WWII Study

Which nation was invaded with triggered the European War?

• Belgium

• Poland

• France

• Austria

Approximately how many American men served in WWII, volunteers or draftees into the Army infantry, Marines, Army Air Force, or Navy?

• 16 Million

• 18 Million

• 20 Million

• 22 Million

In which major battles did Codebreakers develop intelligence on enemy activity, developments in SONAR, and the use of massive convoys giving the upper hand to the allies?

• Battle of the Atlantic

• Battle of the Pacific

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Stalingrad

Under this man, a civil war brewed in China between nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek and communists, even as they worked together to keep Japanese invaders at bay.

In order to beat this powerful enemy, Germany used a plan to invade through the Netherlands and Belgium in order to avoid defenses and swiftly conquer them.

• Great Britain

• The United States

• France

• Russia

Germany’s new modern army designed to avoid the stalemate warfare of WWI would use tanks, planes, and motorized infantry to move quickly, in an operational doctrine called _________________________, or “lightning war.”

• Blitzkrieg

• Anschluss

• Lebensraum

Which duo created the Atlantic Charter?

• FDR and Stalin

• Stalin and Churchill

• FDR and Churchill

On what date did Germany invade Poland?

• September 1, 1939

• September 1, 1940

• September 10, 1939

• September 10, 1940

Germany occupied Great Britain and replaced the government with a puppet government named the Vichy.

• True

• False

This future president, an American general tasked with Operation Overlord (D-Day), prepared both a victory speech and a defeat speech the night before the invasion of the beaches of Norman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry S. Truma

• Franklin D. Roosevelt