Storming of Normandy (D-Day)
Around how many Allied Troops were killed in the invasion by German forces?
Around 4,000
What type of project was the Manhattan Project?
a top secret WW2 project conducted by the US
What state decided to prepare for a shorter conflict won through military maneuvers, rather than in the trenches?
The Germans
What day did Pearl Harbor happen on and who attacked?
-December 7th, 1941
-Japan
While France was occupied by the armies of Germany, what was the codename for the amphibious assault and how many Allied soldiers were landed on the beaches of Normandy?
"Operation Overload" and 156,000 Allied soldiers.
What were the Two atomic Bombs the US created?
Fat Man and Little Boy
What year that Germany had been forced into a defensive war on all fronts?
1943
Pearl Harbor
Who took command of Operation Overload?
General Dwight Eisenhower
What were the Three primary locations the project was worked on?
Hanford, Washington; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
What does Blitzkrieg mean?
Lightning War
Around how long was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
Around 36 days, February 19th through March 26th.
How long was the delay and what caused the delay for the invasion?
24 hours of bad weather.
What were the two elements used to create the Atomic Bomb?
Uranium and Plutonium
Who focused their efforts on a defensive border known as the Maginot Line?
France
What way the starting date and the ending date for Midway?
Start- June 4th
End- June 7th
By the end of June, how many men and vehicles landed in Normandy and were poised to continue their march across France?
850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles.
Who else was trying to make the Atomic bomb?
Germany
What states did Germany swept with astonishing speed and force?
Poland, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France.
How big was the invasion force for Iwo Jima and How big was the island?
- 70,000 marines and 450 naval ships
- 8 square meters long