APUSH Chapter 28 Part 3

Question 1

ABC -1 Agreement

Answer 1

Jan-March 1941)
Secret meetings held in Washington DC
If US enters war, GERMANY first

Question 2

Battle of the Atlantic

Answer 2

Allies want to get men and materials across Atlantic
German U Boats in ‘wolf packs’ hunt trading routes
Breaking of enigma code
Huge # of allied ships sink, until they tighten the convoys

Question 3

Stalin

Answer 3

Demands second front from allies
British refuse, visions of WWI
prefer the soft underbelly

Question 4

Operation Torch

Answer 4

Nov. 1942
American, British, French, Canadian Forces invade North Africa
Largest seaborne invasion at the time
240,000 Germans and Italians surrender in Tunisia

Question 5

Invasion of Sicily

Answer 5

Gen Patton and British Allies invade Sicily

Italian govt surrenders (sept 1943)

Question 6

Operation overlord

Answer 6

D Day
Code name for allied invasion of France
Led by Eisenhower –> supreme allied commander
Originally planned for June 4 1944, delay by weather until June 6 1944
Air and sea invasion of Normandy by American, British and Canadian forces
US –> Utah and Omaha

Question 7

June 6 1944

Answer 7

Heavy casualties –> 2700 allied dead on beaches
Allies secure beaches by the end of the day
Creates the “second front”

Question 8

Breakout

Answer 8

Allied air power secures foothold

Aug 1944-Patton uses Blitzkrieg to break through German lines and push out of Normandy

Question 9

Liberation

Answer 9

August 25, 1944–> Paris liberated

Charles Ce Gaulle takes control of French Govt

Question 10

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 10

Dec 1944
Germans mount final offense in the Ardennes Forest, Belgium
Goal is to reach the port of Antwerp
Attack creates a bulge in the battle line

Question 11

Bastofuge

Answer 11

American forces caught completely off guard 
101st airborne surrounded 
Patton' 4th Armored breaks the siege 
(25th December 1944)
Most Germans begin to admit war is lost

Question 12

Politics

Answer 12

FDR wins fourth term (1944)
Suffers stroke, dies
VP Harry Truman

Question 13

Allied Advance

Answer 13

March 1945--> Americans cross Rhine river 
Soviets advancing from east 
Soviets surround and take Berlin 
Hitler commits suicide (4-30-45)
Germany surrenders (5-7-45)

Question 14

VE Day

Answer 14

8-5-45

Question 15

Nuremberg Trials

Answer 15

1945-6
Nazi leaders charged w crimes against laws of war, humanity, etc
12 executed, 7 sentenced to jail