Europe & N. Africa
Pacific Theater
Commanders
Axis New Order
Weapons/Innovations
100
Famous general that defeated Rommel's Afrika Korp at Kasserine Pass Battle.
Who was Gen. George Patton?
100
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The most poignant moment in this island battle came about with the raising of the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi.
What was Iwo Jima?
100
British general that defeated Rommel's Afrika Korp at El Alamein.
Who was General Montgomery?
100
Japan's master plan to dominate all of Asia with its military and economic power. Excluding the European powers.
What was the Co-Prosperity Sphere?
100
Considered the world's first guided missile.
What was the V-2?
200
Under Soviet General Zukov's leadership the Red Army finally captured the German capital city.
Where was Berlin?
200
Yamamoto's offensive to defeat America in the Pacific involving aircraft carrier battle. Considered a major turning point in the Pacific resulting in Japanese loss.
What was Midway Battle?
200
Allied commander in the Pacific that returned to the Philippines.
Who was Gen. MacArthur?
200
Term described the atrocities during the Holocaust of exterminating Jews and other ethnic minorities in Europe.
What was genocide?
200
The world's first pressurized aircraft that firebombed Japanese cities.
What was the B-29?
300
Famous bridge battle between the Allies and Brandenberger's German Army on the Rhine River.
What was the Remagen Bridge?
300
Guadalcanal became the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific using this strategy.
What was the Island-Hopping Campaign?
300
He planned the Allied invasion of Normandy, France better known as Operation D-Day.
Who was Gen. Eisenhower?
300
Those in Axis occupied nations that helped identify opponents and persecuted people.
Who were the collaborators?
300
New fighter plane in the German Luftwaffe used against Allied bombers.
What was the Me-263 or jet fighter plane?
400
Russian city located on the Baltic that experienced a 900-day siege by the German forces.
What was Leningrad?
400
Retaliatory air raid carried by the US against the Japanese home islands.
What was the Doolittle Raid?
400
The Japanese mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack and the failed Midway battle.
Who was Admiral Yamamoto?
400
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SS German leader that participated in war crimes.
Who was Himmler?
400
Gave naval destroyers the capability to sink enemy submarines.
What was sonar?
500
Firestorm erupted in this German city due to the intense Allied bombing resulting in over 100,000 deaths.
Where was Dresden?
500
Last Japanese island stronghold captured by the Allies before the dropping of the atomic bombs.
What was Okinawa?
500
Stalin's favorite general that defeated the German war machine with the Soviet Red Army at Stalingrad.
Who was General Zukov?
500
Warehoused Jews and enemies of the 3rd Reich before and during World War II.
What were concentration camps?
500
Anti-tank weapon fired at a range of 120 yards.
What was the Bazooka?