World War II History Quiz

World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in ______, involving more than 30 countries.

Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War ______.

D-Day was the name given to the June 6, 1944, invasion of the beaches at Normandy in northern France by troops from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries during World War ______.

While women during World War II worked in a variety of positions previously closed to them, the aviation industry saw the greatest increase in female ______.

More than 310,000 women worked in the U.S. ______.

By the time the first Japanese bomber appeared over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, tensions between Japan and the United States had been mounting for the better part of a decade, making war seem ______.

Hitler's 1942 decision to attack the city named after the Soviet leader proved ______ and fateful.

Some 1. 2 million Black men served in the U.S. military during the war, but they were often treated as ______ citizens.

Seven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, American and Japanese forces clashed over Midway Atoll, a dot of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.The Battle of Midway tested intelligence and combat capabilities on both sides – while decidedly altering the outcome of World War II.Watch now It was all hands on deck as Americans pitched into a second World War effort after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.Watch now After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Government issued executive order 9066, which empowered the military to round up anyone of Japanese ancestry and place them in ______ camps.

The Marshall Plan was an example of 'good deed foreign policy' designed to rebuild Western European economies in the wake of ______.