Exam: 07.04 WORLD HIST.

Question 1
Why did Hitler launch Operation Barbarossa?
to gain control of the rich resources that were under the control of the USSR
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Question 2
What was the purpose of D-Day?
to reclaim Western Europe first before attempting to move Allied troops into Germany
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Question 3
The Allied victory in Europe was sealed after the Allies beat the Nazis at what final German offensive?
The Battle of the Bulge
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Question 4
Which of the following was a decisive strategic maneuver that turned the tide in favor of the Allies in Europe?
the Normandy invasion of Europe
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Question 5
Which of the following actions explains why Britain officially entered World War II?
the German invasion of Poland
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Question 6
In 1939, British politician Winston Churchill uttered these words: "Between shame and war, we have chosen shame, and we will get war." To what was Churchill referring?
Chamberlain's appeasement of Hitler at Munich
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Question 7
What was the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad?
It prevented Germany from successfully gaining control of Moscow.
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Question 8
What was the Sudetenland and why did Germany want to annex it?
It was a part of Czechoslovakia where ethnic Germans lived.
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