Japan surrendering
• The atomic bombings
• Germany surrendering
• the signing of the Treaty of Versailles

What did allied forces do on D-Day, June 6, 1944?

• They sent thousands of troops to Berlin.
• They stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
• The fought the Nazi troops in Russia.
• They took control of many Japanese islands.

The Axis Powers included

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

• United States