Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• What enabled Germany to defeat the French army so quickly after its invasion?
  • the use of surprise blitzkrieg techniques
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the fall of France in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • a very risky invasion plan that proved successful
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the fall of France in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • German dominance in the air
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the fall of France in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• What enabled the Allies to combat the threat posed by U-boats?
  • After the US entered the war, US submarines were equipped with technology that could locate and destroy U-boats
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of the Atlantic in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Intelligence and the ability to intercept the German Enigma code
    • Correct. Well done!
  • Allied bombing of German naval bases
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of the Atlantic in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of the Atlantic in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• During the battle of Stalingrad:
  • over one million Soviet soldiers died
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Hitler’s invasion of Russia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • over one million kilograms of bombs were dropped over the city
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Hitler’s invasion of Russia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the Soviet army used hand-to-hand combat to halt the German advance
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on Hitler’s invasion of Russia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• ‘Death marches’ were:
  • forced marches of concentration camp prisoners by SS guards to prevent Allied forces liberating them
    • Correct. These occurred during the final months of the war.
  • the euphemism given for the slow retreat of Soviet soldiers as German forces advanced towards Moscow
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the main way in which Jews were transported to concentration camps
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • none of the above answers are correct
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• All of the following statements about the Battle of Midway are true, except:
  • Four Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed in a single day
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of Midway in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • US intelligence was crucial to the outcome
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of Midway in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • roughly equal numbers of naval personnel were killed on each side, despite the decisive American victory
    • Correct. Well done!
  • the US navy had access to radar but the Japanese did not
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of Midway in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Which of the following were major contributors to the Allied victory in Europe in World War Two?
  • the atomic bomb
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Allied victory in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Soviet resistance
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Allied victory in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • western air power
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on the Allied victory in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • both (b) and (c) are correct
    • Correct. Well done!

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• The term ‘Battle of the Atlantic’ does not refer to a specific battle, but rather describes the protracted struggle by the Allies to secure shipping routes across the Atlantic.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Battle of the Atlantic in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The ‘Final Solution’ was a euphemism for the Nazi plan to annihilate the Jewish people.
  • True
    • Correct. Six million Jews were killed by the Nazi ‘Final Solution’.
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Operation T-4 targeted Jews for annihilation.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the Holocaust in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. This operation targted ‘undesirable’ elements of the German population, such as the severely disabled.
• When Emperor Hirohito gave a speech to the Japanese people on the day Japan surrendered to the Allies, he never explicitly spoke of ‘surrender’ or ‘defeat’.
  • True
    • Correct. He only remarked that the war ‘did not turn in Japan’s favour’.
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Japanese surrender in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, America was ready and prepared for war.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the attack on Pearl Harbor in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!