Exam 26: The Second World War

The turning point in the war in Europe came when the Allies began launching offensives against the Germans beginning after the battle of:

The League of Nations included all the participants of the First World War,including France,Britain,the United States,Germany,and the Soviet Union.

Which of the following actions by the Allies caused the highest casualty rates among Japanese civilians?

The Allies launched a successful attack on the Germans in December 1944 that broke the German lines and nearly ended the war,an attack known as the Battle of the Bulge.

During the German occupation of eastern Europe and the campaign of extermination they carried out,only in the _________ did the Jewish inhabitants attempt to fight back.

Once Hitler had pieced together an empire that stretched across Europe,he declared:

To support the Spanish republican government and to protest the German bombing of a Basque town in April 1937,Pablo Picasso painted:

When Germany invaded Russia,following the front-line troops into the country were military squads charged with dealing with undesirable individuals among the conquered peoples.These squads were called:

Early in the war,the British in North Africa,though outnumbered,not only resisted the Italian move against Egypt,but very nearly captured the Italian colony of Libya before being thrown back by the Germans,commanded by:

How did France ultimately respond to Germany's stunning early successes in May 1940?

Hitler turned his attention to Russia in large part because fighting England's R.A.F.proved to be too costly and resulted not in quick victory,but a stalemate.

Due to the memories of World War I,many Western nations were divided in their response to actions taken by fascist and nationalist governments.Some wished to meet such actions with force if necessary,while others wished to negotiate.This second approach is usually referred to as:

The German panzers,enormous repeat-firing guns,were part of the wave of new technologies Germany brought to war.

The Soviet Union and Britain invaded a neutral country,_________,in 1941 to prevent Germany from seizing a valuable war resource.

Which of the following is considered a crucial quality of Winston Churchill's leadership during the Second World War?

Hitler's stated objective in the 1930s was to reunite all ethnic Germans inside his "Third German Reich," and the first move to accomplish this objective was:

What factors combined to change Russian fortunes in the war after 1941?

Which of the following was the first major effort by the Nazis to "cleanse" conquered territories of "undesirable" populations?

The effect of the Nazi concentration camps was to render their inmates numb and incapacitated,making them acquiesce to a slow death.Proof of this is found in the complete lack of rebellions in any camp.

In the summer of 1943,the largest tank battle in history was fought at: