U8 L10 World War II: Battle Fronts

Question 1

What began WW2?

Answer 1

Germany’s invasion of Poland

Question 2

The German victories were largely a result of what?

Answer 2

new tactics

Question 3

What is blitzkrieg?

Answer 3

• lightning war
• swift, sudden attack
• with dive bombers, tanks, guns, encirclement strategy

Question 4

What were the Baltic states that Russia forced to permit military installations in their borders?

Answer 4

• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania

Question 5

Did Finland allow Russia to have a naval base in its country?

Answer 5

no

Question 6

After the initial German and Russian victories, did fighting on the western front stop? what did some newspapers refer to this time as?

Answer 6

• yes

- phony war

Question 7

On April 1940, the blitzkrieg against which countries ended the talk of the phony war?

Answer 7

Denmark and Norway

Question 8

When Germany took control of Denmark and Norway, what advantages did it give them?

Answer 8

• positions on North Sea
• submarine bases
• French and British shipping threatened

Question 9

When a blitzkrieg struck Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, what did it force the British to do?

Answer 9

retreat back to England

Question 10

When the French forces were weakened, who did Mussolini join?

Answer 10

Hitler

Question 11

Was Italy’s declaration of war on Britain and France a shock to the Allies?

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

On June 22, 1940, France signs an armistice with who?

Answer 12

Germany

Question 13

When did Japan join the Axis powers?

Answer 13

Sept 1940

Question 14

Responding to British appeals, what did the US ship?

Answer 14

arms and equipment

Question 15

What was the Selective Service Act? When was it made?

Answer 15

• sept 1940

- draft men to fight

Question 16

What were the Balkan states Germany attacked?

Answer 16

• Romania
• Bulgaria
• Greece
• Yugoslavia

Question 17

What was the advantage of the German’s capturing Greece?

Answer 17

• launching point for German campaigns in North Africa

- Suez Canal major objective

Question 18

What is General Erwin Rommel known as?

Answer 18

Desert Fox

Question 19

Under Rommel, Axis forces drove the British from Libya into what country?

Answer 19

Egypt

Question 20

After the Germans taking over the Balkan states, what happened to the relationship between Germany and Russia?

Answer 20

crumble

Question 21

Following a scorched-earth policy, what did the Russians do as they retreated?

Answer 21

burn anything valuable

Question 22

What was the greatest enemy the Germans faced in Russia?

Answer 22

the W I N T E R

Question 23

Japan sought to take advantage of British and French involvement in the war by seizing their territories in which regions?

Answer 23

• Far east

- Pacific

Question 24

Was the Washington peace with Japan a ruse?

Answer 24

yes

Question 25

When did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?

Answer 25

Dec 7, 1941

Question 26

How many Americans were killed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

Answer 26

over 2000

Question 27

What was a turning point in the war between Russia and Germany?

Answer 27

Germans surrendering at Stalingrad

Question 28

PM Churchill and President Roosevelt appoint who to lead an Allied invasion of northern France?

Answer 28

General Dwight Eisenhower

Question 29

From where did the Americans/British and Russians close in when the Germans were trapped?

Answer 29

R- east

AB- west

Question 30

Who won the Battle of the Bulge?

Answer 30

Allies

Question 31

In Russia and US’s meeting in Torgau, why was Russia permitted to recieve Germany’s surrender?

Answer 31

losses suffered because of Germans

Question 32

Who did the Germans want to surrender to?

Answer 32

England and US

Question 33

Mussolini was captured and killed by who?

Answer 33

Italian guerrillas

Question 34

How did Hitler die?

Answer 34

suicide

Question 35

What is VE Day?

Answer 35

• May 8, 1945

- Victory in Europe for Allied powers