WorksheetsWinning World War II, Part I
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which country joined the Allies, entering the war on 12/08/1941?
Australia
the United States
the Soviet Union
Canada
What term is NOT related to the United States supplying the Allies with war materials PRIOR to the US entering the war?
Lend-Lease
Cash-and-Carry
"arsenal of Democracy"
appeasement
Which Allied country was the last to surrender to the Nazis, leaving only Great Britain to fight?
Poland
Belgium
France
Soviet Union
How did the Soviet Union end up a members of the Allied Forces?
Japan was a huge rival, so when US declared war on Japan, the Soviets did as well to help
Germany invaded the Soviet Union, breaking their pact to not be "aggressive" with one another
Churchill and Roosevelt promised Stalin a seat at the peace talks table if he joined the Allies
None of the above -- the Soviets were one of the AXIS powers not one of the ALLIED Powers
What was NOT something Hitler promised Germany would get by supporting him and his quest for control?
to return jobs and prosperity to the nation and its citizens
Punish the Jewish people who he blames for Germany's troubles
Make Germany a world power again
Pay off all Germany's debt so future generations would live debt-free
What do historians conclude was Hitler's biggest mistake?
Invading Soviet Union
Using Submarine warfare
Not accepting Allied terms for surrender
Not taking all of Poland when he first invaded it
BEFORE its attack on Pearl Harbor, which countries had Japan invaded and taken control?
Philippines, New Guinea and Solomon Islands
Korea, Manchuria, Vietnam and parts of China
Australia and New Zealand
Guam, Midway Islands and Wake Islands
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
Japan agreed to attack to take America's focus off of helping Britain
Japan once owned Hawaii
Japanese needed a naval base closer to the US
Negotiations to end a harmful US trade embargo were going nowhere
When the US entered the war, what was the Allies TOP PRIORITY?
Defeat Japan first
Defeat Germany first
Convince the Soviets to attack Japan
Get Italy to surrender
What did the American navy do to reduce the number of merchant ships lost at sea?
arm all merchant ships
escort merchant ships
start shipping goods on navy ships
Encourage ships to sail west to get east
Where did the Allies land in "Operation Torch"?
Northern Africa in Morocco & Algeria
on the western shores of Japan
Ist on Sicily and then on to Italy
in Finland
Which country handed Germany a huge loss in early 1943?
Soviet Union
France
United States
Great Britain
What is "collateral damage" in a battle?
property that is lost
Civilian lives that are lost
damage done to military equipment
the drop in troop morale after a loss
What happened to Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini?
He was captured by Allied forces and placed on trial for war crimes.
He escaped capture and lived in exile in South America
He attempted an escape but was captured by Italians and executed
He died in the Allied invasion of Sicily
Who was the commander of Operation Overlord, commonly called D-Day?
General Douglas McArthur
Robert Oppenheimer
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
James Doolittle
Where did Allied forces land on D-Day?
in Normandy, in Northern France
On Sicily, an island Southeast of Italy
in Morocco, a country in Northeast Africa
On Midway, an island in the middle of the Pacific
On what famous date did the DDAY landing take place?
Dec. 7, 1941
August 1, 1939
June 6, 1944
August 6, 1945
How many of the 16 dive bombers used in the air assault on Tokyo were lost?
None, all returned safely to the aircraft carrier
16 out of 16 (15 crashed and one was detained in USSR)
8 as half turned around and did not complete the mission
only three and those were shot down before reaching Japan
What happened to the Allied servicemen captured by the Japanese in the Philippines?
They were all freed after a prisoner exchange
Most escaped through a secret tunnel in their prison camp
They were forced to march over 60 miles to the POW camp
They took over the POW camp and radioed for rescue
Which Pacific win for the Americans has been called "Pearl Harbor in Reverse"?
Iwo Jima
Coral Sea
Midway
Okinawa
When did FDR address Congress and declare that since the attack on Pearl Harbor had existed between the US and Japan?
Within minutes
Within hours
the next day
the next week
What was the tone of FDRs "Date in Infamy" speech?
forgiving
unforgiving
Who issued Executive Order 9066?
FDR
General Eisenhower
Truman
Hideki Tojo
Who ordered the use of nuclear weapons on Japan to end the war in Asia ?
FDR
General MacArthur
Truman
General Eisenhower
Where did the formal surrender of the Japanese take place?
In Pearl Harbor
In Washington, DC
On USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
In Hiroshima, Japan
