- 1. World War II started in Europe when Germany invaded
A) Russia
B) Poland
C) Czechoslovakia
D) France
- 2. What year did World War II begin?
A) 1945
B) 1939
C) 1914
D) 1929
- 3. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Vladimir Lenin
D) Benito Mussolini
- 4. Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?
A) Otto von Bismarck
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Benito Mussolini
- 5. Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) David Lloyd George
D) Woodrow Wilson
- 6. Who was the President of the United States during most of World War II?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 7. A method of German warfare meaning "lightning war" that involved air raids and quick take-overs.
A) Kristallnacht
B) Lebensraum
C) Blitzkrieg
D) Rattenkrieg
- 8. The name for the German air force during World War II
A) Luftwaffe
B) Kristallnacht
C) The Blitz
D) Panzers
- 9. The President of the United States at the END of World War II who decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Harry S. Truman
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Woodrow Wilson
- 10. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese unexpectedly attached the American naval fleet at __________________.
A) Charleston Harbor
B) Virginia Beach
C) Pearl Harbor
D) Guantanamo Bay
- 11. Hitler's "Final Solution" referred to the _________________.
A) Rwandan Genocide
B) Holocaust
C) Japanese Internment
D) Armenian Genocide
- 12. The Battle of ____________ represented Hitler's last desperate attempt to win World War II.
A) Stalingrad
B) Britain
C) France
D) The Bulge
- 13. ____________ referred to the Pearl Harbor bombing as "a day that will live in infamy."
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Winston Churchill
C) Harry S. Truman
D) Woodrow Wilson
- 14. The name of the Allied military strategy in the Pacific
A) Trench warfare
B) Island-hopping
C) Blitzkrieg
D) Attrition warfare
- 15. Codename of the operation planned by General Dwight D. Eisenhower to invade France and take back Western Europe from Germany
A) Operation Downfall
B) Operation Overlord
C) Operation Sea Lion
D) Operation Fortitude
- 16. Special nickname given to the date June 6, 1944 when the Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy France to begin their invasion.
A) VJ Day
B) A-Day
C) VE Day
D) D-Day
- 17. A term used for Japanese suicide pilots
A) Kamikazes
B) Geronimos
C) Tsunamis
D) Cyclones
- 18. The name of the political party in Germany lead by Hitler
A) Bolshevik Party
B) Nazi Party
C) Communist Party
D) Weimar Republic
- 19. Special prisons used by the Nazis for political prisoners and Jews
A) Gestapos
B) Gulags
C) Internment Camps
D) Concentration Camps
- 20. During World War II Americans placed people of _____________ descent into special Internment Camps
A) Russian
B) Chinese
C) Japanese
D) German
- 21. Which countries were the three AXIS POWERS during World War II?
A) Japan, China, Soviet Union
B) Germany, Italy, Soviet Union
C) Japan, Germany, Italy
D) Japan, Germany, North Korea
- 22. Which countries were the three main Allied Powers?
A) Great Britain, USA, Soviet Union
B) Soviet Union, Germany, Italy
C) USA, Japan, Soviet Union
D) Great Britain, France, Germany
- 23. When was VE-Day (Victory in Europe)?
A) May 8, 1945
B) December 7, 1941
C) August 14, 1941
- 24. When was VJ-Day (Victory in Japan)?
A) August 14, 1945
B) August 14, 1939
C) December 7, 1941
- 25. Which of the two alliances is considered the victor in World War II?
A) The Empire
B) Axis Powers
C) Central Powers
D) Allied Powers
- 26. What was the largest concentration camp in use during the Holocaust?
A) Dachau
B) Treblinka
C) Sobibor
D) Auschwitz
- 27. The two cities where the United States dropped atomic bombs in Japan
A) Tokyo and Kyoto
B) Hiroshima and Osaka
C) Hiroshima and Nagasaki
D) Yokohama and Osaka
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