Ledonne WW2 quiz answers
Who was a fervent anti-Communist and a great admirer of Benito Mussolini's leadership style?
Adolph Hitler
The German's goal for the Battle of the Bulge was to cut off Allied supplies coming through the port of
Antwerp, Belgium
It took the Allies five months to break through the German lines at Cassino and
Anzio
The air battle between the German Luftwaffe and the British air force that began in June 1940 and lasted into the fall of 1940 became known as
Battle of Britain
In 1941 President Roosevelt began sending lend-lease aid to
China
In late 1937, Hitler concluded that Germany would gain supplies of food, defensible frontiers, and soldiers by seizing Austria and
Czechoslovakia
The largest racial riot of the Second World War occurred in
Detroit
The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve a double victory over Hitler's racism and racism at home in a campaign called
Double V
After being trapped by the Germans in Belgium, the only port remaining open for Britain and France to evacuate their surviving troops was at
Dunkirk
Many military officers in Japan were strong nationalists and believed Japan was destined to dominate
East Asia
This talented general earned the nickname "Desert Fox" because of his many successes.
Erwin Rommel
After taking power, Hitler took on the title "fuhrer", which is the German term for "caesar."
False
American planners attempted to destroy the Japanese ability to wage the war by precision bombing their factories using the B-29.
False
Anne Frank's family had tried to leave Germany but had been unable to due to immigration quotas.
False
At the Tehran Conference Stalin declared that the Soviet Union would immediately join the war against Japan
False
At the Tehran Conference, the allies agreed to invade Sicily.
False
General MacArthur was captured by the Japanese on April 9, 1942, when he and the defenders of Bataan surrendered.
False
Hitler was convinced that the only way to defeat the Soviet Union was with naval attacks.
False
In setting forth his lend-lease proposal, Roosevelt told radio listeners that if Britain fell, an "unholy alliance" of Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union would keep trying to conquer the world, and then "all of us in all the Americas would be living at the point of a gun."
False
Mexican Americans did not actively join the war effort during World War II.
False
On March 31, 1939, the United States announced that if Poland went to war to defend its territory, the United States, Britain, and France would come to Poland's aid.
False
Roosevelt believed that isolationism was the best idea for America and to promote peace in general.
False
Roosevelt's destroyers-for-bases deal led to the founding of a staunchly internationalist group, the America First Committee, which firmly supported any American intervention or aid to the Allies.
False
The American landing at Omaha Beach went very well, unlike the landing at Gold Beach.
False
The Battle of the Coral Sea marked the turning point for America in the war against Japan.
False
The Fight for Freedom Committee included many influential figures like Charles Lindbergh and Senator Gerald Nye.
False
The Nuremberg Laws defined a Jew as a person who had at least one Jewish parent.
False
The Spanish Civil War erupted when various groups rebelled against the election of Francisco Franco.
False
The heated debate over neutrality took place in the midst of the 1940 presidential election, in which Roosevelt eventually won an unprecedented fourth term in office.
False
The majority of the cost of World War II was offset by high tax increases on the America public.
False
The one condition the Japanese held before they would surrender was a guarantee they would not be occupied.
False
Who was the leader of the 1936 rebellion in Spain that quickly became a civil war?
Francisco Franco
General MacArthur's campaign in the southwest Pacific began with the invasion of
Guadalcanal
Germany declared war on the United States because
Hitler underestimated American strength and resolve
In 1942 Secretary of War Henry Stimson declared most of the West Coast a military zone and ordered all people of Japanese ancestry to evacuate to
Internment camps
All of the following were done to try to conserve resources during the Second World War EXCEPT
Introduction of daylight savings time
Where did American military planners decide to invade so B-29s could be refueled?
Iwo Jima
What finally brought the United States into World War II?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
What event in 1938 marked a significant escalation in the Nazi policy of persecution against the Jews?
Kristallnacht
The first target for Japanese expansion and conquest in the 1930s was
Manchuria
In June 1942, decoded Japanese messages alerted the United States to the Japanese attack on
Midway
One of the new political parties to rise during the political and economic chaos in Germany after World War I was the National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as the
Nazi Party
Following the Munich Conference this leader proudly announced upon his return home that we had secured "peace in our time."
Neville Chamberlain
After the fall of Poland, Hitler and his generals decided to attack
Norway and Denmark
What did Roosevelt establish in 1943 to settle arguments between different agencies concerning production of goods for the war?
