This battle marked the first major Allied victory in the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Battle of Midway?
100
Convoys, sonar, and radar helped the Allies to win this battle.
What is the Battle of the Atlantic?
100
Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe.
Who is General Eisenhower?
100
Code name for the Normandy Invasion
What is Operation Overlord?
100
City that was hit by the first Atomic Bomb
What is Hiroshima?
200
The Allies Cross-Channel invasion in June 1944 occurred on these beaches.
What is Normandy?
200
This battle is significant because it caused the war to be six months shorter, was Hitler’s last offensive push of the war, and allowed the Soviets to move into East Europe sooner than was expected.
What is Battle of the Bulge?
200
Allied Supreme Commander in the Pacific
Who is General MacArthur?
200
Code name for the project to build the Atomic Bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
200
Special B-29 bomber used to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
What is the Enola Gay?
300
This battle established a new type of naval warfare involving all fighting being done by carrier based airplanes.
What is Battle of the Coral Sea?
300
The Japanese sea power was destroyed and the Allies regained control of the Pacific in this battle.
What is Leyte Gulf?
300
Army Chief of Staff who pushed for the WAAC
Who is General George Marshall?
300
Code name for the Invasion of North Africa
What is Operation Torch?
300
The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to this.
What is build the atomic bomb?
400
All of the following contributed to the Soviet victory in this battle: a brutal winter, a massive Soviet counterattack, and Hitler’s refusal to order a German retreat.
What is Battle of Stalingrad?
400
This nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway after its plans of attack were intercepted?
What is Japan?
400
Known as the "Desert Fox"
Who is Field Marshall Erwin Rommel?
400
Code name of the Atomic Bomb with an Uranium 235 core
What is Little Boy?
400
The United States dropped the atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities.
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
This battle marked the first major land defeat of the Japanese and the island became known as the “Island of Death".
What is Guadalcanal?
500
Which of the following reflects the correct chronological order?
Choose one answer.
a. D-Day / liberation of France / Battle of Stalingrad / V.E. Day
b. Battle of Stalingrad / V.E. Day / liberation of France / D- Day
c. D-Day / Battle of Stalingrad / liberation of France / V.E. Day
d. Battle of Stalingrad / D-Day / liberation of France / V.E. Day
What is letter D?
500
President who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
500
Code name of the Atomic Bomb with a plutonium core
What is Fat Man?
500
Physicist who warned Roosevelt of the developments made by German scientist in the atomic field .