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WorksheetsUnit V - Chapter 12.3: WWII in Europe
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How long did it take the Allies to capture Anzio and Cassini?
one month
five months
one year
18 months
Which Soviet city became known as the "Turning Point of the East"?
Moscow
Kiev
Stalingrad
Leningrad
What was the name of the first major action the U.S. Army had in North Africa?
Kasserine Pass
Sicily
El Alamein
Normandy
Technology played a big role in defeating the Germans in WWII. Three of the following four weapons helped turn the tide, which of the following did NOT:
radar
sonar
depth charges
atomic bombs
The 'Turning Point of the War in North Africa' was the British defeat of the Germans at:
El Alamein
Tunis
Kasserine Pass
Cairo
By controlling North Africa, the Nazis had hoped to establish a safe route to:
transport troops to Stalingrad
Middle Eastern oil fields
link up with the Japanese
Ethiopian gold mines
What was the nickname given to German General Erwin Rommel:
Old Rough and Ready
der Fuehrer
Il Duce
Desert Fox
Who was the commander General Eisenhower placed in charge of Americans troops fighting in North Africa:
Bernard Montgomery
George Patton
George Marshall
Erwin Rommel
What was a "DUKW"?
a 1942 double-axled rear-wheel drive vehicle
a 1939 double-axled troop transport
a 1942 amphibious front-wheel drive vehicle
a 1944 heavily armored utility vehicle
The German invasion of the Soviet Union resulted in what percent of all Nazi deaths from 1941 to 1944?
50%
75%
80%
95%
The Soviet city of Stalingrad was built on what major river?
Volga
Danube
Oder
Dvina
The Battle of El Alamein featured which powerful weapon of war?
flame throwers
planes
tanks
battleships
The Battle of El Alamein was fought in which North African country:
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Where in North Africa, did the Allied leaders meet to develop their strategy for winning the war against the Nazis?
Casablanca
Tunis
Marrakesh
Tripoli
How long after Pearl Harbor did it take American factories to begin producing more ships than German submarines could sink:
8 months
4 months
18 months
one year
