WHG Unit 7 Review

World War II begins when Germany invades __________ in September of 1939.

• Poland

• France

• the Netherlands

• Great Britain

Which nation aided in the Nazi invasion of Poland by securing that nation's eastern border?

• Italy

• Japan

• Soviet Union

• Austria

The term "blitzkrieg" refers to the German strategy of:

• relying only on the German air force to drop bombs on a nation

• creating diversions to take a nation by surprise

• only using ground troops to invade a nation

• overwhelming nations with lightning fast invasions

The Luftwaffe or German air force would often come in to a nation first, followed by _____ or German tanks.

• einfalls

• panzers

• dienstdolchs

• ostmarks

By May of 1940, Germany had successfully conquered all of the following except:

• Great Britain

• the Netherlands

• Denmark

• Belgium

According to the terms of the Franco-German Armistice, Germany would full occupy northern France, while the French would set up a collaborative government in:

• Toulouse

• Marseille

• Paris

• Vichy

Who was the leader of the French Resistance movement?

• Charles de Gaulle

• Joseph Joffre

• Henri Philippe Petain

• Robert Nivelle

Where were 338,000 Allied troops rescued from? (many were transported in fishing boats)

• Cannes

• Alsace

• Dunkirk

• Algiers

The Nazi invasion of Great Britain failed because:

• the British had technology such as radar and code breakers

• Britain took advantage of fighting on home turf

• the British people showed resolve and refused to give up

• all are true

Operation _________ was the code name given to the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

• Husky

• Overlord

• Barbarossa

• Adler