World S2 WWII Quiz 7.3 2025

The Japanese military government propaganda information given to the Japanese people about the war was intended to

• make them scared about an American invasion so that they would do anything the government told them to do- even fight to the death for the emperor

• allow reporters to criticize the government for its involvement in the war

• give all sides of every issue and allow the public to make up their own minds about the war

• maintain strong and patriotic support for the effort and seldom report negative events and outcomes

The Allies liberated Paris from the Nazis ________ after the invasion of Normandy in August 1944.

• one month

• two and a half months

• 4 months

• 5 and a half months

The US General in charge of operations in the Pacific during WWII was

• Douglas MacArthur

• Dwight Eisenhower

• George S Patton

• James Dolittle

Benito Mussolini, leader of the Italian Fascists, died in April 1945

• leading his troops in battle against invading U.S. forces in Italy

• killed by his own troops in a bomb explosion at his headquarters

• after being captured trying to escape Italy disguised as a peasant refugee and then quickly executed

• of a heart attack

Most historians agree that the "turning point" in the war in Europe was the first major defeat of the German ground forces at

• St Petersburg

• Stalingrad

• Petrograd

• Moscow

Near the end of the war, at the Battle of the Philippines, a desperate Japan unleashed "kamikaze" attacks on US ships. What were kamikaze attacks?

• Japanese submarines attacking US ships in teams

• Japanese underwater divers placing explosives on the bottom of US ships

• Japanese suicide pilots crashing their planes into ships

• Japanese pilots firing torpedoes at US ships

Most historians agree the "turning point" in the war in the Pacific was

• Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of the Coral Sea

• Okinawa

U.S. government propaganda information given to the American people about the war was intended to

• make them scared so that they would do what the government told them to do

• allow reporters to criticize the government for its involvement in the war

• give all sides of every issue and allow the public to make up their own minds about the war

• maintain strong and patriotic support for the effort and seldom report negative events and outcomes

The United States plan in the Pacific to get close enough to launch air strikes against Japan was called

• Blitzkrieg

• Guerrilla Warfare

• Operation Tokyo

• Island Hopping

U.S. troops entered WWII in the European campaign by being sent to these nations in correct order

• Africa, the Soviet Union and then France

• Africa, Italy and then France

• Germany, France then Italy

• Italy, France then Germany