World War 2 Final Exam Questions
with Accurate Solutions
What was needed for the German blitzkrieg strategy? - -Surprise and
overwhelming force
-What was the result of Germany's invasion of Poland? - -Great Britain and
France declared war on Germany but they did not attack
-What event is known as "a date which will live in infamy"? - -Attack on
Pearl Harbor
-What was significant about the Battle of Midway? - -It turned the war in the
Pacific against the Japanese
-What was Hitler's main reason for wanting to take Poland? - -He wanted
the Polish Corridor and the port city of Danzig
-What three main events led to the fall of France to the Nazis? - -The fall of
Dunkirk, the fall of Paris, and the evacuation of the British forces.
-Who invented the "island-hopping strategy"? - -General Douglas MacArthur
-True or False; World War 2 is known as "the war to end all wars". - -False
-What was the name of the most famous Nazi extermination camp? - -
Auschwitz
-Why did President Truman agree to use the Atomic bomb? - -To bring the
war to the quickest possible end
-What was Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass"? - -Nazis destroyed
Jewish shops, homes, and synagogues
-What was Hitler's goal for the "Final Solution"? - -It was genocide of people
the Nazis considered inferior
-What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad? - -
Russian troops and the Russian winter
-What did the Kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture? - -They valued
national honor more than individual life
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