End of World War II

Name one mistake made by Hitler in World War II that ultimately led to a German Surrender?

Answer explanation

Hitler attacking the Soviet Union and declaring war on the US

Hitler not sending more reinforcement to Normandy because he thought the Allies were attacking somewhere else

Hitler telling his forces at Stalingrad to never retreat even which led them to being trapped in Stalingrad and forced to surrender

Operation Overlord and D-Day were what type of military invasion that required the weather to be calm and clear with a low tide?

• blitzkrieg invasion

• amphibious invasion

• trench warfare invasion

• Atomic Bomb invasion

What did President Truman do that caused the Japanese to surrender and end finally WW2?

• He begged and begged them.

• He wrote them a strongly worded email.

• He dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.

• American ground troops simply overwhelmed Japan.

Why were their tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• Soviet communism ( totalitarian dictatorship) scared many Americans, especially due to their development of the atomic bomb and the spread of communism.

• there were no tensions between the U.S. and the Soviets, they got along just grand!

• The U.S. wanted to obtain Soviet Union and make it a U.S. state and democracy.

The military conflicts of World War II ended in August 1945 when

• (1) the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki prompted Japan’s unconditional surrender

• (2) Allied armies captured Berlin and divided Germany

• (3) Germany and Japan negotiated a settlement for “peace without victory”

• (4) the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began hearing testimony in Tokyo

If President Harry Truman decided against using atomic weapons, World War II most likely would not have ended until

• the Soviet Union switched sides during the war

• the Allies invaded Japanese home islands

• The Allies took control of the German capital

• The Soviet Union declared war on Japan

During which war did the U.S. create the atomic bomb?

• World War I

• World War II

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?

• wanted to see if the bomb worked

•  did not think they could defeat the Japanese

• did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan

• They estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion

Because Japan did not surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States _______________ .

• surrendered to Japan

• dropped a second bomb on another Japanese city

• invaded Japan with soldiers

There was concern that the United States could lose as many as one million _______ before Japan surrendered.

• soldiers

• civilians

• pets