1: When did Franklin Roosevelt die?
Before Hitler's suicide, after the invasion of Normandy, and after the bombing of Hiroshima
Before Germany's surrender, before Hitler's suicide, and after the invasion of Normandy
After the invasion of Normandy, before the Japanese surrender, and before the liberation of France
Before the liberation of France, after Hitler's suicide, and after the Japanese surrender
2: Why did the Allies decide to continue the war in Europe until the Axis powers fully surrendered?
In order to capture the capital of the Axis powers
To take advantage of the toll that the Russian winter took on the German Army
To avoid a repeat of the confusion that clouded the settlement of World War I
To avoid having to negotiate with Japan
3: Why was Winston Churchill unsure about the Allied invasion of France?
He did not believe that the Allies would succeed in France.
He feared that attacking Europe from the west ould leave the east to the Communists.
He wanted to attack Germany first, and then attack German-occupied France.
He believed that attacking from eastern Europe would make Germany more vulnerable.
4: What was the first successful step in rescuing France from Germany?
The invasion of Paris on D-Day.
The forced surrender of Germans on their own soil.
FDR's re-election as president.
The invasion of Normandy on D-Day.
5: Who headed the new provisional government of France after the liberation?
President Jacques Chirac
The Nazi Fuhrer
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Charles de Gaulle
6: What was Germany's greatest weapon against the Allies invading from France?
V-2 rockets
The Blitzkrieg approach
Soldiers on bicycles
Guerrilla attacks
7: Which US general was credited with winning peace in Europe?
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
MacArthur
Truman
8: Along with the Philippines and Guam, which island did the US need to crush Japan's defenses in the Pacific?
Normandy
Papua New Guinea
Kamikaze
Iwo Jima
9: What new form of warfare did Japan against the US in the Pacific?
Atomic bombs
Navy ships
Kamikaze raids
Guerrilla attacks
10: What were the final acts that ended the war with Japan?
The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Attacking the "Big Ben" and capturing Iwo Jima
Capturing Guam and bombing HIroshima
Kamikaze raids and bombing HIroshima
2007-05-01
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