World War II: Theaters of Operation

Match these leaders of World War II with their descriptions. 1. German commander of North African forces 2. British prime minister 3. the commander of the Allied invasion of France 4. German dictator 5. Italian dictator 6. United States president

1. Rommel 2. Churchill 3. Eisenhower 4. Hitler 5. Mussolini 6. Roosevelt

In your own words, summarize the overall strategy involved in defeating the Germans in Europe from when the U.S. entered the war, until after D-Day.

On D-day, the troops that defeated Germany consisted of the British, the Canadians, and the Americans. There were a total of 156,000 troops on the coast on Normandy and it occurred June 6th, 1944. Tokyo was bombed the most, but Canada lost the most people on D-day. Italy was a huge whimp who caused more trouble for Germany than help. Japan was really stuck up because it had never lost a battle before, resulting in America joining the war. The attemt to take over Russia failed for Germany and Hitler later, committed suicide.

The Allies celebrated V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) on May 8, 1945.

True

The attack on Tokyo surprised the Japanese because they were told the U.S. planes could not get close without detection.

True

What allied military actions began to take the punch out of Germany's power? their conquest of North Africa the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the halting of Hitler's armies by Russia Italy's strong fighting force

their conquest of North Africa and the halting of Hitler's armies by Russia

Who was the leader of the United States troops on the Pacific Front during World War II?

MacArthur

Who led the 1942 United States bombing attack on Tokyo during World War II?

Doolittle

German war criminals were tried at Nuremberg, France.

False

An unsuccessful German offensive of 1940 was the:

invasion of Great Britain

Two last-minute problems in the American attack on Tokyo included:

lack of nighttime hours and not enough gas