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Reasons for German Defeat in WW2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The initial German invasion of the Soviet Union was known as Operation Barbarossa.

a)

Barbierosa

b)

Barbirussa

c)

Barbarossa

d)

Barbar Black Sheep

2.

Operation Barbarossa began on June 22, 194_

(a)  

3.

Hitler decided to invade the USSR before he defeated the ___.

a)

USA

b)

UK / Great Britain

c)

UN

d)

France

4.

Hitler’s decision to invade the USSR, before he defeated the UK, opened up a two (a)   war.

5.

The two front war forced Hitler to divert troops from western Europe to USSR thereby weakening the strength of the German forces in ________ and allowing Allies to retake it on D Day.

a)

Poland

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

Austria

6.

Another mistake is that Hitler decided to declare war on ____ (country) on Dec 1941 after he had invaded the USSR in June 1941. 

a)

Japan

b)

the USA

c)

Britain

d)

China

7.

The USA entered WW2 and joined the Allies after the Pearl Harbou attack on (a)   (month) 7, 1941

8.

The USA was the world’s largest producer of goods in 1941 and was able to (a)   its factories for military production at a faster rate than that of the Axis powers.

9.

The ______ Act of March 11, 1941, was the main way the USA provided military aid to the struggling allied nations between 1941 and 1945 .

a)

Land-Lease

b)

Lend-Lease

c)

Lend-Aid

d)

Land-Aid

10.

In 1945, the USA had _______ million soldiers compared to Germany’s 6.1 million soldiers.

a)

12.9

b)

11.9

c)

1.9

d)

11.0