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Battles of WWII

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following battles was the start of World War II?

a)

The Battle of Midway

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

The Invasion of Poland

d)

Iwa Jima

2.

Which of the following battles was a significant turning point in World War II in the Pacific Theater?

a)

Okinawa

b)

The Battle of Midway

c)

The Normandy Invasion

d)

Blitzkrieg

3.

Blitzkrieg was a German war strategy meaning which of the following?

a)

Angry Badger

b)

Thunder War

c)

Speed Attack

d)

Lightning War

4.

Which of the following events caused the United States to join World War II?

a)

VE Day

b)

The Normandy Invasion

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Iwo Jima

5.

What country fell to Germany following the allied evacuation at Dunkirk?

a)

France

b)

Belgium

c)

The Netherlands

d)

United Kingdom

6.

Which of the following is the American strategy in the Pacific Islands to create a line of overlapping island bases by capturing key islands one after another?

a)

Island Hopping

b)

BLitzkrieg

c)

Kamikaze

d)

Island Bouncing

7.

The Siege of Leningrad was an attempt to attack the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union. This was a failed operation by what country?

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

8.

Why was the Battle of Britain unique?

a)

It proved that submarines alone could be used to win a major battle

b)

It proved that air power alone could be used to win a major battle

c)

It was a German victory

d)

It was a Russian victory

9.

VE Day, when World War II ended in Europe, took place on which of the following days

a)

May 26, 1940

b)

December 7, 1941

c)

May 7, 1945

d)

September 1, 1939

10.

Atomic bombs were dropped on which of the following two cities?

a)

Hiroshima & Tokyo

b)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

c)

Tokyo & Nagasaki

d)

Hiroshima & Okinawa

11.

The Normandy invasion was a coordinated Allied invasion to free what country from German control?

a)

Italy

b)

Belgium

c)

Poland

d)

France