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38 Cards in this Set
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3. In which country were the most civilians killed during World War II?
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USSR
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4. During World War II, how many German military personnel were killed or missing?
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3,300,000
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5. What was the direct cost for war during World War II for the United States?
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288 billion
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6. Which of the following was NOT a departure point in Great Britain?
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London
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7. How many beaches were targeted landing sites for forces coming from the water?
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Five
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8. Which officer did NOT command D Day forces?
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Patton
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9. Which of the following was an area targeted by the U.S. First Army?
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Omaha Beach
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10. Which of these towns were British troops most likely to reach first?
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Courseulles
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11. Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
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The Holocaust
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12. How did the Lend Lease Act benefit the U.S.?
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It enriched the U.S. economy through selling arms to the Allies
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13. Why were thousands of U.S. citizens put in internment camps during the war?
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They were of Japanese descent and were falsely labeled as enemies
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14. Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
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To bring the war to the quickest possible end
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15. What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?
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That Hitler's advances could be blocked
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16. What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"?
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The attack of Pearl Harbor
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17. What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
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It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese
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18. Which of the following was the Nazi extermination camp?
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Auschwitz
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19. Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
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Battle of the Bulge
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20. What caused the Japanese emperor to have reduced power after the war?
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The Allies insistence
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21. Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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22. What group was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?
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Nazis
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23. Who led efforts to draw up?
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Douglas MacArthur
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24. Who was the supreme commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe?
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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25. Which of the following occurred on D Day?
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The Allied invasion of France
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26. What was the main target of the Kamikazes?
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Ships
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27. Which general led the victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein?
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Bernard Montgomery
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28. Why were thousands of Japanese Americans interned in relocation camps?
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Their ancestry
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29. Who was the mastermind of the "island hopping" strategy?
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Douglas MacArthur
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30. Which of the following events turned the tide of the war in the Pacific against Japan and allowed the Allies to begin taking the offensive?
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Battle of Midway
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31. Who went on the Battaan Death March, and why?
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Allied prisoners of the war because the Japanese forced them to
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32. Why is Isoroku Yamamoto famous?
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Masterminding the Japanese naval strategy during World War II
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33. The Atlantic Charter was a declaration of the right to freedom of
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Trade
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34. Charles de Gaulle was the Leader of the French government
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in
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35. Great Britain and France entered World War II because of the invasion of
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Poland
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36. The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1939 with
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Germany
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37. What did the Allies' strategy of "island hopping" in the Pacific involve? Attacks only on islands that were not well
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defended
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38. How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?
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Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues
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39. What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
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It was the genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior
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40. What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Russian troops and the Russian winter
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