WorksheetsWar in Europe
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 23mins
In 1943, the Allies invaded Sicily and the Italian peninsula. • By July, Italy had surrended and (a) was removed from power.
Erwin Rommel
Adolf Hitler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Benuito Mussolini
On June 6, 1944, (a) troops invaded German-occupied France. • The first day of landings was known as D-Day . • Over 156,000 troops were involved. • The invasion surprised German troops.
Allied
Italian
Japanese
a divided area within a conquered territory that is managed by a war’s victors
compromise
occupation zone
reparations
strategies
payments made in order to make up for a wrong
compromise
occupation zone
reparations
strategies
What was the invasion of France called?
Operation Sushi
D-Day
Operation Market Garden
Operation Barbarossa
Which of the following was known as the European Theater during World War II?
The war with Japan
The war with Germany
The war with Italy
The war in North Africa
In the spring of 1940 at Dunkirk....
The British army escaped across the English Channel.
The Allies launched a massive invasion that became known as “D-Day.”
Mussolini surrendered and Rome fell to the Allies.
Stalin’s forces held their ground here at the turning point of the war.
Code name for the Allied invasion of occupied Europe
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Overlord
Operation Overland
Operation Ghost Army
The "Europe (a) " Strategy meant deploying more troops to Europe and defeating Germany before Japan.
Directed Allied troops in the North African Campaign and Became the supreme commander of all Allied forces in Europe (a)
Erwin Rommel
Adolf Hitler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Benuito Mussolini
In the Battle of the (a) Allied troops began to close in on Germany from the east and the west. The Allies ultimately pushed the Germans back. Heavy losses occurred there.
The Big Three met at the (a) Conference to discuss reorganization of Europe after WWII and a structure for the United Nations.
Yalta
Eastern Europe
Berlin
London
After the victory in Europe, Germany was divided into (a) main territories which were shared by the U.S., France, Britain, and the Soviet Union.
4
2
6
10
The Axis powers hoped to control North (a) in order to gain access to oil and natural resources. This would also cut off trade for the Allies.
Africa
Itlay
France
Belgium
Giving in to an aggressor to keep peace
Appeasement
Fascism
Isolationism
Pacification
Who was the leader of the 1936 rebellion in Spain that quickly became a civil war?
Benito Mussolini
Vladimir Lenin
Francisco Franco
Gerald M. Nye
Hitler targeted the city of (a) in Russia
The Allied bombing campaign in Germany accomplished two things: it caused a severe __________________ and wrecked the __________________ ,
(a)
At the Tehran Conference, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed to (a) after the war to prevent it from threatening world peace.
President Roosevelt chose (a) to be the commander for Operation Overlord, as the invasion was called.
Which event marked the beginning of World War II in Europe?
A) The invasion of Poland by Germany
B) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
C) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
D) The Battle of Britain
What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan after World War II?
A) To rebuild European economies
B) To establish the United Nations
C) To divide Germany into occupation zones
D) To create NATO
Which country was not part of the Axis Powers during World War II?
A) Germany
B) Italy
C) Japan
D) Soviet Union
