Names
Supreme Allied Commander
Dwight Eisenhower
Beach landing location
Anzio
He wrote about "the god damned infantry"
Ernie Pyle
Artist depicting Willie and Joe in cartoons
Bill Mauldin
This is the congestion point for shipping that is currently very clogged in the Middle East.
Strait of Hormuz
Desert Fox
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Name of the invasion of North Africa
Operation Torch
name of invasion of sicily
Operation Torch
These are our two current US senators from Massachusetts
Markey and Warren
Disciplined by Eisenhower for abusive behavior towards soldiers
George Patton
Italian island where Allies attacked the "soft underbelly" of the Axis
Sicily
This is at the entrance to the Mediterranean, south of Spain
Gibraltar
Date of liberation of Rome
June 4, 1944
type of maneuver the Allies were trying to use to defeat Germans in North Africa
pincer
American general who drove forces to Rome
Mark Clark
Mountain range down the center of Italy
Apennines
Name of battle in Egypt that turned the tide against the Germans
El Alamein
_______ Abbey was in the middle of the __________ Line
Montecassino/Gustav
Napoleon said you should enter Italy from the ______
top
British field marshal who became famous after his actions in Egypt
Montgomery
Defensive line that the Germans retreated to after the Gustav line was broken
Gothic
French admiral under Vichy regime
Darlan
Reason why the Allies struggled at the Anzio landing
They delayed
Troops from this nation ultimately liberated Montecassino
Poland