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The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1939 with…?

a. Italy.
b. Poland.
c. Germany.
d. Great Britain.

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c. Germany.

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Great Britain and France entered World War II because of the invasion of…?

a. Poland.
b. Finland.
c. Denmark and Norway.
d. the Baltic States.

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a. Poland.

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The Germans first successfully used the blitzkrieg in an attack on…?

a. France.
b. Poland.
c. Finland.
d. the Soviet Union.

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b. Poland.

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All of the following were advantages for the British in fighting the Battle of Britain EXCEPT…?

a. radar.
b. Enigma.
c. British morale.
d. superior numbers of aircraft.

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d. superior numbers of aircraft.

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Why is Isoroku Yamamoto famous?

a. ordering and overseeing the Bataan Death March
b. leading the Japanese government during World War II
c. breaking the Japanese secret code during World War II
d. masterminding the Japanese naval strategy during World War II

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d. masterminding the Japanese naval strategy during World War II

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Who went on the Bataan Death March, and why?

a. Japanese soldiers, because they refused to surrender
b. Allied prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to
c. Allied soldiers, because it was essential to the success of the “island-hopping” strategy
d. Chinese civilians, because they were forced off their land by the Japanese invasion

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b. Allied prisoners of war, because the Japanese forced them to

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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?

a. Battle of Midway
b. Battle of Guadalcanal
c. Battle of the Coral Sea
d. Doolittle’s raid on Japan

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a. Battle of Midway

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Why were the Pacific islands attacked and seized during the Allied “island hopping” chosen?

a. They were isolated and uninhabited.
b. They were farthest away from Japan.
c. They were least heavily defended by Japan.
d. They were former territories of the United States.

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c. They were least heavily defended by Japan.

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Who was the mastermind of the “island-hopping” strategy, and the main US commander in the Pacific?

a. Chester Nimitz
b. James H. Doolittle
c. Franklin Roosevelt
d. Douglas MacArthur

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d. Douglas MacArthur

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Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

a. to punish Japan for Pearl Harbor
b. to revenge those who died in the Bataan Death March
c. to destroy weapons plants in Japan
d. to bring the war to the quickest possible end

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d. to bring the war to the quickest possible end

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Why were thousands of U.S. citizens put in internment camps during the war?

a. They were radioing helpful information to the Germans.
b. They were of Japanese descent and falsely labeled as enemies.
c. They were of German descent and falsely labeled as enemies.
d. They had known of the attack on Pearl Harbor in advance.

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b. They were of Japanese descent and falsely labeled as enemies.

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What was the U.S. response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?

a. declare war on Japan
b. cut oil supplies to Japan
c. broke off peace talks with Japan
d. began a boycott of Japanese-made products

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b. cut oil supplies to Japan

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Who was the supreme commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe?

a. General George Patton
b. General Erwin Rommel
c. General Bernard Montgomery
d. General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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d. General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Which of the following occurred on D-Day?

a. the Allied invasion of Italy
b. the Allied invasion of France
c. the Allied bombing of Hiroshima
d. the Allied bombing of Nagasaki

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b. the Allied invasion of France

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What was the main target of the kamikazes?

a. ships
b. air bases
c. ground troops
d. civilian populations

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a. ships

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Which of the following did Stalin repeatedly urge Churchill and Roosevelt to do in order to relieve German pressure on Soviet armies?

a. invade Italy
b. invade France
c. invade Germany
d. use atomic bombs

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b. invade France

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Which general led the victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein?

a. Erwin Rommel
b. Friedrich von Paulus
c. Bernard Montgomery
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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c. Bernard Montgomery

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Which of the following nations paid the greatest price in terms of the number of lives lost during the war?

a. Germany
b. Soviet Union
c. Japan
d. France

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b. Soviet Union

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What group was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?

a. Nazis
b. Communists
c. the Luftwaffe
d. war criminals from all of the Axis Powers

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a. Nazis

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Who led efforts to draw up the Japanese constitution?

a. Hideki Tojo
b. Harry Truman
c. Emperor Hirohito
d. Douglas MacArthur

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d. Douglas MacArthur

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The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

a. a system of fortifications
b. “out-waiting” the opponent
c. surprise and overwhelming force
d. ability to make a long, steady advance

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c. surprise and overwhelming force

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What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?

a. that Germany had a powerful airforce
b. that Hitler’s advances could be blocked
c. that the RAF needed more planes
d. that the British were inexperienced

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b. that Hitler’s advances could be blocked

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What event occurred on the day described as “a date which will live in infamy”?

a. attack on Pearl Harbor
b. Battle of Guadalcanal
c. bombing of Hiroshima
d. signing of the Atlantic Charter

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a. attack on Pearl Harbor

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What was significant about the Battle of Midway?

a. It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.
b. It marked the end of the war for the Japanese.
c. It destroyed the whole of the Japanese navy.
d. all of the above

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a. It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.

