WW2 Test Exam/42 Questions
with Solutions
Maginot line - -Fortified wall / line that France built along its border with
Germany after WW1
-Sept. 1st, 1939 - -Date WW2 began, when German forces invaded Poland
-Allied Powers 1939 - -An alliance formed between Britain and France
-Women in the War - -Women replaced men in factories and business
offices. Some 300,000 women worked in the armed forces
-Battle of Britain - -1940-1941 Battle fought between British and German Air
Forces for control of the skies over Great Britain
-War Production Board - -WW2 agency that oversaw the conversion of
factories to war production
-Taxes / U.S. Bonds - -Used to support the war effort. Taxes greatly
increased for low and middle class. Taxes only paid for 40% of the war. They
sold billions in war bonds to cover the rest of the costs
-Focus on Europe not Japan - -Roosevelt and Churchill got together 2 weeks
after Pearl Harbor. They decided to concentrate on defeating Germany than
attacking Japan after that
-Manhattan Project - -The project in which the US created the Atomic Bomb
before the Germans could
-Afrika Korps (German) - -Defeated by the Allies who launched an offensive
in Italy, during 2 years of fighting General Rommel became known as "The
Desert Fox"
-Battle of Midway - -WW2 battle in which U.S. war planes crippled Japans
Navy, Japan took defensive actions rather than offensive actions following
this
-Battle of Coral Sea - -WW2 battle in which the allies first stopped the
Japanese advance in the Pacific
-Douglas MacArthur - -U.S. General that had soldiers in the Phillipines. Had
to retreat after Manilla was captured
with Solutions
Maginot line - -Fortified wall / line that France built along its border with
Germany after WW1
-Sept. 1st, 1939 - -Date WW2 began, when German forces invaded Poland
-Allied Powers 1939 - -An alliance formed between Britain and France
-Women in the War - -Women replaced men in factories and business
offices. Some 300,000 women worked in the armed forces
-Battle of Britain - -1940-1941 Battle fought between British and German Air
Forces for control of the skies over Great Britain
-War Production Board - -WW2 agency that oversaw the conversion of
factories to war production
-Taxes / U.S. Bonds - -Used to support the war effort. Taxes greatly
increased for low and middle class. Taxes only paid for 40% of the war. They
sold billions in war bonds to cover the rest of the costs
-Focus on Europe not Japan - -Roosevelt and Churchill got together 2 weeks
after Pearl Harbor. They decided to concentrate on defeating Germany than
attacking Japan after that
-Manhattan Project - -The project in which the US created the Atomic Bomb
before the Germans could
-Afrika Korps (German) - -Defeated by the Allies who launched an offensive
in Italy, during 2 years of fighting General Rommel became known as "The
Desert Fox"
-Battle of Midway - -WW2 battle in which U.S. war planes crippled Japans
Navy, Japan took defensive actions rather than offensive actions following
this
-Battle of Coral Sea - -WW2 battle in which the allies first stopped the
Japanese advance in the Pacific
-Douglas MacArthur - -U.S. General that had soldiers in the Phillipines. Had
to retreat after Manilla was captured
