Chapter 26 Section 2 Quiz: The Course Of World War II
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A quiz to help you with your Chapter 26 Sectoin 2 Quiz.
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- 1.Hitler's "lighting war", or _________ surprised Europe at the outset of the war.
- 2.A big part of Germany's offensive capabilities focused around their ___________ tank divisions.
- 3.__________ was forced to sign an armistice with Germany on June 22, 1940.
- 4.Although the criticized Germany, the United States followed a policy of _________ at the start of the war.
- 5.The Battle of _________ consisted of German bombing attacks on British air and naval bases, harbors, communication centers, and war industries.
- 6.Hitler's air force was known as the ____________.
- 7.Although he had no interest in a two-front war, Hitler convinced himself that the time was right to violate the non-aggression pact and attack the ______ ________.
- 8.The first major setback for Germany in the Soviet Union occurred at the Battle of ___________.
- 9.By 1942, Japan had conquered almost all of Southeast Asia and much of the western Pacific. They named this new "community" the _______ ________-_______ ________ ________.
- 10.On December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft attacked the U.S. naval base at ______ _________.
- 11.After the United States entered the war, the three major Allies consisted of the U.S., Great Britain, and the _____ _________.
- 12.The _________ powers consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan.
- 13.Germany's Afrika Korps was headed by ___________ _________.
- 14.The turning point of the war in the Pacific occurred at the Battle of _________ _________.
- 15.Part of the Allied strategy in the Pacific involved "__________ _________", capturing some Japanese held islands and avoiding others on the way to Japan.
- 16.Winston Churchill called __________ the "soft underbelly" of the Axis Powers.
- 17.June 6, 1944 is known as ___________, and is the day that the Allies at long last opened their "second front".
- 18.Allied forces led by ___________ landed on the Normandy beaches in history's greatest naval invasion.
- 19.After the death of FDR, _________ became President of the U.S.
- 20.The United States ended the war in the Pacific by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and ___________.
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