Invasion of Sicily
The Italian leader removed from power after the fall of Italy.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
The three leaders known as the "Big Three.”
Churchill, FDR, Stalin
The date of the Normandy invasion.
When is June 6th, 1944.
The location of the Battle of the Bulge.
What is the Ardennes Forest?
The significance of the Battle?
Largest naval battle ever, ended Japanese Navy.
The name of the operation.
What is Operation Husky?
The conference where D‑Day was officially agreed upon.
What is the Tehran Conference
The beaches that were stormed by Allied forces on D-Day. (Bonus for breakdown of landings)
What are Omaha and Utah, Gold and Sword, Juno
The reason it is called the Battle of the "Bulge"
What is the bulge created by Germany forces pushing back the Allied line?
The new Japanese air force strategy.
What are kamikaze pilots?
The plan to mislead the Germans into thinking they were invading at Greece.
What is Operation Mincemeat?
The reason the conference was held in Iran.
What is Stalin's refusal to venture too far from the Soviet Union.
Approximately how many Allied troops landed on D‑Day.
What is ~156,000?
Why the Battle of the Bulge surprised the Allies.
Allies were overconfident, Germany was not very strong (faulty intelligence), location (Ardennes super thick) and it was the dead of winter.
Roughly how many ships and crew were involved.
What is 300+ ships (or 2 US fleets and 3 Japanese fleets), 200,000+ personnel.
Why was Sicily strategically important to the Allies?
Stepping stone to mainland Italy, control of the Mediterranean.
It was decided at Yalta that Germany would be divided into four zones of occupation, with this country taking the fourth zone.
What is France?
The acronym PLUTO.
What is PipeLine Under The Ocean? (Or PipeLine Underwater Transportation of Oil)
Two of the Generals in charge of the Battle.
Eisenhower, Bradley, Montgomery, Patton, Hodge, and McAuliffe.
Attempted Japanese deception
What are fake carriers?
A major challenge airborne troops faced trying to land in Sicily.
What are high winds?
The Allies agreed at Yalta to form this international organization to maintain global peace, replacing the ineffective League of Nations.
What is the United Nations?
One reason Operation Overlord was a massive logistical success.
What is PLUTO, Mulberry Harbors, coordination of 150k troops 7k ships 11.5k aircraft, transportation of hundreds of thousands of tons in supplies.
The Allied reposnse to Germany asking for surrender.
What is "Nuts!"
The former US territory, now independent country, where the battle took place.
What is the Phillipines?