Early WW2 Quiz

Which of these was the Invasion of France and the largest land and sea military effort in history?

• Operation Torch
• Operation Barbarossa
• D-Day
• Battle of the Bulge

Which of these is true about the ends of WW1 and WW2?

• WW2 ended in the an unconditional surrender by Germany
• WW2 ended in an armistice
• WW1 ended in an unconditional surrender by Germany
• The Allies beat the Russians to Berlin

What was Hitler's last offensive of WW2?

• D-Day
• Operation Barbarossa
• Operation Torch
• Battle of the Bulge

Which of these are reasons Operation Barbarossa failed?

• The Soviets had the largest army in the world
• The Soviets Scorched Earth policy
• The Russian winter
• All of the above

Hitler’s “superior race” were referred to as which of the following:

• Fascists
• Aryans
• Slavs
• Gypsies

All of the following are true about the Blitzkrieg EXCEPT

• It involved slowly demoralizing the enemy with siege warfare
• It involved quickly overwhelming the enemy with air and ground attacks
• It was successfully utilized by Germany against France
• It was successfully utilized by Germany against Poland

What is the term for giving into an aggressor's demands hoping they will be satisfied and stop taking land?

• Totalitarianism
• Appeasement
• Blitzkrieg
• Isolationism

Why did the United States hesitate to become involved in World War II after the Germans invaded Poland?

• US forces were not strong enough to fight a war and needed more time to train
• The US was at war with Japan and did not want to fight Germany too
• The US supported Hitler and wanted him to have time to withdraw
• Isolationism was popular in the US, and citizens did not want to go to war

All of the following are true about Benito Mussolini EXCEPT

• He was the leader of the Fascist Party
• He censored the newspapers and restricted free speech
• He ruled over France during World War II
• His secret police were used to attack and scare critics

Which two nations signed a Nonaggression Pact promising to divide up Poland between them and not attack each other?

• Italy and Germany
• France and Germany
• Russia and Germany
• Britain and Germany