World War II

Germany's 1939 invasion of which country is widely regarded as the start of World War II in Europe?

• Poland
• France
• Austria
• Belgium

The Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, that drew the United States into the war targeted a naval base in which place?

• Midway
• Guam
• The Philippines
• Hawaii

Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II, known for rallying speeches against Nazi Germany?

• Clement Attlee
• Anthony Eden
• Winston Churchill
• Neville Chamberlain

The June 6, 1944, Allied amphibious landings in Normandy, France, are commonly known by what name?

• Operation Torch
• D-Day
• V-E Day
• The Blitz

Which two Japanese cities did the United States destroy with atomic bombs in August 1945?

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Yokohama and Kobe
• Tokyo and Osaka
• Kyoto and Nagoya

Who was the dictator of Nazi Germany who led the country throughout World War II?

• Heinrich Himmler
• Joseph Goebbels
• Adolf Hitler
• Hermann Goring

The decisive 1942-1943 battle on the Eastern Front that turned the war against Germany was fought at which city?

• Leningrad
• Kursk
• Kiev
• Stalingrad

The Nazi genocide of roughly six million Jews during World War II is known by what name?

• The Holodomor
• The Pogrom
• The Holocaust
• The Purge

Which leader headed the Soviet Union during World War II as the country fought against Nazi Germany?

• Leon Trotsky
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Joseph Stalin
• Vladimir Lenin

Victory in Europe Day, marking Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies, occurred in which month and year?

• September 1945
• August 1944
• November 1944
• May 1945

How many total deaths did World War II cause (estimated)?

• 70-85 million
• 10-15 million
• 30-40 million
• 200 million

Germany's fast-attack strategy of tanks and aircraft was called ____.

• blitzkrieg
• guerrilla war
• trench warfare
• siege warfare

Which three nations were the main Axis powers?

• Britain, France, US
• Germany, USSR, China
• Italy, Japan, USSR
• Germany, Italy, Japan

Operation Barbarossa was Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

• True
• False

When did France surrender to Germany?

• June 1941
• June 1944
• June 1940
• May 1945