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DeTERMination
Generally Speaking
Battle Cry
The Deep Blue Sea
Da Bomb!
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Sudden, violent attacks by the Germans also called "lightning war"
What is blitzkrieg?
100
American general in command in North Africa then Europe
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
100
The Allies retreated to this French port before escaping across the English Channel.
What is Dunkirk?
100
This was the worst defeat in U.S. history.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
100
Seventy thousand people were killed when an atomic bomb was dropped on this Japanese city.
What is Hiroshima?
200
protective measures used by a country to protect themselves from enemy attack
What is civil defense?
200
American commander in the Pacific
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
200
This American attack on Tokyo was designed to rebuild American morale after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is Doolittle's Raid?
200
This battle halted the Japanese advance on Australia.
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea?
200
Forty thousand Japanese died when an atomic bomb was dropped on this city, leading the Japanese to surrender six days later.
What is Nagasaki?
300
Navajo who used a special code based on their language to send messages
What are code talkers?
300
Nicknamed "the Desert Fox," this German general was in control of the Axis forces in North Africa.
Who is General Erwin Rommel?
300
Officially called Operation Overlord, the Allied landing at Normandy was nicknamed this.
What is D-Day?
300
This was the largest naval battle in the history of the world, with 282 ships.
What is the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
300
The Enola Gay
What was the name of the airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb?
400
Japanese suicide pilots
Who are kamikazes?
400
This American general was the leading authority on tank warfare.
What is General George Patton?
400
This German surprise attack in Belgium marked the end of serious German resistance.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
400
This Pacific battle was the first major Japanese defeat.
What is the Battle of Midway?
400
This was FDR's top secret operation to develop the atomic bomb.
What was the Manhatten Project?
500
Japanese American citizens born in the United States
Who are Nisei?
500
General MacArthur's famous saying as he departed from the Philippines
What is "I shall return!"?
500
Over 30,000 Germans were killed in a week of bombing raids on this German port.
What is Hamburg?
500
Twenty-two thousand Allied soldiers died on this 60-mile forced march to a prison camp in the Philippines.
What was the Bataan Death March?
500
This German-born physicist recommended the building of an atomic bomb to FDR.
Who was Albert Einstein?