Question 1

Battle of the Atlantic

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1. In which battle did the Allies lose early battles due to German U-Boats (unterseeboots)?

Question 2

convoy system

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2. Allies countered U Boats using which system, plus destroyer warships to protect their ships?

Question 3

"hedgehog" bombs

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3. By 1943, Allies were breaking German secret codes and were using radar to detect the U-Boats, and what kind of bombs to sink them?

Question 4

Battle of Britain

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4. To prepare to invade Great Britain, in which battle did Hitler send his Luftwaffe to bomb air defenses on the south coast of England?

Question 5

the "Blitz."

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5. In September 1940, Hitler ordered London bombed. What was this series of bombing raids called?

Question 6

He needed his bombers to invade Russia.

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6. Why did Hitler finally quit bombing Britain?

Question 7

Battle of Stalingrad

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7. In which battle did the Germans first bomb the city to rubble, then become trapped in it as the Russians fiercely fought street by street?

Question 8

his general did not fight to the death.

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8. When the Germans surrendered they were cold and starving, but why was Hitler so angry at his general?

Question 9

Battle of Normandy (D-Day)

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9. In which battle, did Allied forces attack the German forces on the coast of France?

Question 10

Operation Overlord

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10. What was the official name for the DDay invasion?

Question 11

the light of a full moon

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11. What did General Eisenhower need for the night parachute jumps?

Question 12

Britain, Canada, France and America

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12. Which 4 countries participated on the Ally side on D Day?

Question 13

the turning point of WW2

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13 What did the Battle of Normandy become for Europe?

Question 14

Battle of the Bulge

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14. Which battle was fought in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium?

Question 15

bulges in the Allied lines

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In the Battle of the Bulge, what did the Germans cause when they punched through the Allied lines?

Question 16

Pockets of American soldiers

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16. Which group of soldiers attacked the Germans as they tried to advance, until Allied reinforcements came.

Question 17

the Germans ran out of fuel for their tanks.

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17. What happened to the Germans that made the Allies finally win the Battle of the Bulge?

Question 18

Battle of Berlin

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18. Which was the last major battle in Europe?

Question 19

mostly of sick or wounded soldiers, young boys, and old men.

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19. The Soviets vastly outnumbered the Germans; who composed the German army in Berlin by the end of the war?

Question 20

he committed suicide along with his new wife

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20. What did Hitler do when he finally realized he had lost the war?

Question 21

It forced the US to enter the war.

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21. What did the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor for the US to do?

Question 22

64 soldiers.

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22. By the end of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US had lost 2390 soldiers and civilians; how many did the Japanese lose?

Question 23

to cripple the US

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23. What had the Japanese tried to do by this 110 minute attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

Question 24

3 of them

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24. While the US recovered most of its damaged battleships, how many were total losses during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Question 25

Battle of Midway

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25. Which battle was the first major victory for the Allies in the Pacific?

Question 26

a trap

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26. The US had a base on this island that Japan wanted to take. When the US learned of Japan's plan to attack Midway Island, what did they set for them?

Question 27

3000

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27. By the end of the battle of Midway Island, Japan had lost 4 aircraft carriers, 248 aircraft, and over how many soldiers?

Question 28

Battle of Guadalcanal

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28 Which battle marked the first time since entering the war that the US had gone on the offensive and attacked the Japanese?

Question 29

fighting was fierce.

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29. US Marines invaded the island taking the Japanese by surprise; what was fighting like on Guadalcanal?

Question 30

had lost ground

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30. The Battle of Guadalcanal was the1st time that the Japanese during the war had lost what?

Question 31

morale

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31. What did this battle on Guadalcanal impact on both sides?

Question 32

Battle of Iwo Jima

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32. Which was the 1st major battle of WW2 to take place on the Japanese homeland?

Question 33

needed a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off.

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33. Why was Iwo Jima a strategic location for the US?

Question 34

the illusion of safety

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34. Thirty thousand Marines landed on the beaches of Iwo Jima without any response from the Japanese who were hiding in the island's many tunnels which gave the illusion of what?.

Question 35

American flag.

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35. After 36 days of brutal fighting, the Marines secured Iwo Jima, and raised what?

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