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WW 2 TIMELINE UESM

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi Party, or the Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.

a)

1933 June 30

b)

1944 January 30

c)

1933 January 30

d)

1933 January 20

2.

1936 November 25 - Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against ..........................

a)

communism and Russia.

b)

the USA

c)

the UN.

d)

capitalism and theAmericas

3.

1937 July 7 - Japan invades ________

a)

The rest of Asia

b)

Russia

c)

Portugal

d)

China

4.

__________ - Germany invades Poland. World War II begins.

a)

1939 September 1

b)

1939 September 11

c)

1949 September 1

d)

1939 October 1

5.

1939 September 3 - France and ________ declare war on Germany.

a)

USA

b)

Great Britain

c)

Japan

d)

China

6.

1940 May 30 - Winston Churchill becomes leader of the ________ government.

a)

American

b)

Russia

c)

German

d)

British

7.

1940 June 10 - ________enters the war as a member of the Axis powers.

a)

Norway

b)

Canada

c)

Italy

d)

France

8.

1940 July 10 - Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as __________

a)

the Battle of the air

b)

the Battle of Britain.

c)

the great Battle

d)

The Octber Battle

9.

1940 September 22 - Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the creating the Axi__________s Alliance

a)

Tripartite league

b)

Tripartite forces

c)

Tripartite union

d)

Tripartite Pact

10.

__________ - The Japanese attack the US Navy in Pearl Harbor. The next day the US enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

a)

1941 December 27

b)

1951 December 7

c)

1941 December 17

d)

1941 December 7

11.

_________ - The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.

a)

1942 June 4

b)

1942 July 4

c)

1942 June 14

d)

1942 July 4

12.

1943 September 3 - Italy surrenders to the Allies, however ________ helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in Northern Italy.

a)

Japan

b)

Spain

c)

Britain

d)

Germany

13.

1944 August 25 - _______ is liberated from German control.

a)

Italy

b)

New Zeland

c)

Rome

d)

Paris

14.

1945 April 12 - US President Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by President _____________

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Harry Truman.

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Winston Churchill

15.

___________ - Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.

a)

1945 April 20

b)

1945 April 30

c)

1947 April 30

d)

1945 April 13

16.

1945 May 7 - _______ surrenders to the Allies.

a)

Russia

b)

Spain

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

17.

1945 August 6 - The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on ________, Japan. The city is devastated.

a)

South Korea

b)

North Korea

c)

Nagasaki

d)

Hiroshima

18.

_________- Another atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

a)

1947 August 9

b)

1945 August 19

c)

1945 August 9

d)

1945 August 29

19.

________- Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the Allies.

a)

1945 September 22

b)

1945 September 2

c)

1935 September 2

d)

1945 September 12