Ch. 25.2

Question 0

What is the title of the section?

Answer 0

The war for Europe and North Africa

Question 1

Who suddenly had a flashback to a frozen Meadow in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in 1945?

Answer 1

John McGrath

Question 2

Who was the British prime minister at the time?

Answer 2

Winston Churchill

Question 3

What Pres. responded with an invitation for Churchhill to come at once?

Answer 3

Roosevelt

Question 4

The Germans aim in what was to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union?

Answer 4

Battle of the Atlantic

Question 5

What were groups of ships traveling together for mutual protection?

Answer 5

Convoys

Question 6

What was the first great turning point in the winter of 1943?

Answer 6

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 7

The Germans have been fighting who since June 1941?

Answer 7

Soviet Union

Question 8

By the end of September the Germans had controlled how much of the city?

Answer 8

9/10

Question 9

In defending Stalingrad the Soviets lost a total of how many soldiers?

Answer 9

1,100,000

Question 10

What was an invasion of axis controlled North Africa called? Who was it commanded by?

Answer 10

Operation Torch

DWIGHT D EISENHOWER

Question 11

Who was the Afrika Korps led by?

Answer 11

Erwin Rommel

Question 12

Less than 40 miles from around what battle lasted for months until the end of May 1944 and left about 25,000 Allied and 30,000 axis casualties?

Answer 12

Bloody Anzio

Question 13

What was the name of the all black 99th pursuit squadron?

Answer 13

Tuskegee airmen

Question 14

What was the name of an African-American unit to distinguish itself was the famous 92 infantry division nicknamed the what?

Answer 14

Buffaloes

Question 15

What was the most decorated unit in US history?

Answer 15

Allnisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team

Question 16

The task of commanding operation overload fell to the American General who?

Answer 16

Dwight D Eisenhower

Question 17

What was the name of the battle during operation overload that began on June 6, 1944? It was the largest land Sea air operation in Army history!

Answer 17

D-Day

Question 18

On July 25 two unleashed massive air and land bombardment against the enemy at St. Lo providing a gap in the German line of defense through which general blank and his third Army could advance?

Answer 18

Omar Bradley

George Patton

Question 19

Tanks through 60 miles an ally territory creating a blank in the lines they gave this desperate last-ditch offensive it’s name?

Answer 19

Battle of the Bulge

Question 20

Who did Hitler marry on April 29?

Answer 20

Eva Braun

Question 21

On May 8, 1945 the Allies celebrated what? The war in Europe was finally over!

Answer 21

V-E Day (victory in Europe day)

Question 22

After Pres. Roosevelt died Feiss president blank became the nation’s 33rd president?

Answer 22

Harry S Truman