Office of War Mobilization
The bombing campaign between January 1943 and May 1945 did not destroy Germany's economy or undermine German morale, but it did destroy many aircraft factories, wrecked the railroad system, and caused a severe
Oil shortage
Where did American military planners choose to invade in order to stockpile supplies and build up troops for an invasion of Japan?
Okinawa
The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact contained a secret deal between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide
Poland
Few Americans wanted to raise immigration quotas, even to accommodate European
Refugees
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, two members of Congress introduced the
Selective Service and Training Act
The Nazis reserved their strongest hatred for Jews, although they also held other groups in contempt including homosexuals, the disabled, Gypsies, and
Slavic peoples
If British and American troops opened a second front by attacking Germany from the west, it would take pressure off the
Soviet Union
Taken together, the growth of southern California and the expansion of cities in the Deep South created a new industrial region—
Sunbelt
One part of the American plan for the defeat of Japan called for General MacArthur's troops to advance through the Solomon Islands, capture the north coast of New Guinea, and then retake
The Philippines
In June 1941, in violation of the Nazi-Soviet pact, Hitler launched a massive invasion of
The Soviet Union
In 1942 Nazi leaders met to make plans for exterminating Europe's Jews more quickly and efficiently at
The Wannsee conference
A problem encountered in the island-hopping campaign in the central Pacific was that many of the islands were coral reef atolls
True
Although the troops in the Bataan Peninsula surrendered in April 1942, a small force held out on the island of Corregidor in Manila Bay until May of that year.
True
American naval attacks forced the Japanese to limit their attack on New Guinea and kept the American supply lines to Australia open.
True
Despite successfully landing at Normandy, Allied troops struggled to make progress into France due to the thick walls of vegetation found in the Normandy area.
True
During World War II, American workers were more productive than German workers or Japanese workers.
True
Fascism is a political ideology that is strongly opposed to communism.
True
In order to stop the American invasion, the Japanese sent four aircraft carriers from the north to the Philippines while secretly dispatching another fleet to the west.
True
Many German Jews chose to stay in Germany during the early Nazi years as they had made lives there and thought this was just another wave of antisemitism that would pass.
True
Many unions pledged to not go on strike during the war and instead would allow for government arbitration to resolve disputes.
True
On June 22, 1940, Hitler accepted the French surrender in the same railway car in which the Germans had surrendered at the end of World War I.
True
Roosevelt agreed with Churchill to attack the periphery of the German Empire and in July 1942 ordered the invasion of Morocco and Algeria.
True
Roosevelt made it clear that he would lift the oil embargo only if Japan withdrew from Indochina and made peace with China.
True
Several of the leaders of Nazi Germany were acquitted by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.
True
The Battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in the war for Germany because it forced her onto the defensive for the remainder of the war.
True
The Neutrality Act of 1937 required countries at war to purchase nonmilitary supplies with payment up-front and they also had to transport the goods on their own ships.
True
The United States was able to avoid high inflation during the Second World War.
True
The first city targeted by the United States with a nuclear bomb was Hiroshima.
True
The high unemployment in many countries in the 1930s made immigrants and refugees less desirable.
True
The invasion of Tarawa provided the military with valuable lessons they applied to other landings.
True
To get around the Maginot Line, the Germans would have to invade the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
True
In 1944, at the Dumbarton Oaks Estate in Washington, D.C., delegates from 39 countries met to discuss a new international organization, which was to be called the
United Nations
Faced with the massive destruction caused by atomic bombs and the shock of the Soviets joining the war, the Japanese emperor ordered his government to surrender on August 15, 1945—
V-J Day
During World War II, the Army enlisted women for the first time, although they were barred from
combat
In 1928 the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin began a massive effort to
industrialize his country
What did Roosevelt want to build on British-controlled land that compelled him to bypass the provisions of the Neutrality Act and trade 50 old destroyers with Britain?
military bases
The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of
military equipment
The Office of Price Administration began rationing, or limiting the availability of, many consumer products to make sure enough were available for
military use
The cost-plus system sped up war production by
providing larger profits for companies that worked fast and produced a lot
During World War II, women were recruited into the military to
release men for combat
The "Double V" campaign meant
victory over Hitler's racism abroad and victory over racism at home.
In order to save fabric for the war, most men wore a
victory suit
By the summer of 1942, almost all major industries and some 200,000 companies had converted to ____________________ production.
war