WW2 Flashcards

1
Q

Who was the president of the US during WW2?

A

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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2
Q

Who did the US give the most supplies to?

A

England

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3
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What let the US give supplies to England?

A

Lend-Lease Act

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4
Q

Where did Hitler take over?

A

Paris, Poland, Czechoslovakia

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5
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How did the Treaty of versatile start ww2

A

The treaty of versatile said that Germany should pay for all the damage WW1 did which made Germany mad and angry

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6
Q

Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

A

Japan

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7
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Who gave the order to drop the atomic bomb

A

Truman

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8
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what was black Tuesday

A

Black Tuesday was another name for the great depression

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9
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D-Day

A

the day the Allies invaded Normandy from England during World War II.

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10
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WHAT WAS GERMANY’S AIRFORCE KNOWN AS?

A

LUFTWAFFE

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11
Q

. Benito Mussolini led which country during World War II?

A

italy

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12
Q

Which event is generally considered to be the first belligerent act of World War II?

A

Germany attack on Poland

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13
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Which two countries were the first to declare war on Germany?

A

Brattain and France

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14
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Against which country did the Soviet Union instigate an armed conflict in late 1939?

A

Finland

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15
Q

What were the first two western European countries that Germany invaded?

A

Norway and Denmark

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16
Q

Which best describes Germany’s standard invasion strategy at the beginning of World War II?

A

Attack with a combination of speed and overwhelming force

17
Q

What major mistake did the Allies make in preparing to defend against Germany’s attack on France?

A

They misinterpreted where the main invasion would take place

18
Q

What happened at Dunkirk in May 1940?

A

British forces retreated across the English Channel

19
Q

Where was the French surrender to Germany signed

A

In a railway car

20
Q

What were the V1 and V2?

A

German missiles

21
Q

Why was the Luftwaffe so ineffective during the last part of the war?

A

Germany was experiencing a severe oil shortage

22
Q

Allies Powers

A

Group of nations, including the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, who opposed the Axis powers(Fascists) and won WWII