World War 2 Test (30 pts) Instructions: Provide the best answer to each question

What caused the official start to WW2?

Germany not repaying their debt from WW1

Austria prodding Germany into war

Germany taking over Poland

Germany breaking the Treaty of WW1 (Versailles)

Both C and D

Explain what Stalin said in the Yalta conference and did he follow through with what he said?

Why were American ships trying to maintain control of the Atlantic Ocean during WW2?

They knew Hitler was plotting to send an atomic bomb from there

The French were attempting to defeat the Germans there

They were trying to stop Germany from defeating England in that area near England

All of the above

What were the start and end dates for the war?

1935, 1945

1939, 1943

1939, 1945

None of the above

The major battle that was the last German offensive in the European theatre was ?

The battle of Anzio

The battle of the Bulge

Normandy

None of the above

The battle of the Philippines where the U. S. lost and General MacArthur said those famous words: “I shall return” was marked by a second battle later in the war. Who was the victor in that second battle?

U. S.A.

Japan

neither

both

How many people roughly died in WW2, including civilians and military personnel?

20 million

60 million

150 million

1 billion

Who were the winners and losers of the war? Be specific and list at least 5 total countries:

Winners:

Losers:

How might the world have been different if the losers had won? (be specific and detailed)

Create a timeline for WW2 with at least 6 years shown and what occurred in those years, in the correct chronological order:

Regarding the Holocaust: (20 points)

What country did most of it occur in (not Germany)?

Why did it occur?

When did it occur?

What could have been done differently to avoid so many deaths?

How many deaths were there related to the Holocaust?

Operation Dunkirk was a (n) ?

Major British offensive b. Rescue operation c. Neither d. Both A and B

At the beaches of Normandy and Utah what occurred?

Hundreds of thousands of troops lost in a battle against Germany

The British defeated the Germans and the war ended

The U. S. had more than a million troops enter France and the Germans did kill several thousand troops, but this effort helped the Allies win back France and win the war

None of the above

Which battle on the eastern side of the European theater (part) was the largest tank battle in history?

Stalingrad b. Kursk c. Bulge d. Dunkirk

In Northeastern Africa the battle of El-Alamein occurred. Which country’s military led that battle to a victory for the allies?

France

Britain

USA

Egypt

Victories in which islands In the Pacific Ocean allowed the allies to make their way to bombing Japan?

Midway and Hawaii

Marshall islands and New Zealand

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

Okinawa and Tahiti

World War 2 was mainly a trench war?

True

False

What countries were on which side of the war?

Allies included England, USA and Russia (Soviet Union)

Axis included the Ottoman Empire, Germany and Japan

Axis included Germany, Japan and China

Both A and C

What were some of the effects of World War 2?

Japan had two atomic bombs dropped on them after failing to surrender

About 60 million people died because of the war

Japan had to give China back to China

All of the above

Why did we care if Stalin allowed democratic elections in Eastern Europe at the end of WW2?

We preferred for countries to be more communistic at that time

We wanted the Soviet Union to be larger so they could control peace around there

We knew there would be more peace if those countries could elect their own leaders

None of the above