Citizen Soldiers

Generals

100

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces?

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

200

Primary commander of the British forces?

General Bernard L. Montgomery

300

American commander of 1st Army during Normandy campaign and 12th Army Group during much of the war?

General Omar Bradley

400

Colorful & controversial commander of American 3rd Army. 

General George S. Patton

500

U.S. Army Chief of Staff?

General George C. Marshall

Battles, etc.

100

Name of the massive amphibious invasion of France on June 6, 1944?

Operation Overlord/ Normandy Invasion/ D-Day

200

What was the unexpected German attack in Dec. 1944 called?

Battle of the Bulge (or the Ardennes Offensive)

300

Operation designed to break out of Normandy that began with a massive bombardment from land & air followed by troops and armored weapons?

Operation Cobra

400

Name of the fortifications along the western German border?

Siegfried Line

500

Name of Belgian village where American forces withstood German attacks throughout Battle of the Bulge?

Bastogne

Weapons, etc.

100

Name of tank primarily used by Americans and sometimes by British.

Sherman M-4 

200

Name of tank primarily used by the Germans?

Panzer Tiger 

300

Main US aircraft used to support infantry and ground forces?

P-47 Thunderbolt ("Jabos")

400

Unmanned aircraft developed by Germans late in war and used to terrorize London?

V-1 and V-2 rockets

500

Weapon the Germans were developing that could have given them air superiority.

Jet airplanes.

Random

100

What were the 2 sides in WW2?

Axis Powers and Allied Powers

200

When did the US enter the war?

After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941.

300

Name the main Axis powers.

German, Italy, Japan

400

Name the main Allied powers.

France, Great Britain, Soviet Union (Russia), US

500

What was the name of the German air force?

The Luftwaffe