The World Wars, Episode 3- Never Surrender (World History).
How many people are killed by the Holocaust? How many are Jewish?
11,000,000. 6 million were Jewish.
Patton finds how many survivors of concentration camps?
20,000.
How long does it take for US troops to capture Palermo, Sicily?
72 hours.
How many citizens are killed in the Nagasaki bombings?
75,000.
What are the ranks and equipment made out of in Dover, England?
Balloons.
What is the goal of Operation Fortitude? Does it work?
Basically to trick Hitler, it worked.
Patton forces German soldiers and civilians do what?
Bear witness to Hitler's atrocities.
What happens to Benito Mussolini when he tries to escape to Spain?
Captured and publicly executed, then hung upside down.
After Mussolini's death and the Soviet's advance into Germany, what does Hitler do?
Commits suicide by Cyanide pill, then shoots himself in the head.
When Hitler sends more troops into Stalingrad, 1 German soldier dies every how many seconds?
Every 7 seconds.
Who is the president when Pearl Harbor is attacked?
FDR.
What was the preferred method of execution in death camps?
Gas (gas chambers).
What groups of people did Hitler consider ¨undesirable?¨
Gypsies, Homosexuals, Jewish people, etc.
Who becomes president after FDR dies?
Harry Truman.
What happens on August 6th, 1945?
Hiroshima, Japan: Atomic bomb.
Because of Pearl Harbor, the US declares war on whom?
Japan.
What is the date of D-Day?
June 6th, 1944.
What does MacArthur believe is the best way to end the war in Japan?
Largest military operation, invasion of Japanese Mainland.
How long does it take for Japan to surrender after Nagasaki?
Less than a week.
Deciphered codes showed that the Japanese were going to attack what islands?
Midway Islands.
What US territory does Japan want to take over?
Needed the Philippines.
Where do allied troops land on D-Day?
Normandy.
How many people were killed between 1913 and 1945?
Over 100,000,000.
How many Americans were killed in Pearl Harbor?
Over 2,400.
How many Japanese citizens die?
Over 80,000.
In June 1944 MacArthur retakes what?
Philippines.
Hitler broke his agreement and attacked what?
Russia (broke agreement with Stalin).
What did Patton do that outraged the public?
Slapped a soldier.
Hitler diverted troops from attacking Moscow to attacking where?
Stalingrad.
Italy surrenders to whom?
The Allies.
What is the Soviet Union's secret weapon in the battle of Stalingrad?
The Russian winter.
Who wins the battle for the Midway Islands?
U.S.
When Allied troops moved through Berlin, where did Hitler go?
Underground, in a bunker.
