The Axis
This 1943 German defeat marked the collapse of Hitler’s campaign in the USSR and is often considered the beginning of Germany’s strategic downfall.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
By February 1943, the Soviets had lost over 1,100,000 soldiers defending this city — more than all American deaths in the entire war.
What is Stalingrad?
On April 9, 1942, this deadly forced march began, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths.
What is the Bataan Death March?
This 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily—Canada’s first major combat deployment of the war—launched the Italian Campaign and helped bring down Mussolini’s regime.
What is Operation Husky?
These mobile killing squads murdered Jews throughout Eastern Europe before the death camps expanded.
What are the Einsatzgruppen?
This battle in August 1942 began the first major Allied offensive against Japan, marking a turning point in the Pacific.
What is Guadalcanal?
This Allied operation launched the invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943.
What is Operation Husky?
This June 4–7, 1942 battle destroyed four Japanese carriers and became a turning point in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Midway?
During the Battle of Stalingrad, German forces controlled 90 percent of the ruined city by early November 1942 this reversed their momentum.
What is a Soviet counteroffensive that encircled the Germans in the Kessel?
This January 20, 1942 meeting coordinated the transportation of Jews to extermination camps.
What was the Wannsee Conference?
Soviet forces trapped the Germans inside this so-called “cauldron,” cutting off their supplies.
What is the "kessel"?
On June 5, 1944, more than 1,000 British bombers dropped 5,000 tons of bombs to prepare for this event.
What is D-Day?
This island, assaulted on August 7, 1942, was the site of America’s first major amphibious landing of the war.
What is Guadalcanal?
At the Tehran Conference in November 1943, these “Big Three” leaders met for the first time.
Who are Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin?
Hitler labeled Jews, Roma, Slavs, and others with this term meaning “subhuman.”
What is Untermench?
Hitler refused to allow this German commander to retreat, insisting the city be held “at all costs.”
Who is Gen. Paulus?
This 1944 uprising saw Polish resistance fighters attempt to liberate their capital before the Soviets arrived.
What is the Warsaw Uprising?
Japanese women on this island in June 1944 tragically jumped to their deaths, fearing American capture. (WWII from the Frontlines Ep. 5)
What is Saipan?
After being rescued by German commandos, Mussolini attempted to flee Italy in 1945 disguised as one of these.
What is an SS officer?
Between May 15 and July 9, 1944, over 430,000 Jews from this nation were deported to Auschwitz under Eichmann.
What is Hungary?
This geographic region in the southern USSR contained the oil fields Hitler hoped to seize in 1942.
Where are the Caucasus Mountains?
In the summer of 1944, the sound from these objects signaled the liberation of Paris.
What are church bells/ city bells?
During the Battle of Midway, U.S. forces were able to ambush the Japanese fleet because they had achieved this major intelligence breakthrough.
What is cracking the Japanese naval codes?
This Italian leader replaced Mussolini in 1943 and began secret negotiations for an armistice.
Who is Pietro Badoglio?
By 1944, even essential German locomotives were diverted from the front to continue transporting Jews to this camp.
What is Auschwitz?