WWII Jeopardy

Places

1

tunnel complex on Corregidor; housed a hospital while Japan advanced 

Malinta

2

Malmady Massacre---which country?

Belgium

3

Betio--the principal target during the invasion of...??

Tarawa

4

New Guinea town--Japanese target needed to threaten Australia

Port Moresby

5

Principal river in Burma. Scene of several conflicts.

Irrawaddy

Places II

1

Two islands in Alaska occupied by Japan

Attu and Kiska

2

Japanese naval / air stronghold in the SW Pacific.

Rabaul

3

Island group where Kwajalein is located.

Marshalls

4

Italian river which blunted allied assaults at Monte Cassino

Rapido

5

One of three Sicilian beaches where US troops landed

Gela, Scogliti,Licata

People

1

Marine commander at Guadalcanal

Vandergriff

2

Chief of Naval Operations

Ernest King

3

1st offered the command of Overlord

Gen George Marshall

4

General who initiated, supported firebombing Japan

Curtis LeMay

5

Cmdr-in-Chief, Allied air forces for Overlord

Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory

Units

1

All Nisei unit-fought with distinction in Italy

442nd RCT 

2

"The Big Red One"

1st Infantry Division

3

Bomber unit with the most missions in the ETO

8th Air Force

4

responsible for identifying and burying those killed in action

Graves Registration

5

"The Old Breed"

1st Marine Division

Hardware

1

Carrier in the Doolittle Raid

USS Hornet

2

Most flown German fighter plane of the war

ME 109

3

K-Bar

Marine knife

4

the designation "DD"

navy destroyer

5

explosive charge inside connecting tubes to clear obstacles

bangalore torpedo