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WorksheetsEvents of World War II (part 1)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Germany invaded _____________ on September 1, 1939, starting World War II.
Italy
France
Poland
Great Britain
On June 14, 1940, ___________, France fell to the Germans.
Paris
London
Berlin
Rome
Germany began bombing London on September 15, 1940, starting the Battle of _____________.
France
Spain
Russia
Britain
With the ____________ Act in 1941, the U.S. began sending ships and supplies to Great Britain.
Sherman Anti-Trust
Lend-Lease
Neutrality
Civil Rights
Which event, occurring on December 7, 1941, got the U.S. directly involved in World War II?
The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
German invasion of Poland
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Midway
The U.S. declared war on _____________ on December 8, 1941, one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Japan
Italy
Germany
The Soviet Union
Just four days after the Pearl Harbor attack, the U.S. declared war on which two countries?
Japan and China
Russia and Spain
France and Great Britain
Germany and Italy
Which battle was a turning point in the Pacific War?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Midway
Battle of Stalingrad
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Which countries were part of the Axis Powers (our enemies) during World War II?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Soviet Union, France, Great Britain
Spain, Switzerland, Ethiopia
China, Thailand, Philippines
Some of the major Allied Powers during World War II included the United States, France, Great Britain, and______________.
Germany
Italy
The Soviet Union
Japan
On February 2, 1943, the Soviets defeated the Germans at the Battle of______________, which marked a turning point in the war in Eastern Europe.
Iwo Jima
Stalingrad
Omaha Beach
Midway
Allied forces landed at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 to liberate (free) Western Europe from the Nazis. This is known as ______________.
D-Day
V-E Day
V-J Day
B-Day
The United States achieved a major victory in the Pacific battle of___________ in February 1945 (famous photo of the Marines raising the American flag).
Midway
Stalingrad
Hiroshima
Iwo Jima
Allied victory was declared in Europe on May 8, 1945. This became known as _________ Day.
V-J
D
V-E
B
In an effort to end the war in Pacific, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of _____________________ on August 6 & 9, 1945.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Kyoto & Osaka
Beijing & Tokyo
Sapporo & Yokohama
The _______________ surrendered on August 14, 1945, ending World War II.
Germans
Italians
Japanese
Soviets
Germany, Italy, and ____________ were the major Axis Powers during World War II.
Russia
Spain
France
Japan
Great Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union were all major _____________ Powers during World War II.
Allied
Axis
Central
United
Who was the U.S. President for most of World War II?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which event got the United States DIRECTLY involved in World War II?
German invasion of Poland in 1939
Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939
German bombing of London in 1940
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
