D-Day
The code name for the allied invasion of Normandy
Operation Overlord
United States general who said "I shall return" before leaving the Philippines in 1942.
General Douglas MacArthur
The word Germans used to refer to their tanks.
Panzer
On Christmas night 1776, General Washington crossed this icy river to launch a surprise attack on Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey.
Delaware river
Fought in July 1863, this three-day battle in Pennsylvania is widely considered the turning point of the war. It featured the failed Confederate assault known as "Pickett's Charge" and resulted in the highest number of casualties of any battle in the war.
Gettysburg
The five beaches which were landing sites on D-Day were Utah, Omaha, ---, ---, and ---
Juno, Gold, and Sword
Speaking of the Royal Air Force's performance in the battle of Britain, what leader said,"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill
What was the most common rifle for US troops during WW2?
M1 Garand
Before becoming a notorious traitor, this American general was one of the most capable field commanders for the Continental Army, playing a key role in the victory at Saratoga before attempting to sell out West Point to the British.
Benedict Arnold
In December 1860, this Southern state became the first to secede from the Union, triggering the chain of events that led to the Civil War.
South Carolina
This beach was the most costly in terms of human lives.
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Omaha
On May 13, 1940, at the outbreak of WW2, this world leader committed to "to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime."
Winston Churchill
The nickname of the Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Little Boy
During a fierce naval battle in 1779, this American commander aboard the Bonhomme Richard famously replied "I have not yet begun to fight!" when asked to surrender by the British ship Serapis.
John Pual Jones
The Civil War effectively ended when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at this place in Virginia, on April 9, 1865.
Appomattox Court House
Speaking of the Normandy invasion, what U.S General said, "This operation is not being planned with any alternatives."
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
What Japanese Admiral warned after the attack on pearl harbor,"I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
What was a common slang term for Germans, used primarily by Americans and Canadians?
Krauts
This American general earned the nickname "The Swamp Fox" for his cunning guerrilla tactics in the South Carolina swamps, where he repeatedly outmaneuvered and harassed British forces.
Francis Marion
The number of years from the country's founding to the time of the Gettysburg Address.
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87
The double agent that was decorated by both Germany and Britain for his service involved in D-Day.
Juan Pujol (Garbo/Arabel)
When told that American made shells were destroying German tanks, what German General said "That’s impossible! The Americans only know how to make razor blades."
Hermann Göring
The name of the battleship the armistice with Japan was signed on.
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USS Missouri
This was the signal given from the bell tower to alert the messengers (like Pual Revere) how the British troops would be traveling to Lexington and Concord.
"One if by land, two if by sea."
The name of the canine who led trooper Dan O'Neil to Patricia Inman's son
Ruby