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Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?

a. Battle of the Bulge
b. Battle of Stalingrad
c. Battle of Leyte Gulf
d. Battle of El Alamein

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a. Battle of the Bulge

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Where were atomic bombs dropped?

a. Tokyo and Hong Kong
b. Dresden and Berlin
c. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d. Leyte Island and Midway

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c. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What was the direct war cost for the United States during World War II?

a. $93 billion
b. $150 billion
c. $288 billion
d. $312 billion

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c. $288 billion

28
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During World War II, how many German military personnel were killed or reported missing?

a. 205, 707
b. 1, 140, 429
c. 2, 120, 000
d. 3, 300, 000

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d. 3, 300, 000

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In which of the following countries were the most civilians killed during World War II?

a. USSR
b. Germany
c. Japan
d. Great Britain

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a. USSR

30
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Which of the following countries had the lowest direct war costs?

a. Japan
b. USSR
c. France
d. Great Britain

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a. Japan

31
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Which of the countries listed in the chart had the second lowest number of killed or missing military personnel?

a. France
b. Great Britain
c. the United States
d. Japan

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b. Great Britain

32
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How did the Japanese try to build a Pacific empire?

a. by attacking Pearl Harbor in a surprise raid
b. by taking over U.S., British, and French territories
c. by convincing native peoples to save “Asia for the Asians”
d. by sponsoring Communist overthrow of colonial governments

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b. by taking over U.S., British, and French territories

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How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?

a. Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.
b. A law passed on that day required Jews to wear yellow stars.
c. That was the day the Nazis began large deportations of Jews.
d. all of the above

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a. Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.

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What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?

a. Russian and British troops
b. Russian troops and the Russian winter
c. Russian and German fuel shortages
d. Russian ground forces and American air strikes

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b. Russian troops and the Russian winter

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What did Hitler incorrectly call the Germanic people he considered the “master race”?

a. Slavs
b. Aryans
c. Huns
d. Boche
e. Fascists

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b. Aryans

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What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?

a. Allied Powers
b. Fascist Powers
c. Central Powers
d. Austin Powers
e. Axis Powers

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e. Axis Powers

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What was the goal of U.S. isolationists after World War I?

a. that Nazi ties to other countries should be combatted
b. that political ties to other countries should be encouraged
c. that foreign aid to other countries should be lessened
d. that political ties to other countries should be ended

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d. that political ties to other countries should be ended

38
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The Manhattan Project was the…?

a. plan created for the invasion mof German-held France
b. sea plan developed by the U.S. to defend the coastal waters off of New York,and the rest of the U.S., from German submarines.
c. plan to develop the first atomic weapon
d. code name given to the island-hopping campaign.

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c. plan to develop the first atomic weapon

39
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The Allied Powers included the following:

a. Germany
b. Unites States
c. Soviet Union
d. Japan
e. Great Britain
f. Sweden

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b. Unites States
c. Soviet Union
e. Great Britain

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Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII…?

a. Adolf Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Charles DeGaulle
d. Douglas MacArthur
e. Dwight D. Eisenhower
f. George Orwell
g. Henri Petain
h. Joseph Stalin
i. Vladimir Lenin
j. Winston Churchill

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h. Joseph Stalin

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Leader of Nazi Germany during WWII…?

a. Adolf Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Charles DeGaulle
d. Douglas MacArthur
e. Dwight D. Eisenhower
f. George Orwell
g. Henri Petain
h. Joseph Stalin
i. Vladimir Lenin
j. Winston Churchill

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a. Adolf Hitler

42
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Leader of American forces in Europe during WWII…?

a. Adolf Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Charles DeGaulle
d. Douglas MacArthur
e. Dwight D. Eisenhower
f. George Orwell
g. Henri Petain
h. Joseph Stalin
i. Vladimir Lenin
j. Winston Churchill

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e. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Leader of the United Kingdom during WWII…?

a. Adolf Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Charles DeGaulle
d. Douglas MacArthur
e. Dwight D. Eisenhower
f. George Orwell
g. Henri Petain
h. Joseph Stalin
i. Vladimir Lenin
j. Winston Churchill

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j. Winston Churchill

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Leader of Free French forces during WWII…?

a. Adolf Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Charles DeGaulle
d. Douglas MacArthur
e. Dwight D. Eisenhower
f. George Orwell
g. Henri Petain
h. Joseph Stalin
i. Vladimir Lenin
j. Winston Churchill

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c. Charles DeGaulle

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Leader of American forces in the Pacific during WWII…?

