Exam 26: The Second World War

The strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific campaign consisted of attacking strategic Japanese bases while bypassing some units of the Japanese army and navy,and it was referred to as:

What was the effect of Hitler's attack on civilians in the early stages of the war?

What was the "Second Front," and what was its effect on the war?

How did the United States acquire the atomic bomb before the Germans?

The Second World War differed from the First World War in many ways that did NOT include:

How did Nazi efforts to end the Great Depression in Germany contribute to the militarization of Europe?

What role did other European countries play in the persecution of the Jews?

Several consequences of the Great Depression of the 1930s led to the Second World War.Among these was:

To what does the term Blitzkrieg refer?

After the war,many former colonies found themselves worse off than before,having lost troops and supplies in the support of their colonial powers,and were more dependent than ever on their colonial overlords.

To what does the term Untermenschen refer?

After a policy of appeasement failed to curb Hitler's actions on the Continent,the ruling British government was replaced by a coalition under the leadership of:

Which of the following was NOT an important factor in the weakness of the League of Nations?

As part of the effort to build morale and enlist women in the war effort,the British government issued a poster indicating that for women,defeating Hitler would be:

What factors combined to save Britain from the same fate as the rest of Europe in 1941?

Japan's actions in the Pacific,which led to conflict with the Allies in the Second World War,began with its efforts to establish what Japan referred to as:

Use of the bomb established a new relationship between science and political power.

Soon after coming to power,the Nazis adopted a policy of Rassenkampf,which dealt with:

Following the German army's rapid victory in its invasion of Poland,the war entered a stage of inaction,a stage some referred to as a "Phony War" and others as:

The Second World War began in the Pacific when the Japanese attacked: