Europe: 1940's

Multiple choice questions. Choose the best answer.
  1. Which countries signed the Tripatriate Agreement in September 1941?

    a) Britain, France and Russia
    b) Germany, Italy and Japan
    c) the United States, Canada and Britain
    d) the United States, Britain and Russia


  2. Hitler's plan to invade Russia was code-named

    a) Barbarossa.
    b) Overlord.
    c) Torch.
    d) Sea Lion.


  3. The Allied plan to invade North Africa was code-named

    a) Barbarossa.
    b) Overlord.
    c) Torch.
    d) Sea Lion.


  4. The Allied plan to invade France in 1944 was code-named

    a) Barbarossa.
    b) Overlord.
    c) Torch.
    d) Sea Lion.


  5. Which best describes the "Final Solution"?

    a) Hitler's purge and murder of the SA generals including Ernst Roehm
    b) The night Nazi thugs in Germany destroyed Jewish businesses and property.
    c) The Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people.
    d) The German plan to "unite" with Austria.


  6. The Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people was known as

    a) Anschluss.
    b) the "Night of the Long Knives".
    c) the "Final Solution".
    d) Kristallnacht.


  7. The term "Day of Infamy" refers to

    a) the German invasion of Belgium on May 10, 1940.
    b) the surrender of France on June 23, 1940.
    c) the German invasion of Russia on Septemer 19, 1941.
    d) the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.




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