The dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII
Hitler
Brock
Mussolini
Stalin
In 1932 Manchuria was taken over by....
Stalin and the Soviets
Hitler and the Germans
Franco and the Nationalists
The Japanese military
Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division of Poland?
Italy and Japan
Spain
Italy
The Soviet Union
Night of the Broken Glass, in which mobs attacked Jewish communities
Kristallnacht
Blitzkrieg
Gestapo
Lebensraum
Operation Overlord is more commonly known as....
Paratroopers
The Battle of the Bulge
D-Day
The Ambush
What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
The broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas
The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
The killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
The abuse of a nation's citizens by their own government
Nazi secret police
Gestapo
Nazis
Lebensraum
Fascist Party
Detention centers for civilians considered to be enemies of the state
Concentration camps
Kristallnacht
Holocaust
Blitzkrieg
"Lighting war" waged by the Germans
Kristallnacht
Blitzkrieg
Lebensraum
Gestapo
On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
Surprise and overwhelming force
"Out-waiting" the opponent
A system of fortifications
The ability to make a long, steady advance
What was the Manhattan Project?
A plan to develop the atomic bomb
The historic meaning of the "Big Three"
A plan to crash Japanese suicide planes into allied ships
The training of Navajo code talkers
What did Japan do after WWII
Built a stronger military
Took part in the cold war
Joined the League of Nations
Disarmed their military
V-E day or May 8th was the day when.........
Germany surrendered
The Soviets stopped the Germans at the Volga
Allied forced invaded France
The US entered the war
What action began Hitler’s plan to limit the rights of German Jews?
Kristallnacht
Book-burning laws
Concentration camp laws
Nuremberg Laws
How did the Allies end the war with Japan?
Through negotiations
By dropping an atomic bomb
Through economic sanctions
By invading Japan
Which of the following was one reason that Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
He had no other alternatives
Experts had underestimated the bombs capabilities
He harbored ill feelings towards the Japanese
An invasion of Japan would result in many US deaths
Name of the party organized in Italy by Mussolini
Fascist Party
Gestapo
Alliance
Nazi Party
The day the war was officially over in the Pacific
Blitzkrieg
D-day
April 7 1953
V-J day
What position did the US take as conflict engulfed Europe?
Declared war on Germany
We remained neutral
Sided with Britian
Sided with Germany
Hitler's German living space- an increase in the size of German territory
Gestapo
Kristallnacht
Lebensraum
Blitzkrieg
What was the campaign to recapture Japanese held islands in the Pacific called?
Total war
Genocide
Island-hopping
Kamikaze
The Battle of Britian involved:
Tanks
Airplanes
Army Troops
Submarines
What country did Italy invade in 1935 in an attempt at becoming an imperialist world power?
Egypt
Spain
Ethiopia
France
Name was given to the Nazi massacre of more than six million Jews
Holocaust
Blitzkrieg
Kristallnacht
Concentration camps
What German action finally caused Britain and France to declare war?
The invasion of Poland
The invasion of Ethiopia
The annexation of Austria
The sezing of Czechoslovakia
When forced to abandon the Philippines ________ made the vow, "I shall return"
Chester Nimitz
Douglas McArthur
Hideki Tojo
Franklin D Roosevelt
The allied invasion of ______ was given the code name D-Day
Nazi-occupied Europe
North Africa
Japan
Italy
The form of government, which dictatorship controls and regulates every aspect of the lives of its citizens
Democracy
Fascists
Nazis
Totalitarianism
The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the....
Last German offensive
Liberation of the death camps
Allies' first victory in a land battle
Axis powers' first loss in a land battle
When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
When the US declared war
After France was invaded and divided
When they declared war
Before the war began
Which of the following terms describes giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace?
Appeasement
Lebensraum
Capitulation
Blitzkrieg
Which of the following statements regarding Germany under Hitler is true?
The Nazis controlled all aspects of German life
They had firm control of Germany but moderate policies
Most Germans were barely affected by Nazism
The Nazi controlled gov. had little influence
What was Mussolini's Fate?
He was captured by the Allies
He became president of Italy
He was executed by Italians
He joined Hitler in Berlin
Where did the US drop the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima and Okinawa
Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
Congress passed the Neutrality Acts that were designed to....
Allow nations to purchase weapons on credit
Limit international involvement
Support other neutral nations in the Western Hemisphere
Support other neutral states around the world
What did the Nazi's establish to help them with the "Final Solution"
The War Production Board
B-22 Bombers
Collectives
Concentration camps
He was the Supreme Commander of the Allied troops in Europe executer of the D-Day invasion
Henry Kaiser
Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph Stalin
Harry Truman
For what did many Germans Blame the Wiemar Republic for?
The Versailles Treaty
Peasant uprisings
The Russian Revolution
Its parliamentary government
The actions of which country finally forced the US into the war?
Italy
The Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
Many Italians supported the fascist party because it....
Pledged to unite Italy and Germany
Was the only political party
Promised a better life
Ended the influence of the Church