WWII quiz: part 2

Name the Allied Powers during WWII:

Name the Axis Powers during WWII:

Which of the following was an important Battle that happened in Russia and was an Allied victory?

• D-Day

• Stalingrad

• El Alamein

This battle occurred in the Pacific, close to Japan. This allowed our Allied troops to get close enough to Japan to plan a direct attack.

• Pearl Harbor

• Midway

• Okinawa

What was the first step in the "Allied Strategy in Europe?"

• Invade Italy and force them out of the war

• Russia attacking from the East

• Attack North Africa first- weakest spot

• Invade France

The "Allied Strategy in the Pacific" was to use the idea of ​ (a)   hopping. This would help them push Japan back into Japan.

• island
• Pacific
• naval

After the Allies made their way through the islands in the Pacific they finally arrived to Japan and invaded on foot and participated in hand to hand combat.

• true

• false

Match the battles:

• Stopped Germans from advancing in Africa

• El Alamein

• US attacked Japanese carriers

• Midway

• Japan attacked the US in Hawaii

• Pearl Harbor

• Stopped Germany from invading GB

• The Battle of Britain

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Match the following

• Iwo Jima

• Site of the historic American flag photo. Japanese put up strong resistance.

• Stalingrad

• largest amphibious operation; Allies liberated France

• Okinawa

• Deadliest battle in history; Germans were surrounded in Russia

• D-Day

• Last ditch effort by Germans to stop defeat.

• Battle of the Bulge

• End to island hopping and got US close to Japan to set up an airfield

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D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history and it happened on

• August 15, 1945

• June 6, 1944

• May 7, 1945