What event officially formed the alliance between italy and germany in world war ii? mussolini and hitler signed the pact of steel to defend each other in a time of war. the italians invaded africa and sought from hitler's army. germany forced italy to sign the alliance under the threat of invasion. the british and french had declared war on italy after the blitzkrieg. question 2 (multiple choice worth 5 points) 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 hitler's annexation of austria (the anschluss) the czech leaders' refusal to accept a peace deal the u. s. refusal to britain early in world war ii question 3 (multiple choice worth 5 points) what event shook the united states from its non-interventionist foreign policy and directly involved it in world war ii? the destruction caused during the battle of britain japanese aggression in china and southeast asia japanese bombing of the u. s. naval base at pearl harbor the death of president roosevelt and the elevation of truman question 4 (multiple choice worth 5 points) what was the sudetenland and why did germany want to annex it? it was a part of poland where people spoke german. it was a part of austria where the language is german. it was a part of czechoslovakia where ethnic germans lived. it was part of france bordering germany where ethnic germans lived. question 5 (multiple choice worth 5 points) which of the following was a goal of the north africa offensive? to prevent the axis powers from establishing full control of the mediterranean region to draw hitler's army to africa so western europe could be invaded to force mussolini to remain in africa where his troops could not aid hitler's to re-establish italian control of its former colonies in north africa question 6 (multiple choice worth 5 points) why did the united states agree to "europe first" strategy? because the war in europe was already nearly won by this time because its priority was to its allies first defeat the nazis because the war in the pacific had not yet reached critical proportions because the allies would fight japan if the united states did not question 7 (multiple choice worth 5 points) what was the purpose of d-day? to launch a surprise invasion of europe from southern italy to encourage the soviet union to continue fighting on the eastern front to reclaim western europe first before attempting to move allied troops into germany to establish a stronghold on germany's northern coast question 8 (multiple choice worth 5 points) why did hitler launch operation barbarossa? to invade france following his annexation of the sudetenland in 1939 to gain control of the rich resources that were under the control of the ussr to counter the approaching american army after their victory at the battle of the bulge to secure control over western europe before attempting to secure control over eastern europe