OPERATIONS & CAMPAIGNS
This 1942 Allied amphibious operation landed American forces in French North Africa.
What is Operation Torch
This German field marshal orchestrated the counteroffensive that retook Kharkov in March 1943.
Who was Erich von Manstein
This city was the site of a major Soviet victory in February 1943 after a six-month battle.
What was Stalingrad
This German shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon's name translates to "armored fist."
What was the Panzerfaust
This British codebreaking center was home to the Ultra program.
What was Bletchley Park
This surprise Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, brought the United States into World War II.
What was the Attack on Pearl Harbor
This Soviet offensive destroyed much of Army Group Centre in the summer of 1944.
What was Operation Bagration?
This Japanese admiral commanded the Combined Fleet during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who was Isoroku Yamamoto
This July 1943 battle involved the largest tank engagement in history near Prokhorovka.
What was the Battle of Kursk
This British anti-submarine weapon launched contact-fused bombs ahead of the attacking vessel.
What was the Hedgehog
This German encryption machine was broken through Allied cryptanalysis.
What was the Enigma machine
These Japanese suicide pilots became increasingly common during the later stages of the war.
What were Kamikazes
This German offensive launched in December 1944 through the Ardennes.
What is Wacht am Rhein
This Soviet marshal accepted Germany's surrender in Berlin on behalf of the USSR.
Who was Georgy Zhukov
This Soviet operation encircled the German Sixth Army in November 1942.
What was Operation Uranus
This American heavy bomber was nicknamed the "Flying Fortress."
What was the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
This deception plan convinced Germany that the main invasion would occur at Pas-de-Calais.
What was Operation Fortitude
This island campaign, beginning in August 1942, marked the first major Allied offensive against Japan.
What was the Guadalcanal Campaign
This Allied airborne operation attempted to seize bridges across the Netherlands in September 1944.
What was Operation Market Garden
This American general commanded the Third Army during the breakout from Normandy.
Who was George S. Patton
This pocket in Latvia trapped Army Group North from late 1944 until Germany's surrender.
What was the Courland Pocket
This German night-vision device was fitted to some late-war Panther tanks.
What was Sperber
This operation used a corpse carrying fake invasion plans that washed ashore in Spain.
What was Operation Mincemeat
This Pacific island battle featured some of the fiercest fighting of the war and secured airfields for the bombing of Japan.
What was the Battle of Okinawa
This German 1942 summer offensive sought the oil fields of the Caucasus.
What was Fall Blau?
This British admiral commanded Force H and later Allied naval forces during Operation Torch.
Who was Andrew Cunningham
This January 1945 Soviet offensive advanced from the Vistula River to the Oder.
What was the Vistula–Oder Offensive
This German tank destroyer mounted a 128mm PaK 44 gun on a Tiger II chassis.
What was the JagdTigeR
This Soviet spy in Tokyo informed Moscow that Japan would not attack Siberia in 1941.
Who was Richard Sorge
This battle in October 1944 is generally considered the largest naval battle in history.
What was the Battle of Leyte Gulf