ww2

what years did world war 2 occur

1939-1945

what was the direct war cost for the united States during ww2

288 billion

during world war 2 how many German military personnel were killed or reported missing

3, 300, 000

who said the following quote " one blood demands one Reich (empire). never will the German nation have the moral right to enter into colonial politics until at least it includes its own sons within a single state"

Adolf Hitler

who was the mastermind of the "island hopping" strategy?

Douglas MacArthur

what happened to the sudeteland

Germany invaded it

where were atomic bombs dropped?

Hiroshima and nagasaki

how were the Holocaust and Hitler's "final solution'' related

Holocaust is the term for the genocide that resulted from the plan called the final solution

which of the following countries had the lowest direct war costs?

Japan

who said the following quote " we should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will"

Neville Chamberlain

which country did Germany conquer in September 1939

Poland

which of the following Nations paid the greatest price in terms of the number of lives lost during war?

Soviet union

what was the goal of Hitler's " final solution"

They valued national Honor more than individual life

who said the following quote "an appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile hoping it will eat him last"

Winston Churchill

what did the Soviet Union ask the allies to do during the ww2

all of the above

how did krisrallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?

all the above

in order to do well on this test I needed to

all the above

what event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in family"?

attack on Pearl harbor

which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?

auschwits

which event marked the final allied victory in WW2

battle of the bulge

which of the following was true of Germany, Italy, and Japan during the early 1930s

both A and B

what important role did Winston Churchill play during this period

both A&B

what domestic challenge made it difficult for France,great Britain, and the united States to halt German and Italian aggression in the 1930s

economic depression

what prompted great Britain and France to declare war on germany

german invasion of poland

the Soviet Union signed a non-aggressive pact in 1939 with

germany

which of the countries listed in the chart had the second lowest number of killed or missing military personnel

great Britain

In the 1930s why did great Britain and France respond to German and Italian aggression with appeasement

great Britain and France wanted to keep the peace

why did Hitler target the Jewish population as scapegoats for all of Germany's troubles

hatred of Jews or anti-Semitism was a key part of Nazi ideology

in his quest for a "New Roman empire," Benito Mussolini

invaded Ethiopia

what was significant about the battle of Midway?

it turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese

what happened to the rest of Czechoslovakia

it was annexed to Germany in 1939

what nation was not part of the allies

italy

what country invaded Manchuria in 1931

japan

during WW2 general Eisenhower

led the D-Day invasion

which answer is correct

more civilians died in WW2 then soldiers

what policy of the nazi Party led to the Holocaust

pursuit of racial purity

prior to WW2 what country was used by Hitler as a testing ground for his new weapons

spain

the Nuremberg laws helped to set the Nazi Holocaust in motion by

stripping Jews of citizenship rights

the German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

surprise and overwhelming force

what crucial lesson was learned in the battle of Britain

that Hitler's advances could be blocked

what was the policy of appeasements

the British and french decision to give into aggression to keep peace

what did Germany do to the Rhineland

the Rhineland was remilitarized by Germany

all of the fallowing joined the Axis power except

the Soviet Union

which of the following occurred on D-Day?

the allied invasion of france

who won ww2

the allies

which of the following did not motivate Japan to build an empire

the emperor wanted a larger empire to suit his divine status

during what event did Hitler "stab Stalin in the back"

the invasion of Leningrad

what does the use of kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture

they valued national Honor more than individual life

it what key way are all of the shaded countries and regions related

they were taken over by Nazi germany

why did the president Truman agree to use the atomic bomb

to bring the war to the quickest possible end