World War II Practice Quiz

Check all the Causes of World War II

Match the WWII leader with their country Germany: [blank_start]Adolph Hitler[blank_end] Soviet Union (USSR): [blank_start]Joseph Stalin[blank_end] Italy: [blank_start]Benito Mussolini[blank_end] Japanese Prime Minister: [blank_start]Hideki Tojo[blank_end] Emperor of Japan: [blank_start]Hirohito[blank_end] British Prime Minister (1937-1940): [blank_start]Neville Chamberlain[blank_end] British Prime Minister for the majority of WWII: [blank_start]Winston Churchill[blank_end] U.S. President for the majority of WWII: [blank_start]Franklin Delano Roosevelt[blank_end] U.S. President who dropped the A-Bomb on Japan: [blank_start]Harry S. Truman[blank_end]

All the countries were major members of the Allies during WWII EXCEPT

All the following countries were members of the Axis Powers EXCEPT.

The three Theaters of war during WWII were European Theater, [blank_start]Pacific[blank_end] Theater (Proper Noun) and North African Theater.

World War II began when [blank_start]Germany[blank_end] invaded [blank_start]Poland[blank_end]. As a result, [blank_start]Great Britain and France[blank_end] declared war on the invading country.

The [blank_start]Battle of Britain[blank_end] was an air campaign waged by the German Air Force known as the Luftwaffe against Great Britain's Royal Air Force

Allied invasion across English Channel into Normandy, France was known as [blank_start]D-Day[blank_end]

[blank_start]Battle of Stalingrad[blank_end] was the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. It was the turning point of the war for the Allies; German troops are now forced back to Germany from the East.

[blank_start]The Battle of Midway[blank_end] was the first major aircraft carrier vs. aircraft carrier engagement. It was important because it ends Japanese control of the Pacific. U.S. now on the offensive.

World War II ended when the United States dropped two Atomic Bombs on Japan. The first bomb was known as "[blank_start]Little Boy[blank_end]" and dropped on [blank_start]Hiroshima[blank_end]. The second bomb was known as "[blank_start]Fat Man[blank_end]" and dropped on [blank_start]Nagasaki[blank_end].

The [blank_start]Holocaust[blank_end] (Proper Noun/capitalized) was period between 1933-1945 which involved the murder of some 6 million European Jews (as well as members of some other persecuted groups, such as Gypsies and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime

The Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring was a law the Nazis passed that allowing for forced sterilization of those found by a Hereditary Health Court to have [blank_start]genetic defects[blank_end].

On November 9, 1939, Jewish stores, shops and synagogues throughout Germany are burned down. This became known as _______________________________

What was the name to the conference in which the Germans prepare a “final solution” to the Jewish question?

The law(s) that is described in the picture of the newspaper was known as the [blank_start]Nuremberg Race Laws[blank_end].

The picture of the newspaper is describing the outcome of Hitler's plan. The name of the plan that would lead to that event was [blank_start]Operation Barbarossa[blank_end]