exam 2 pt9

Question 1

What is called “ Operation Torch”?

Answer 1

Invasion of North Africa

Question 2

What is a manmade canal that England made and didn’t want Germany to get to?

Answer 2

Suez Canal

Question 3

Who were the 2 commanders that didn’t get along and turned the invasion into competition?

Answer 3

George Patton and Bernard Montgomery

Question 4

Why did the United States win the battle at Kasserine Pass? / Is Battle of Kasserine Pass the turning point of the North African campaign?

Answer 4

Because 90% of the German army was sick. / Yes

Question 5

In the Casablanca Conference what does Stalin say he will do if the invasion of France can’t happen by 1944?

Answer 5

Stalin says he will withdraw and join Hitler.

Question 6

The invasion of Sicily and Italy is a part of what operation? / What did Patten and Montgomery do?

Answer 6

Operation Husky/ Compete to see who has the best invasion.

Question 7

What is the planning of the invasion of France called? / Who replaces Patten?

Answer 7

Operation Overlord / Dwight Eisenhower

Question 8

What is the actual invasion of France called?

Answer 8

D-Day

Question 9

What are the only 3 months D-Day had to happen but what was the weather like?

Answer 9

May, June, and July while it was raining and windy powerfully.

Question 10

Why did Eisenhower want to land troops behind enemy lines?

Answer 10

Germans in 2 directions

Question 11

What job did Eisenhower give to Patten?

Answer 11

Trick the Germans with fake troopers, planes, and tanks made of balloon.

Question 12

What beaches did the troops have to land on?

Answer 12

Utah, Omaha, Juno, Gold and Sword beaches.

Question 13

What did the troopers use to go across the channels in but didn’t know how to operate?

Answer 13

Donald Ducks

Question 14

Battle of the Bulge -

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

Which nations occupies Germany?

Answer 15

Soviet Union, England, USA, and France.

Question 16

After being divided what kind of country does Germany become?

Answer 16

partition

Question 17

After attack of pearl harbor Japan owns lots of the Pacific Ocean and islands. True or False

Answer 17

true

Question 18

Which battle stopped Japanese expansion?

Answer 18

Battle Of Coral Sea

Question 19

Which Largest naval engagement in human history. This is an aircraft carrier battle. Referred to as “ The Turning of the Tide”

Answer 19

Battle of Midway

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

Island Hopping/ True

Question 21

What was last stand of the Japanese navy?

Answer 21

Leyte Gulf

Question 22

What islands USA must have and take over and make airstrips then we can bomb Japan directly?

Answer 22

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

Question 23

After we take over the islands the USA start to______where we drop 1 billion gallons of Napalm on Japan.

Answer 23

Firebombing

Question 24

Harry Truman is president and what project is he made aware of which is to build a functioning atomic bomb?

Answer 24

Manhattan Project

Question 25

Where does the USA build the atomic bomb? / How many atomic bombs are made/ What is the 3rd bomb used for?

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

Where did the 2 bombs hit in Japan before Japan surrendered?

Answer 26

Hiroshima ; Nagasaki

Question 27

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?

Answer 27

Cold War

Question 28

Whose ideas of the cold war is Capitalism & Democracy?

Answer 28

USA