Battles
First battle of the Pacific that brought the USA into the war
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
German General who led the Germans in North Africa
(Desert Fox)
Erwin Rommel
German strategy throughout WWII
Blitzkrieg
New vehicles used most effectively by the Deutsch
Modernized Tanks
What happened after Operation Barbarossa
Soviet Union loses all easter territory to Germans and suffer immense casualties
Largest tank battle of the war
Battle of Kursk
Main Admiral of the Japanese Navy
Yamamoto
Tactic Soviets used towards the end of Barbarossa
Mass Assault, mainly using millions of reserve soldiers to reinforce the front.
What type of warfare was relevant in WWI but not nearly as much as during WWII
Aviation warfare through strategic bombers from new technology and better planes in general
Result of Operation Neptune
France and eventually Western Europe is liberated from the Nazis
Turning point of the war on the Eastern front in favor of the Soviets
Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet General in charge of the Defense of Moskva
Georgy Zhukov
Tactic used by the British in WWII
Combined arms strategy
What weapon was used previously but developed much more in WWII
Heavy and Light Machine Guns
Result of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan surrenders and becomes occupied by the U.S
Battle that would lead to the surrender of France
Battle of Paris
British General who led Operation Market Garden
Bernard Montgomery
Japanese tactic to cripple US Navy
Kamikaze Pilots
New ship that would become the most effective ship in a fleet and dominate in the Pacific
Fleet Aircraft Carriers
What happened after France surrendered
Germany occupied the North of the country and made a satellite of Vichy France through the Armistice of Compiégne
Last major carrier battle of the war
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Main general of Europe for the Americans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
US strategy against Japan in the Pacific
Island Hopping
New type of capital ship used in Navies that outclassed Dreadnoughts
Battleships
Treaty to divide Europe into West & East after the war
Yalta Conference