WWII Review

Who was the dictator during WWII that initially had a pact with Germany to invade Poland, but eventually Hitler turned on him and invaded the Soviet Union?

• FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

• Hideki Tojo

"Island Hopping" was an

• Allied Powers strategy in the European Theater

• Allied Powers strategy in the Pacific Theater

• Axis Powers strategy in the European Theater

• Axis Powers strategy in the Pacific Theater

Who ultimately made the choice to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

• Harry Truman

• FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Douglas MacArthur

Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?

• U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
• U.S., Great Britain, and France
• Germany, Italy, and Japan
• Germany, France, and Japan

Which WWII battle was fought early in the war, in the air with bombs dropping daily (called, "the blitz") and Prime Minister Churchill urging people to continue to fight?

• El Alamein, Egypt

• Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Britain

The invasion of Normandy, France in 1944 is known as what?

• Battle of Midway

• D-Day

• Iwo Jima

• Okinawa

Japan attacked America at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii because

• Creation of the atomic bombs

• of the invasion of Poland in 1939

• US embargo (ban) on Japanese oil

• US interference with submarines in the Atlantic Ocean

Which minority US group in America campaigned for victory in war and equality at home

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Rosie the Riveter

• Nisei regiments

Which of the following battles was NOT fought in the Pacific Theater?

• Pearl Harbor

• Iwo Jima

• Midway

• D-Day

Which battle did Hitler lose and the Germans were starting to be pushed back to the west?

• Stalingrad

• Poland

• Pearl Harbor

• D-Day