World War II Lesson 6 Quiz on The War in Europe

The United States joined Great Britain, France, and 46 other countries. They were called the _________________.
1. Allies
2. Axis Powers
The Americans captured ________________ in April of 1944.
1. Japan
2. Italy
3. Germany
On June 5, 1944, the troops crossed the English Channel. They landed in France. This was the greatest battle of the war. June 6 was called ________________.
1. the Allies March
2. D-Day
3. V-2
By September, the Allies forced the Germans ________________.
1. back partway across France
2. all the way home
3. into Italy
4. into the Atlantic Ocean
The Germans developed a new rocket called the V-2 bomb.
1. They could fly without pilots.
2. They were able to accurately aim the bomb from many miles away.
3. They were dropping the bomb from airplanes into the center of cities.
While the English and Americans were pushing the Germans westward, the ____________ were pushing them eastward.
1. French
2. Japanese
3. Russians
4. Spanish
On April 12, 1945, President Roosevelt died of a heart attack, and ___________ became the new President.
1. Winston Churchill
2. Vice President Harry Truman
3. General Eisenhower
When the war in Europe was over on May 7, 1945, the Americans found ______________.
1. hundreds of thousands Jews had been killed in camps
2. Hitler and Mussolini were dead in a double suicide
3. Germans were hiding out in many cities planning a takeover