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Battles
The War in Europe
The War in the Pacific
Battles Part 2
Terms
100
The date of D-Day
What is June 6, 1944
100
The Axis Powers
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan
100
The "project" which caused the destruction of Hiroshima
What is the Manhattan Project
100
The Allies landed in this city on D-Day
What is Normandy
100
The Maginot Line
What is an incomplete line of defense between Germany and France
200
Erwin Rommel's nickname
What is Desert Fox
200
The Allied Powers
What are Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and United States
200
The date Pearl Harbor was bombed
What is December 7, 1941
200
The significance of the Battle of Stalingrad
What is the Axis troops retreated westward back to Germany
200
Island-hopping
What is the Allied strategy that involved conquering one island at a time. Used for the invasion of Japan
300
Bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima
300
This technology save London in the Battle of Britain
What is radar
300
This General led the U.S. forces in the Philippines and is known for his famous quote, "I shall return."
Who was Douglas MacArthur
300
Germany's last offensive attack
What is the Battle of the Bulge
300
Genocide
What is the murder of a group of people
400
The final major showdown of the war in the Pacific
What is the Battle of Okinawa
400
Germany's motivation for starting the war
What is Hated the Treaty of Versailles Revenge for defeat in WWI Great Depression in Germany
400
250,000 to 1,000,000 U.S. soldiers predicted to die
What is "Operation Downfall"- the full scale invasion of Japan
400
Kamikaze strategy of the Japanese
What is crashed planes, filled with explosives, into U.S. ships
400
The amount of Jews and others killed during the Holocaust
What are 6 million Jews, and 3 million others
500
The significance of the Battle of Leyte Gulf
What is the largest naval battle in history
500
WWII officially started when ____ invaded _____
What is When Germany invaded Poland
500
The Japanese were on the defensive for the rest of this war
What is The Battle of Midway
500
11,000 Americans were killed on this march
What is the Bataan Death March
500
These three things happened to Captain Charles Butler McVay III
What is court martialed for the sinking of the ship committed suicide cleared of all charges later