World War II Test

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leader of England during war

Winston Churchill

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leader of England pre-war

Neville Chamberlain

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leader of France

Charles de Gaulle

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leader of Italy

Benito Mussolini

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leader of the USSR

Joseph Stalin

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prime Minister of Japan

hideki tojo

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President of the US from 1932 to 1945

FDR

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President of the United States from 1945 to 1952

Harry S Truman

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leader of China

Chiang Kai Shek

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axis powers

German, Italy and Japan

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Allied powers

UK, US, Soviet Union, China, and France

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two reasons the Japanese attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor

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where was D-Day located?

Western front

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where was Stalingrad battle located?

Eastern front

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where was Al Almin battle located?

North Africa

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where was Midway battle located?

The Pacific

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British general defeated the Germans in El Alamein

General Montgomery

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US supreme Allied Commander of troops on D-Day

Eisenhower

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US general return to liberate the Philippines

MacArthur

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German general called the desert fox

Rammel

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US general tank Commander in North Africa

General patton

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what happened on December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor

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what happened on June 6, 1944

D-Day

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what happened on May 8, 1945

Victory in Europe day

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what happened on August 6 and 9 in 1945?

atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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what were V1’s and V2‘s

The first pilotless, flying bombs and first ballistic missiles

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What was Iwo Jima?

A major battle in the pacific with the US Marines and Japanese

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treaty of Versailles

peace treaty that ended World War I and led to World War II

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Battle of the Bulge

Germany’s final major offense on the western front

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normandy

The place where D-Day took place

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Island hopping

US strategy used to attack Japanese held islands

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Manhattan Project

Building the first atomic bombs

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what was a reason that atomic bomb was used?

To make Japanese leader, surrender to save lives of the US and Japan

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why the atomic bomb should not have been used

Killed over 200,000 people who were mostly civilians

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Why World War II is one of the most significant events of modern history

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what was the key country associated with Battle of the Bulge?

Germany

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what were the V1’s and V2’s primarily used for?

To target London

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where was the turning point of the war in the eastern front?

The battle of Stalingrad

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where was the turning point of the war in North Africa

el alamein

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what country was invaded to start World War II

Poland