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WWII Test
Miklos - 5/8/2013
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10th Grade
05/07/2013

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Who did the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact with?
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Nazis & Hitler
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Why did Great Britain and France enter WWII?
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Because of the invasion of Poland
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Where did Germany 1st successfully use Blitzkrieg?
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Poland
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Who master-minded "island hopping?"
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McArthur
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Who led the Allied forces in Europe from the U.S.?
Definition
Eisenhower
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What occurred on D-Day?
Definition
Invasion of France
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What was the main target of the kamikaze?
Definition
Ships
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Who lost the most lives in WWII?
Definition
U.S.S.R./Soviet Union
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What group was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?
Definition
Nazis
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Who from America helped to draw up the Japanese constitution?
Definition
McArthur
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Where were to 2 atomic bombs dropped?
Definition
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
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Allies go offense instead of defense
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What was Hitlers "Final Solution?"
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Genocide of all prisoners
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Who was the leader of Britain?
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Winston Churchill
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German General who led the troops in North Africa?
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Erwin Rommel
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Leader of the French Government in exile in London?
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Charles Gualle
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American General that helped drives the Germans out of Africa?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Japanese admiral that decided that the US fleet in Hawaii needed to be destroyed.
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Isorku Yamamoto
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Who used the process of Demilitarization?
Definition
MacArthur with the U.S. army
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