Leaders and Officers
Leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler
Battle in Soviet Union: Sep 8, 1941 – Jan 27, 1944
Siege of Leningrad
Army that was surrounded during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne
101st Airborne (USA)
Main German defensive line at the border of Germany and France
Siegfried Line
Capital of Germany
Berlin
Commander of "The Ghost Army" that was made to deceive the Germans before D-Day
George Patton
Battle in France: June 6, 1944
D-Day
Name of the transport unit consisting mostly of Black Americans that supplied the front line
The Red ball Express
Largest Airborne Operation in Europe to secure a major port for the Allies (Major failure)
Operation Market Garden
Improved Allied Moral with the liberation of this city
Paris
Leader of Great Britian
Winston Churchhill
Battle in France: July 7, 1944
Saint-Lô
Army Lead by General George Patton
The U.S 3rd Army
Port city the Germans wanted to reach during the Battle of the Bulge
Antwerp
Name the phases (in order) that were put in place for the landings at Normandy
1. Paratroopers
2. Air Assault
3. Ground Invasion
Leader of the USA in March 1945
FDR
Battle in Belgium and Germany: Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945
Battle of The Bulge
Army that assisted the 29th Infantry division on Omaha Beach (Veteran Unit)
The Big Red 1
DAILY DOUBLE: Name all of the Beaches that were stormed on D-Day
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword
Name for the concrete blocks created to stop advancing tanks and other vehicles
Dragon Teeth
Commander of Operation Overlord
Omar Bradley
Battle in France and Belgium: Sep 19, 1944 – Feb 10, 1945
Hürtgen Forest
German name for "The People's Army" that consisted of young boys and old men
Volkssturm
Firebombed city in Germany that devastated the entire population resulting in 30,000-45,000 civilian deaths (Slaughter-House 5)
Dresden
Date of V-E Day
May 8th, 1945