Exam 17: The Second World War

Having defeated the French the previous year,in 1941,Hitler turned his attention to:

The strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific campaign consisted of attacking strategic Japanese bases was referred to as:

The Soviet Union and Britain invaded a neutral country,_________,in 1941 to prevent Germany from seizing a valuable war resource.

The Second World War began with the German invasion of Poland on:

How was the policy of appeasement to blame for many of Hitler's early successes?

The "Rape of Nanjing" Japanese deliberately targeted Chinese civilians to break their will to fight.

In 1943,the Americans helped relieve pressure on the Soviets by leading an attack on the Axis Powers by invading:

Use of the atomic bomb was considered necessary by both senior military and naval commanders who realized Japan would never surrender.

After the war,many former colonies found themselves worse off than before,having lost troops and supplies in the support of their colonial powers,and were more dependent than ever on their colonial overlords.

The German forces in Europe began to retreat toward Germany in the summer of 1944,but in December 1944 they launched a counterattack,known as the battle of _________,which very nearly broke through Allied lines.

The nations below were created by the Versailles Treaty of 1919-1920 except:

Which of the following was the correct advancement of Japanese naval power in the Pacific?

The Second World War differed from the First World War in many ways that did NOT include:

To what does the term Blitzkrieg refer?

The War in North Africa involved the below actions except:

How did France ultimately respond to Germany's stunning early successes in May 1940?

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Second World War's expansion from a European war to a genuinely global conflict?

Germany's occupation of Europe included all except:

Two naval battles of 1942 fought by aircraft operating from each side's carriers,marking the extent of Japanese expansion and the turning point of the war in the Pacific,were:

What role did other European countries play in the persecution of the Jews?