Military Leaders
Supreme Allied Commander, helped plan invasions of Africa, Italy, and France. Future US President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
US President march 4, 1933 until his death in April 1945
FDR
Operation name for the German invasion of the USSR
Operation Barbarossa
Operation name for the amphibious invasion of North Africa
Operation Torch
Operation name for the invasion of Sicily and Italy
Operation Husky
Operation name for the Allied invasion of France
Operation Overlord
Name the members of the 'Big 3.' (There are 3 of them)
Churchill, FDR, Stalin
The Desert Fox, commanded Germany's Afrika Korps
Erwin Rommel
Chancellor and Dictator of Germany 1933-1945
By invading the USSR, Hitler had violated which non-aggression pact with Stalin and the USSR?
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Which 2 Allied leaders met in DC from Dec 1941 to Jan 1942 to plan the invasion of North Africa
Churchill and FDR, at the Arcadia Conference
Where did Churchill and FDR meet to plan the invasion?
Casablanca, Morocco
What location did the Nazis falsely believe would be the Allied landing site in France? WHy
Pas-de-Calais or Calais, closest French city to England across the channel
What did ships drop in the water to attack U-Boats?
Depth charges
American Tank General who raced Montgomery through Sicily and broke through German lines at the battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia
George S. Patton
Prime Minister of England 1940-1945
With over 2 million casualties and over 250k Germans captured, it was the bloodies battle of the war and in human history
Stalingrad
Which 3 cities did the Allied forced land at?
Casablanca, Morocco and Oran and Algiers, Algeria
Which 2 tank generals raced through Sicily, taking the island in about 2 months
Patton (US) and Montgomery (UK)
What was the actual landing site of the Allied invasion?
Beaches of Normandy
What was the date of D-Day?
June 6, 1944
British Tank General
Bernard Montgomery
Leader of the USSR until his death in 1953
Name one of the major cities targeted by the Nazis
Moscow, Leningrad, or Stalingrad
Who was chosen by Eisenhower to push through the German lines at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia?
Patton
What did Churchill think of Italy and her troops?
What are the names of the 5 beaches American, British, and Canadian troops landed at? (Underline the 2 that US troops landed at)
Higgins boats
American General who commanded troops on D-Day
Omar Bradley
Dictator of Italy, coined the term 'fascismo,' bald
What was the result of the German loss at Stalingrad and the overall failure of the invasion to knock the Soviets out of the war?
Germany was now fighting on another front of the war and put on the defensive in the East
What was the name of the canal the British fought for control over in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas
Suez Canal
What was the significance of capturing Rome for the Allies?
Rome is Italy's capital
Troops from which Allied nation reached Berlin first?
Soviets
What is the date of Victory in Europe Day? (V-E Day)
May 8, 1945
French General and Marshall and leader of Free French forces.
Charles de Gaulle
President after FDR died
What was Hitler's goal or targets in the USSR?
economic infrastructure like oil fields, railroads, or factories
What was the outcome of the Tunisia Campaign (Nov '42-May '43) following the initial invasion in Nov. '42?
German's were caught in Tunis, then forced to flee to Sicily
Why did some Italians welcome the Allied troops?
What was the name of the battle of Germany's failed final offensive?
Battle of the Bulge
What piece of technology made daylight precision bombing possible?
Norden bombsight
General, Commanded Soviet troops at Stalingrad, Moscow, Leningrad, and Kursk
Georgy Zhukov
King of Italy who overthrew and imprisoned Mussolini in 1943
Victor Emanuel III
With Hitler's betrayal, Stalin signed what agreement, adding him to the Allied side
Anglo-Soviet Agreement
Why was North Africa chosen to invade first?
Push inwards from the edges of Germany's territories instead of a direct assault on France
What was one importance of Operation Husky?
Mediterranean Sea secure for shipping and troop movement, Downfall of Mussolini, New front of the war diverting Axis troops, liberation of Italy
Why was Germany's failed final offensive given it's funny nickname?
The German military created a pocket, or bulge, in the Allied lines as they tried to push through, giving the battle its name
Why did some strategists want to bomb non-military targets like railroads, factories, and civilians?
take out enemy's ability to supply itself for the war and End the war quicker