History II Study Guide 3
6 million
About how many Jews died at the hands of the Nazis?
Warsaw
After breaking the German lines in 1944, the Soviet drove 300 miles to where?
Berlin
As the war in Europe was ending, The Soviet in Europe encircled and capture what city?
Czechoslovakia. Prague.
As the war was ending, what country did the US 3rd Army enter? What city were they ordered not to approach?
Romany (Gypsies)
Besides the Jews, who else did the Nazis deliberately target?
Pearl Harbor and other installations on Oahu
December 1941: the greatest concentration of American military power in the world?
Battle of Kursk
Eastern Front, 1943- The largest tank battle in history?
On both fronts
How did the US enter World War II?
50 million
How many people were killed in World War II?
El Almein (Egypt)
In 1942, where did the British counter attack against Afrika Korps?
Stalingrad
In February 1943 - what was the first major defeat of Hitler's armies?
Omaha
On D-Day, at what beach did the Allies encounter effective German defense?
The U.S.S. Missouri
On what US battleship did the Japanese sign the instruments of surrender?
Regensburg and Schweinfurt
The US 8th Air Force suffered horrendous casualties bombing these two locations in Germany in 1943.
Czech territory of the Sudetenland
The annexing of what part of Czechoslovakia to Germany pushed forward the start of the war?
Operation Barbarrossa
The code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941?
Orange Plans
The code name for the US Navy's plan for a Pacific War against Japan?
Guadalcanal
The first American offensive in the Pacific took place where?
Battle of the Coral Sea and Midway
The first two sea battles where opposing fleets did not see each other ...
Poland
The invasion of what country finally motivated Britain and France to oppose Hitler militarily?
China
WWII actually began in 1937 when Japan invaded what country?
Okinawa
What Battle was the worst US reverses in the Northwest Europe Campaign?
The Pacific Fleet Aircraft Carriers
What US ships where not in port at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
The Huertgen Forest
What battle was one of the worst ever fought by the US Army?
Tarawa
What bloody battle set the tone for future Central Pacific Battles between the Amercans and the Japanese?
Paris
What city did French and American force liberate on August 25, 1944?
Denmark and Norway
What countries did Germany attack in April 1940?
Soviet Russia
What country suffered the most casualties in World War II, approximately 20 million people?
London
What did the Germans bomb during the third phase of the Battle of Britain?
300 thousand allied troops rescued by an English fleet
What happened at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940?
He committed suicide.
What happened to Hitler?
The Phony War
What lasted until the spring of 1940, with French morale and spirit collapsing, and no actual fighting?
They had planes and the early warning tool: radar
What technological advantage did the British have during the Battle of Britain?
the planned attack on the Soviet Union by 2 months
What was delayed by Hitler's campaign in the Balkans in the spring of 1941?
The German victory parade through Paris took the same route used by the French Army in their 1919 victory parade.
What was ironic about the German victory parade in Paris in 1940?
It proclaimed its neutrality in the war.
What was the US policy at the beginning of the war?
The Battle of Legute Gulf
What was the greatest naval battle in history?
U-Boats
What was the main German weapon in the crucial Battle of the Atlantic?
Operation Doownfall
What was the overall code name for the invasion of Japan?
Singapore
What was the worst defeat in British military history on February 1942?
Omaha, Utah (British ones were sword, gold, juno)
What were the code names for the American beaches at Normandy for D-Day?
Burma (Asia)
Where did British and Indian troops begin a campaign of liberation in 1943?
Anzio
Where did the Allies land in Italy in 1944, in an effort to outflank German positions?
Okinawa, Japan (Pacific)
Where did the Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945 American Landings, take place?
Iwo Jima
Where did the February 1945 Marine landings take place?
Tunisia
Where did the US Army first face German Wehrmacht in combat?
Moscow
Where were the Germans stopped in December 1941 in Russia?
Pres. Harry Truman
Which US president authorized the use of atomic weapons against Japan?
Winston Churchill
Who became British prime minister in May 1940?
Britain
Who could no longer maintain a fleet in Asia during the inter-war years?
Mussolini
Who did the British soundly defeat in North Africa in 1941?
Patton
Who was the best perrforming Allied general in the Sicily campaign?
Doolittle Raiders (also may have caused the Battle of Midway)
Who were WWII pilots trained in Columbia- bombed Japanese islands to boost American morale?
