Road to WWI
This British battleship, commissioned in 1906, was the most advanced in the world at the time of its construction. Made al earlier battleship designs obsolete
HMS Dreadnought
Churchill called this campaign the “dominating factor all through the war.”
Battle of the Atlantic
The main reason for the delay of the Allied invasion of France
Shortage of landing craft
(Also acceptable: Lack of training/experience in amphibious warfare)
This battle is also called the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
This airfield on Guadalcanal became the center of a major campaign in the Solomons.
Henderson Field
Britain’s policy of maintaining a navy larger than the next two combined was called this.
Two power standard
Karl Dönitz’s strategy aimed to sink more Allied merchant shipping than the Allies could replace.
Tonnage Doctrine
The primary strategic objective of Allied operations in the Mediterranean
Force Hitler to divert forces to defend Italy
(Also acceptable: Knock Italy out of the war or relieve pressure from the USSR on the Western Front)
U.S. sanctions and the embargo of this good was a major threat to the Japanese war machine and threatened their total collapse.
Oil
This battle is significant because it resulted in the end of Japanese air power
Battle of Philippine Sea
This 1916 battle was a tactical win for Germany in terms of ships destroyed or damaged, but a strategic win for Britain
Battle of Jutland
The British system the U.S. was initially slow to adopt against U-boats was this.
Escorted convoy system
The plan for the Allied invasion of France was called
Operation Overlord
The most notable of the early aircraft raids on the Japanese mainland
Doolittle Raid
This battle marked the first use of organized kamikaze attacks by the Japanese Navy.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Germany shifted toward this naval strategy after Jutland to try to weaken Britain’s war effort.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
This codebreaking effort let the Allies read German naval communications.
Project Ultra
The workhorse of Allied amphibious operations in the Mediterranean (Name of landing craft)
LCVP or Higgins Boat
This battle was the first naval battle fought entirely by carrier aircraft, with neither fleet seeing the other directly.
Battle of the Coral Sea
The only campaign in the Pacific theater where American losses exceeded that of the Japanese
Iwo Jima
This intercepted 1917 message proposed a German alliance with Mexico and helped push the U.S. toward war.
Zimmerman Telegram
These two technologies or methods helped turn the tide in the Atlantic by improving U-boat detection and attack.
RADAR and HF/DF
(Also acceptable: sonar, maritime patrol aircraft, Hedgehog, hunter-killer groups.)
This Allied operation was planned as a distraction for the landings at Normandy
Operation Anvil
At Midway, the U.S. Navy had this key intelligence advantage over Japan.
JN-25 code was broken and the details of the Japanese invasion plan were known
This Japanese battle plan was used during the Battle of Leyte Gulf and involved the division of Japanese forces into three groups to try and catch the U.S. Navy in a pincer movement
Sho Go Plan