Home Front
Tanks replaced what common item on the factory line?
cars
Which unprovoked attack left the American Navy decimated and the Pacific unprotected?
Pearl Harbor
This battle saw Allied troops have to storm the beaches for over 400 yards under fire from German machine gunners, mortar and artillery. It also was the bloodiest day of the war for American troops.
D-Day
This battle saw very raw and inexperienced American troops get spanked by Rommel and the German Army.
Battle of Kasserine Pass
Which President never lived to see the end of WWII?
FDR
What was the name designated for the ships that Henry Kaiser's factory produced?
Liberty ships
This battle in the Pacific destroyed 4 Japanese carriers and turned the tide of war in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway
The last major German offensive against the Allies in the West which nearly broke through Allied lines.
The Battle of the Bulge
The landing of Sicily was nicknamed what?
Operation Husky
Which President had to decide to drop the atomic bomb?
Harry Truman
What replaced guns and grenades in basic training due to supply shortage?
sticks and rocks
This battle was the first instance of modern naval warfare where the ships that were battling never even saw each other.
Battle of the Coral Sea.
What country is Normandy located in?
France
The first Allied invasion force into North Africa was nicknamed what?
Operation Torch
Who was the leading scientist in the Manhattan Project?
Robert Oppenheimer
This segregated unit was known for their protection of Allied bombers in the North African and Italian campaign.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This raid against the island of Japan was America's response to boost morale and send a message to the Japanese that we were not finished.
The Doolittle Raid
As the Soviets approached Berlin what did an attendant of Hitler do with his body?
Doused in Gasoline and burned.
This landing intended to launch a force behind German defenses in Italy was very costly with limited amount of success.
Anzio
What is the jellied gasoline substance called that we dropped across the Japanese mainland in an attempt to force their surrender?
Napalm
Name two capitalists that militarized the economy.
Henry Ford; Henry Kaiser
This battle was the last of the island hopping campaign and also the bloodiest battle of the Pacific campaign.
Okinawa
Allied forces were fortunate to find a bridge standing over this river giving them access into the interior of Germany?
Rhine River
The name of the German general who was in charge of the defense of Italy and all German forces during the Italian campaign.
Albert Kesselring
What were the names of the atomic bombs dropped on each which cities?
Little Boy- Hiroshima
Fat Man- Nagasaki