World War II: Allied Victory – Flashcards
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Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
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Battle of the Bulge
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Who led efforts to draw up the Japanese constitution?
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General Douglas MacArthur
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Which of the following did Stalin repeatedly urge Churchill and Roosevelt to do in order to relieve German pressure on Soviet armies?
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invade Germany
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Who organized and oversaw the demilitarization of Japan?
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U.S. Army
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Which general led the victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein?
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General Bernard Montgomery
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Who was the supreme commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe?
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Why were thousands of Japanese Americans interned in relocation camps?
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their ancestry
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What group was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?
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Nazis
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What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?
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Russian troops and the Russian winter
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Which of the following nations paid the greatest price in terms of the number of lives lost during the war?
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Soviet Union
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In which of the following nations was the pre-war government allowed to return to power after the war?
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Belgium
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Which of the following cities was NOT extensively damaged during the war?
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Paris, France
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Which of the following occurred on D-Day June 6, 1944?
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the Allied invasion of France
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What was the main target of the kamikazes?
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ships
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Which of the following is NOT a reason for the high number of displaced persons after the war?
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The United States deported thousands of Japanese-Americans to Japan.
