Exam Review: Operations

Question 0

Operation Barbarossa

Answer 0

German code name for the invasion of the USSR

Question 1

Operation Sea Lion

Answer 1

• British royalty navy must be eliminated
• British Royal Air Force air strength must be eliminated
• British coastal defenses must be destroyed
• British submarine actin against landing forces must be prevented

Question 2

Operation Watchtower

Answer 2

Code am for American invasion of Guadalcanal

Question 3

Operation torch

Answer 3

Code name for the American/British invasion of morocco and Algeria

Question 4

Operation Mincemeat

Answer 4

Deception plan for allied invasion of Greece and Sardinia instead of Sicily. Germans believed it and beefed up defense and Sardinia and Greece instead of Sicily

Question 5

Operation Shingle

Answer 5

Code name for the allied invasion of Anzio behind the Gustav line cutting German supply lines and trapping Gustav defenders

Question 6

Operation overlord

Answer 6

Code name for the invasion of France