WW2
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched a massive amphibious invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France
What was the original name of WW1 before WW2 happened?
The Great war
In a 1946 speech, Winton Churchill used this two-word phrase to describe the division between Western Eurpose and the Soviet bloc.
The Iron Curtain
This fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861
Fort Sumter
The Boston Tea Party
This 1941 surprise attack on a U.S naval base in Hawaii officially brought the United States into WW2
Pearl Harbor
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
Austro-Hungarian Archduke
In 1957, The Soviet Union shocked the world by launching the first artificial satellite
Issued after the Battle of Antietam, this 1863 presidential proclamation declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-Held territory "Shall be then, thenceforward,and forever free."
The Emancipation Proclamation
These Two Massachusetts towns were the sites of the first military engagements of the war in April 1775
Lexington and Concord
This British Prime Minister famously promised to his people "Blood, toil, tears, and sweat" during the Blitz
Winston Churchill
What is No Man's Land?
Space between opposing trench lines
For 13 days in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war during a "Crisis" involving this island nation
The Cuban missile Crisis
This 3 Day battle in Pennsylvania in July 1863 is often cited as the "High-water mark" Of the Confederacy and the war's main turning point.
The battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Saratoga
Naval battle that took place in June 1942, that is considered the turning point in the Pacific, Where the U.S sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers
Battle of Midway
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Built in 1961 to stop citizens from fleeing to the west, This physical barrier became the ultimate symbol of the Cold war until its fall in 1989
The Berlin wall
This Confederate General, known for his tactical genius, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House in 1865
Robert E. Lee
Though no battle was fought here, Washington army famously survived a brutal winter of disease and starvation at ths Pennsylvania encampment in 1777-1778
Valley Forge
This is the codename for the top secret U.S research project that developed the first atomic bombs
The Manhattan Project
Originally called "landships" but were given this 4 letter name to maintain secrecy
Tanks
This U.S pilot was captured by the Soviets in 1960 after his U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russian territory
Francis Gary Powers
In 1862, the USS Moniter and the CSS Virgina (formerly the Merrimack) fought the first battle between these types of armored ships
Published anonymously in January 1776, this best-selling pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued that it was "Common sense" for the colonies to seek independence
Common Sense (LOL)