WW II

Germany's "lightning war" was known as the

• Luftwaffe

• Blitzkrieg

• Co-Prosperity Sphere

• Sitzkrieg

Why was the Maginot Line effective in stopping the invasion of France?

• There were not enough soldiers to defend the line

• German tanks were able to go over the shallow trenches

• Hitler went around it by going through Belgium

• German air superiority crushed all resistance

The bombing of British cities backfired because

• British military targets were not being hit.

• German bombs failed to explode.

• the British turned their attention to the Soviet Union.

• Germany canceled the bombing too soon.

What stopped German troops from winning in the Soviet Union?

• the language barrier and superior Soviet forces

• support from the British forces

• the massive length of the battle front

• an early winter and fierce Soviet resistance

Japanese leaders misjudged the US and thought that the US would accept

• Japanese rule of the United States.

• Japanese domination of the Pacific.

• German control of Britain.

• Japanese control of Poland.

The Battle of Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for Germany because

• The entire Sixth Army, considered the best of German troops, was lost

• The German army outnumbered the Swiss army but could not take the city

• Soviet soldiers used captured tanks to push Germany out of the Soviet Union

• The Japanese army failed to supply the needed air support

The turning point of the Pacific theater that established U.S. naval superiority over Japan was the Battle of

• Pearl Harbor

• Midway

• the Philippines

• New Guinea

What was the name of the puppet government of France that was controlled by Germany?

• Vichy France

• Triple Entente

• Rindfleischalat

• Tutor France

Which battle marked the effective end of the Axis threat in North Africa?

• El Alamein

• Dunkirk

• Kiev

• Iwo Jima

biggest defeat in the history of the German Army was

• Bialystok-Minsk

• Stalingrad

• Leningrad

• Kiev