U.S. Military Leaders
President of the United States when WWII began.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
This Italian dictator was eventually killed and his body hung up in the streets of Italy.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
After their attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked these U.S. held islands in the Pacific.
What are the Philippines?
Besides giving U.S. soldiers experience, the U.S. helped Great Britain secure the Suez Canal from Germany for this reason.
What is to secure their supply line with British territories in India and Southeast Asia?
Japanese suicide fighter pilots.
What is kamikaze?
He was in charge of the first air bombing of Tokyo in April of 1942.
Who is Colonel James Doolittle?
Dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The name of the march that led to the death of roughly 10,000 American soldiers in 1942 in the Pacific War.
What is the Bataan Death March?
Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill called this the "soft underbelly" of Europe.
What is Italy?
The American secret program to build an atomic bomb was given this code-name.
What is the Manhattan Project?
He was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII.
Who is General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This German General was nicknamed "Desert Fox" for the success that he had in the African desert against the Allies.
Who is General Erwin Rommel?
The name of the strategic plan of the United States to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean.
What was the "island hopping" campaign?
The Tehran Conference between Roosevelt and Stalin included their agreement to do this with Germany after the war.
What is to divide Germany into two?
The ring within which sumo wrestling takes place.
What is a dohyo?
Commander of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Ocean during WWII.
Who is Admiral Chester Nimitz?
American General who, with the help of Great Britain, was able to drive Germany out of Africa by mid 1943.
Who is General George S. Patton?
This battle prevented the Japanese from getting any closer to the U.S's mainland and put the Japanese on defense for the rest of the war.
What is the battle of the Midway Islands?
The code name for the invasion to liberate France from German military control.
What is Operation Overlord?
The number of years Mr. VanMetre has taught at Grace Academy?
What is five?
Commander of the U.S. Army in the Pacific who promised, "I shall return" when the Philippines fell to the Japanese in 1942.
Who is General Douglas A. MacArthur?
General in charge of the American forces landing at Omaha Beach in the Normandy Invasion?
Who is General Omar Bradley?
While not an outright victory for the U.S., this battle made sure that U.S. supplies could continue in and out of Australia.
What is the battle of the Coral Sea?
This was Hitler's last major offensive to prevent the Allies from entering German territory.
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
The highest rank of a Sumo rikishi.
What is Yokozuna?