exam 2 pt9 Flashcards
What is called “ Operation Torch”?
Invasion of North Africa
What is a manmade canal that England made and didn’t want Germany to get to?
Suez Canal
Who were the 2 commanders that didn’t get along and turned the invasion into competition?
George Patton and Bernard Montgomery
Why did the United States win the battle at Kasserine Pass? / Is Battle of Kasserine Pass the turning point of the North African campaign?
Because 90% of the German army was sick. / Yes
In the Casablanca Conference what does Stalin say he will do if the invasion of France can’t happen by 1944?
Stalin says he will withdraw and join Hitler.
The invasion of Sicily and Italy is a part of what operation? / What did Patten and Montgomery do?
Operation Husky/ Compete to see who has the best invasion.
What is the planning of the invasion of France called? / Who replaces Patten?
Operation Overlord / Dwight Eisenhower
What is the actual invasion of France called?
D-Day
What are the only 3 months D-Day had to happen but what was the weather like?
May, June, and July while it was raining and windy powerfully.
Why did Eisenhower want to land troops behind enemy lines?
Germans in 2 directions
What job did Eisenhower give to Patten?
Trick the Germans with fake troopers, planes, and tanks made of balloon.
What beaches did the troops have to land on?
Utah, Omaha, Juno, Gold and Sword beaches.
What did the troopers use to go across the channels in but didn’t know how to operate?
Donald Ducks
Battle of the Bulge -
Hitler made one last chance to hit Eisenhower was able to attack Hitler. USA invades Germany and then Hitler kills himself and Germany is defeated. The world war two is over with Germany.
Which nations occupies Germany?
Soviet Union, England, USA, and France.
After being divided what kind of country does Germany become?
partition
After attack of pearl harbor Japan owns lots of the Pacific Ocean and islands. True or False
true
Which battle stopped Japanese expansion?
Battle Of Coral Sea
Which Largest naval engagement in human history. This is an aircraft carrier battle. Referred to as “ The Turning of the Tide”
Battle of Midway
What is it called when Americans kill every Japanese soldier on the islands? / The first island is Guadalcanal where every Japanese soldier on the island.
Island Hopping/ True
What was last stand of the Japanese navy?
Leyte Gulf
What islands USA must have and take over and make airstrips then we can bomb Japan directly?
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
After we take over the islands the USA start to______where we drop 1 billion gallons of Napalm on Japan.
Firebombing
Harry Truman is president and what project is he made aware of which is to build a functioning atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
Where does the USA build the atomic bomb? / How many atomic bombs are made/ What is the 3rd bomb used for?
A lab in Oak Ridge, TN / 3/ The 3rd one is used on American troops to see how much radiation a person can take and see what the bomb would do.
Where did the 2 bombs hit in Japan before Japan surrendered?
Hiroshima ; Nagasaki
Ideologic war between the Soviet Union and USA who have different plans for what the world should look like. What kind of war is this called?
Cold War
Whose ideas of the cold war is Capitalism & Democracy?
USA
