Which of the following occurred on D-Day
The Allied invasion of France
The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious or cultural group is:
Genocide
Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb
To bring the war to the quickest end possible
Nazis treatment of Jews is comparable to the _______ treatment of Armenians
Ottoman
What major country fell to the Germans only leaving one ally in the way of the Western European domination
France
The date which will live in infamy describes
December 7, 1941
?--Battle of Britain--Pearl Harbor--D-Day
The fall of France
Coral Sea; Okinawa; Iwo Jima
Major battles in the Pacific
T or F Mussolini's Great Purge executed anyone who disagreed with his for of government
False
After WWII, the two countries that emerged as major powers in the world were
US and Soviet Union
Winston Churchill described the dark line above as the
Iron Curtain in Europe
Why did the Japanese surrender during WWII
Atomic bomb
Dictator of Germany, Italy, USSR and Japan during WWII
Hitler; Mussolini; Stalin; Tojo
T or F At the end of WWI Germany had to pay reparations and they lost territory
True
What was the goal of Hitler's final solution
It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior
Introduced fascism; invaded Ethiopia; attempted to restore nation to former glory
Benito Mussolini
MacArthur, Eisenhower, Marshal: The list refers to what
Generals of the American military during WWII
Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR after the death of
Vladimir Lenin
Franklin Roosevelt; Winston Churchill; Joseph Stalin
Allied Leaders
Although Japan had an Emperor, true power (shogun) in Japan was held by
Prime Minister Tojo
Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR after the death of
Vladimir Lenin
The use of the Marshall Plan in Western Europe after WWII strengthened the forces of
democracy
T or F China had an emperor named Hirohito
False
T or F Japan, Germany and Italy make up the Axis powers
True