WWII Review

Germany agreed to a(n) _______ with the Soviet Union to avoid an attack from the east.

• Appeasement

• Non-Aggression Pact

• Armistice

• Alliance

After taking Czechoslovakia, Germany invaded Poland with a blitzkreig strategy and ________ declared war on Germany.

• Spain & France

• Italy & Japan

• Soviet Union & U.S.

• France & Great Britain

When European leaders like Chamberlain and pacifists ignored aggressive actions taken by Hitler, they were following ____________.

• annexation

• militarism

• the Treaty of Versailles

• appeasement

The German invasion of _________ was the offical outbreak of World War II in 1939.

• Poland

• France

• Albania

• Belgium

_______ protested Axis aggressions in the 1930s but did not take action to stop invasion?

• League of Nations

• United Nations

• Italy

• Japan

Hitler made all the following violations to the Treaty of Versailles prior to the invasion of the Sudetenland EXCEPT?

• He remilitarized the country.
• He occupied the Rhineland.
• He took over Austria.
• He took over Poland.

A military strategy that depended on surprise and overwhelming force.

• trench warfare

• island hopping

• blitzkrieg

• unrestricted submarine warfare

The “Finest Hour” speech by _______ was significant because it helped keep British spirit strong during the Blitz

• Churchill

• Chamerlain

• Stalin

• Hitler

Select all the Axis powers during WWII?

• Japan
• Germany
• Spain
• Italy

Which country was the target of the atomic bombs dropped during World War II?

• Russia

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan