European at War

Question 1

Blitzkrieg:

Answer 1

Lighting war

Question 2

No country suffered greatest misery, destruction, and loss of life in WWll than:

Answer 2

Poland

Question 3

Invasion Poland:

Answer 3

September 1, 1939

Question 4

330,000 British and French troops are evacuated to England in what becomes known as the:

Answer 4

Miracle of Dunkirk

Question 5

The German objective is to destroy the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy in preparation for an invasion of the British Isles:

Answer 5

Battle of Britain

Question 6

Desert Fox:

Answer 6

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Question 7

June 22, 1941-Hitler invades:

Answer 7

Russia

Question 8

Fuhrer Directive 21:

Answer 8

Rules of war no longer apply.

Question 9

Order 227:

Answer 9

Not a step back

Question 10

The Russians call World War ll:

Answer 10

The Great Patriotic War

Question 11

For Hitler the temptations for invasion are too great:

Answer 11

1. The heart of communism.
2. It’s where Lebensraum is to be found.
3. It’s home to the largest Jewish population in the world.

Question 12

For the remainder of the war, the battle between the soviet union and germany will simply be called:

Answer 12

The Russian Front

Question 13

Passed by congress in 1935,1936, 1937, &1938:

Answer 13

Neutrality Acts

Question 14

If you got the cash, we got the goods, come get em:

Answer 14

Cash and Carry

Question 15

The 1st peacetime draft in the U.S. history:

Answer 15

Selective Service Act of 1940

Question 16

The U.S. will give $46 billion in aid:

Answer 16

Lend-lease

Question 17

Pearl Harbor gets the U.S. in WWll:

Answer 17

Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

Question 18

The Axis Powers:

Answer 18

1. Germany: Adolf Hitler
2. Italy: Benito Mussolini
3. Japan: Hideki Tojo

Question 19

The Allied Powers:

Answer 19

1. America: FDR
2. England: Winston Churchill
3. Russia: Joseph Stalin
   - These 3 will collectively be known as the “Big 3.”
4. China

Question 20

Seize vital materials necessary to the war effort:

Answer 20

War Production Board

Question 21

First combat in European Theatre:

Answer 21

Operation Torch

Question 22

“Old Blood and Guts”

Answer 22

George S. Patton

Question 23

FDR issues his controversial “unconditional surrender ultimatum:

Answer 23

Casablanca Conference

Question 24

Stalingrad:
- This defeat “shatters” the myth of German invincibility.

Answer 24

Stalingrad
- Is the most important battle of WWll and the turning point in Europe.

Question 25

Allies invade __________________ July 10, 1943.
- Mussolini is forced from power. Italy withdraws from the war.

Answer 25

Sicily

Question 26

D-Day _____________________- Allies invade Normandy in France.

Answer 26

June 6, 1944 Operation Overload

Question 27

The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe:

Answer 27

Dwight David Eisenhower

Question 28

3rd Army:

Answer 28

Patton’s

Question 29

Largest tank battle in history:

Answer 29

The battle of Kursk

Question 30

It’s Hitler’s last offensive of the war:

Answer 30

Battle of the Bulge

Question 31

“Sellout:”

Answer 31

The Yalta Conference

Question 32

April 12, 1945 FDR
________________________ is now president.

Answer 32

Harry S. Truman

Question 33

May 7, 1945

Answer 33

Germany surrenders unconditionally