Commanders
This US general was famous for leading armored troops and infamous for slapping a soldier.
Who was George S. Patton?
This is the popular nickname given to Germany's December 16, 1944 counterattack in the Ardennes forest.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
This Japanese fighter plane was the dominant dogfighter in the Pacific throughout the early years of the war.
What is the Mitsubishi Zero?
This German submarine was captured by the US Navy in 1944, and is now on permanent display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
What is the U-505?
It is the date "which will live in infamy".
What is December 7, 1941?
This German admiral was fleet commander for the first and last sortie of the Bismarck.
Who was Gunther Lutjens?
Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Fox", reached his farthest eastward advance at this Egyptian town.
What is El Alamein?
This gull-winged dive bomber terrorized tanks and fleeing civilians alike in the early years of WW2.
What is the Ju87 (Stuka)?
This German ship was tricked into scuttling herself following the Battle of the River Plate.
What is the Graf Spee?
This naval battle was the first ever fought entirely by aircraft, with the opposing ships never sighting each other.
What was the Battle of the Coral Sea?
CinCPac - and the world, according to the message - wondered, "Where is Task Force 34?", commanded by this US Admiral.
Who was William "Bull" Halsey?
Britain did to Italy at this Italian port what Japan later did to the US at Pearl Harbor.
What is Taranto?
This biplane, known affectionately as "Stringbag", served as the Royal Navy's main torpedo bomber until as late as 1942.
What was the Fairey Swordfish?
Operation Ten-Go was this Japanese battleship's attempt to beach herself for use as a shore battery during the American invasion of the island of Okinawa.
What is the Yamato?
The US flag was famously raised atop Mount Suribachi, on this Japanese island.
What is Iwo Jima?
Troops commanded by this Soviet Marshal raised a flag over the Reichstag in May of 1945.
Who is Georgi Zhukov?
German troops defending this Italian monastery held up the Allied advance to Rome for four months in early 1944.
What was Monte Cassino
This auto maker's Merlin engine transformed the P-51 Mustang from a mediocre fighter into the world's best long-range bomber escort.
What is Rolls-Royce?
This partially completed French battleship resisted the Allied landings in North Africa by engaging in a gun duel with the USS Massachusetts.
What is the Jean Bart?
The Japanese codename for this island, which was reportedly short on fresh water, was "AF".
What is Midway?
This German general's "backhanded blow" stemmed the Soviet counterattack that followed the Battle of Stalingrad.
Who is Erich von Manstein?
In March of 1942, British commandoes raided this French port to destroy dock facilities there.
What is St. Nazaire?
Enola Gay was the first bomber to drop an atomic bomb. This plane delivered the second, against Nagasaki.
What was Bockscar?
This US carrier was only absent from Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack because of delays in refueling caused by a storm at sea.
What is the USS Enterprise?
Beginning in September of 1944, the United States Navy created a forward naval base - complete with floating drydock - from nothing at this atoll in the Carolines.
What is Ulithi?