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Early War
Continued War Effort
100
The country, which in 1942 was doing most of the fighting against the Nazis by itself, which asked Britain and the US to start fighting the Nazis in Western Europe to take off some of the pressure.
What is Russia?
100
The meeting in Tehran, Iran, where Churchill and Roosevelt met with Stalin and created the United Nations, to keep the peace once the war was over.
What is the Tehran Conference?
200
The American military General who lead American troops in the successful North Africa Campaign of 1942 against the Italian and the German troops who surrendered in 1943.
Who is General George Patton?
200
The constant bombing of Germany by Allied forces killed 350,000 German civilians and eventually weakened German's Air Force, which allowed Allied forces to begin invading German-occupied Europe.
What was the outcome of the American and Britain bombing campaign against Germany in 1943?
300
The 1943 meeting where Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to attack Sicily and Italy and force the Axis Powers to surrender unconditionally, and where Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to increase the bombing of Germany and send supplies to China and Russia.
What is the Casablanca Conference?
400
(1) Breaking the German Naval Radio Codes which allowed Allied war planes to bomb the U-boats, (2) developing anti-submarine weapons for Allied war ships, and (3) grouping Allied cargo ships together so that they could more easily be protected by Allied war ships.
What are the key tactics that helped the Allies keep the German U-Boats from destroying so many Allied cargo ships?
400
The invasion by Allied forces of the German-occupied French coast, in 1944, that was the most complicated military attack in history.
What is D-day?
500
The country, which in 1943, offered to "switch sides" and become an Allied Power, prompting Hitler to send more German troops into this country to take power in the north part of this country?
What is Italy?