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Which countries have used atomic/nuclear weapons in a war?
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Germany and USSR/Russia
US and Japan
US and USSR/Russia
US and no one else
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What Allied country in the South Pacific did Japan continually hope to one day invade and conquer for its strategic importance, yet they failed to ever successfully do so?
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Australia
Philippines
Jamaica
Singapore
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Which countries have used atomic/nuclear weapons in a war?
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What Allied country in the South Pacific did Japan continually hope to one day invade and conquer for its strategic importance, yet they failed to ever successfully do so?
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Which of the following is one of the steps Hitler took that led to the Holocaust?
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Which of the following is not a reason why Japan started the war in the Pacific and Asia?
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American forces were in position to move into Berlin ahead of other Allies. Why did American leaders decide to let the Soviets move in first, instead?
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Why did the Germans want to take control of the City of Stalingrad?
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This city is the single, most well-known, example of Japanese atrocities committed against tens of thousands of Chinese civilians.
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What did the Soviets do to prevent German bombing from stopping their production of weapons in their factories?
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Which of the following is a reason why Germany started WWII?
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Which of the following is a reason why Hitler targeted Jews for persecution?
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Which of the following countries does not belong on the list of German conquests in the Spring/Summer of 1940?
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Which battle involved the Germans secretly moving forces from its Eastern Front and transferring them to the Western Front to launch a surprise Christmas time attack on British and American forces?
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Which city was the first to have an atomic bomb dropped on it?
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Which country was not involved in the Battle of the Atlantic
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Pick the date of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day
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What Chinese territory was invaded and seized by Japan in 1931?
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Which of the following pair of countries shocked the world by signing a Non-Aggression Pact with each other, opening the door for the invasion of Poland and the start of WWII?
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Military historians say that one of Hitler's blunders (mistakes) in WWII came during the Battle of Britain in 1940, when he ordered the Luftwaffe to switch the concentration of their bombing in Britain from the Royal Air Force bases to civilian population centers like London instead. This allowed the Royal Air Force to stay operational and slowly start destroying German bombers faster than they could replace them. Which item below is the best explanation for why Hitler made this blunder?
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Which statement is true regarding desegregation of the US military and WWII?
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Which country, more than any other listed, had geography and weather working as a military strength for them in WWII?
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Which of the following was an SS officer that oversaw the Wannsee Conference and the execution of the Final Solution - a plan to kill all of Europe's Jews?
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Pick the best answer regarding the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942
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Which battle involved millions of German and Soviet soldiers, thousands of tanks and artillery pieces, thousands of aircraft, and was fought over the West Soviet plains for months before the Soviets finally emerged victorious. Known as the largest armored warfare battle in history.
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What makes the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact ironic (funny in a strange, nontraditional way)?
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Which of the following did not happen in the final year of WWII?
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Which of the following is true regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
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Which best describes the Italian reaction to the Allied invasion of their country in WWII?
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Which best describes what the Germans and Allies were fighting over in North Africa and the Middle East?
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Fallschirmjager were used to counter the American invasion of Italy. What is a fallschirmjager?
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What type of American planes scored the hits that sunk all 4 Japanese Carriers in the Battle of Midway?
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In spite of early losses to the Germans, which American general replaced the original leadership and proved himself to be an armored warfare genius and led America to victory over the Germans in North Africa?
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What type of targets were not present when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941?
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Which of the following is not true regarding Soviet snipers in WWII?
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Which person listed below first warned Stalin, in a top secret letter, about Operation Barbarossa, Germany's invasion of the USSR?
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Which of the following is not an event leading up to the start of WWII?
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Japan's brutal, and often criminal, treatment of conquered civilians and captured Prisoners of War (POW's) was morally justified in Japan's eyes by what item listed below?
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Besides Germany, what other country invaded Poland and seized control of part of the country?
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Which of the following countries did not possess a strong navy entering WWII?
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Which battle played the biggest role in helping President Truman decide to use atomic bombs against Japan?
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Which country's war effort was both helped by, and hurt by, the large distance between it and its enemies?
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System of government in which private ownership of industry and capital is allowed, but the needs of the nation or leader are supreme to those of the individual.
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Nazis were tried for crimes against humanity after the war.
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Destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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American general in charge of Allied forces in the Pacific, oversaw the Island Hopping Campaign
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Racial hatred and prejudice toward Jews
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Scientist in charge of the Manhattan Project
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Great orator and Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII
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Term used to describe the destruction or genocide of the Jews
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Il Duce, leader of Italy
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Supreme Allied Commander in N Africa and Europe, became President of the US after the war