Generals
Who was the main German general during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
What was the naval invasion of France by the allies?
Invasion of Normandy
Method of offensive warfare designed to strike a swift, focused blow at an enemy using mobile, maneuverable forces, including armored tanks and air support
Blitzkrieg
Main rifle used by soldiers in WWII?
M1 Garand
Attack on US soil that brought the US into the war?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Who was the main Russian general during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
Last major battle of WWII?
Battle of Okinawa
Japanese pilots who in World War II made deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets, usually ships
Kamikaze
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions (dropped on Japan)
Battle of Okinawa was won by who?
Allies
Who was the main British general during WWII?
Winston Churchill
First major offensive in the Pacific by the Allies?
Battle of Guadacanal
Land warfare using occupied fighting lines largely comprising military trenches
Trench warfare
Powerful German tank that was dominantly used in WW2
Panzer
Major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States
Battle of the Coral Sea
Who was the main US commander in the Pacific?
Dwight Eisenhower
What was the battle in the Pacific where the famous picture of American soldiers holding up the American flag is taken?
Battle of Iwo Jima
German airfare used very effectively to immobilize ground targets and do significant damage?
Luftwaffe
Beginning models of submarines used to go underwater and travel discreetly in the oceans
U-boat
Battle in Egypt where there was an allied victory?
Battle of El-Alamein
Who was the main Japanese general during WWII?
Hirohito
What was the bloodiest battle of WWII technically?
Battle of Stalingrad
Tactic used by the Russians to help them defeat the Germans in the east, destroyed all usable materials as retreating
Scorched Earth
Is a fragmentation type anti-personnel device introduced by the U.S. armed forces in 1918
Grenade
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki