War Generals
As a lieutenant of engineers in the late 1830s he supervised the engineering work for the harbor in St. Louis
Robert E. Lee
The first major Allied victory over the Japanese was the Battle of this atoll northwest of Hawaii
Midway
The United States sold ____ to help finance the war.
Liberty Bonds
The origins of the conflict are deeply explored including a pivotal incident in this body of water in August 1964?
The Gulf of Tonkin
After the fall of Yorktown he drafted a letter of abdication but never presented it to Parliament?
King George III
A Texas fort is named for this confederate general who led the Texas Brigade of the army of northern Virginia
John B. Hood
Germany launched its ill-fated invasion of the Soviet Union in June of this year
1941
"This is a war to end all wars"
Woodrow Wilson
In a 1969 address Richard Nixon characterized war supporters as this quiet larger part of the U.S. population?
The Silent Majority
At Valley Forge Washington had all his soldiers inoculated against this disease greatly reducing deaths?
Smallpox
After basically setting Georgia on fire he was the commanding general of the U.S. army from 1869 to 1884
Sherman
What two countries declared war on Germany when the German army invaded Poland?
Britain and France
Chemical warfare resulted in the mass production of these defense mechanisms?
Gas Masks
This alphanumeric weapon became the standard U.S. infantry rifle in 1967?
M16
After this early battle Americans retreated over Charlestown Neck?
The Battle of Bunker Hill
“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”
Douglas MacArthur
What country made a deal with Germany to divide up Poland?
The Soviet Union
When did WWI end?
4-letter nickname of the UH-1 helicopter used to transport troops & evacuate wounded?
HUEY
On the evening of April 18 1775 Robert Newman displayed 2 lanterns in this Boston structure?
The Northern Church
Later a historical novelist he presided over the court martial of the Lincoln conspirators?
Lew Wallace
What country lost the most lives in WWII?
The Soviet Union
Nickname for American soldiers for WWI
Doughboy
Name given to North Vietnam's main infiltration route into South Vietnam?
Ho chi minh trail
On September 23 1779 he & his men successfully attacked a British convoy off Flamborough Head in the North Sea?
John Paul Jones