a. Adolf Hitler
b. Benito Mussolini
c. Charles DeGaulle
d. Douglas MacArthur
e. Dwight D. Eisenhower
f. George Orwell
g. Henri Petain
h. Joseph Stalin
i. Vladimir Lenin
j. Winston Churchill

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d. Douglas MacArthur

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Time period between the fall of Poland and Hitler’s attacks in western Europe…?

a. Mass murder
b. Internment Camp
c. Kamikaze
d. Ghetto
e. Holocaust
f. Blitzkrieg
g. Phoney War
h. Genocide
i. Concentration Camp
j. Storm War

A

g. Phoney War

47
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‘Ethnic cleansing’-the murder of a peoples based on their ethnicity, religion, etc. …?

a. Mass murder
b. Internment Camp
c. Kamikaze
d. Ghetto
e. Holocaust
f. Blitzkrieg
g. Phoney War
h. Genocide
i. Concentration Camp
j. Storm War

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h. Genocide

48
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Jews were herded into these run-down, over-crowded, walled-in sections of cities before later being shipped off to the death camps…?

a. Mass murder
b. Internment Camp
c. Kamikaze
d. Ghetto
e. Holocaust
f. Blitzkrieg
g. Phoney War
h. Genocide
i. Concentration Camp
j. Storm War

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d. Ghetto

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Japanese suicide pilot, ‘divine wind’ …?

a. Mass murder
b. Internment Camp
c. Kamikaze
d. Ghetto
e. Holocaust
f. Blitzkrieg
g. Phoney War
h. Genocide
i. Concentration Camp
j. Storm War

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c. Kamikaze

50
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Jews, gypsies, political opponents of the Nazis, communists, and Russian prisoners were gathered here, some were immediately executed/gassed, others were worked to death on construction projects…?

a. Mass murder
b. Internment Camp
c. Kamikaze
d. Ghetto
e. Holocaust
f. Blitzkrieg
g. Phoney War
h. Genocide
i. Concentration Camp
j. Storm War

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i. Concentration Camp

51
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German tactical innovation which combined the strength and speed of armor, airpower, and mobile infantry stiking with concentrated force…?

a. Mass murder
b. Internment Camp
c. Kamikaze
d. Ghetto
e. Holocaust
f. Blitzkrieg
g. Phoney War
h. Genocide
i. Concentration Camp
j. Storm War

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f. Blitzkrieg

52
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A battle of wills between Hitler and Stalin, the Germans were finally stopped in brutal house-to-house combat. Surrounded by a Soviet counter-attack, an entire German army was eliminated. A turning point, after this the Soviets would begin pushing the Germans out of the USSR.

a. Battle of El Alamein
b. Battle of the Atlantic/War in the Atlantic
c. Battle of Guadalcanal
d. Battle of Britain
e. Battle of Stalingrad
f. Battle of Midway
g. Battle of the Bulge
h. Battle of Okinawa
i. Bombing the Axis
j. Battle of Italy

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e. Battle of Stalingrad

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The final, and bloodiest, island battle in the Pacific. It helped Truman to decide to use the atomic bomb.

a. Battle of El Alamein
b. Battle of the Atlantic/War in the Atlantic
c. Battle of Guadalcanal
d. Battle of Britain
e. Battle of Stalingrad
f. Battle of Midway
g. Battle of the Bulge
h. Battle of Okinawa
i. Bombing the Axis
j. Battle of Italy

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h. Battle of Okinawa

54
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The turning-point battle in North Africa, where the British defeated Rommel and the Germans and began to push them back across the desert.

a. Battle of El Alamein
b. Battle of the Atlantic/War in the Atlantic
c. Battle of Guadalcanal
d. Battle of Britain
e. Battle of Stalingrad
f. Battle of Midway
g. Battle of the Bulge
h. Battle of Okinawa
i. Bombing the Axis
j. Battle of Italy

A

a. Battle of El Alamein

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The long conflict that witnessed Germany trying to strangle Britain’s sea lifeline, where German submarines and Allied ships battled for supremacy of the shipping lanes.

a. Battle of El Alamein
b. Battle of the Atlantic/War in the Atlantic
c. Battle of Guadalcanal
d. Battle of Britain
e. Battle of Stalingrad
f. Battle of Midway
g. Battle of the Bulge
h. Battle of Okinawa
i. Bombing the Axis
j. Battle of Italy

A

b. Battle of the Atlantic/War in the Atlantic

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A turning point in the Pacific, where the great momentum of Japan’s forces was checked when four Japanese carriers were sunk to America’s one.

a. Battle of El Alamein
b. Battle of the Atlantic/War in the Atlantic
c. Battle of Guadalcanal
d. Battle of Britain
e. Battle of Stalingrad
f. Battle of Midway
g. Battle of the Bulge
h. Battle of Okinawa
i. Bombing the Axis
j. Battle of Italy

A

f. Battle of Midway

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