Question

Exam: 07.04 WORLD HIST.

Answer 1

1. Why did Hitler launch Operation Barbarossa?
to gain control of the rich resources that were under the control of the USSR
2. What was the purpose of D-Day? 
to reclaim Western Europe first before attempting to move Allied troops into Germany
3. The Allied victory in Europe was sealed after the Allies beat the Nazis at what final German offensive?
The Battle of the Bulge
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
5. Which of the following actions explains why Britain officially entered World War II?
the German invasion of Poland
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
7. What was the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad?
It prevented Germany from successfully gaining control of Moscow.
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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