Lesson 3 Flashcards
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American General
Battle of Stalingard
Key turning point of the war
D-Day
American,British, and Canadian troops invaded France on June 6, 1944.
Battle of El Alamein
The British stopped the Afrika Korps in July here
What is SONAR?
Sound navigation and ranging
How did sonar help the allied effort?
By detecting U-Boats underwater
What is a convoy system?
Many ships traveling together at once
Can also be:
Cars, planes, people, ect.
General Erwin Rommel
German General in charge of troops in Africa(Afrika Korps)
Suez Canal
- Connects Mediterranean to the Red Sea
- 120 miles long
- In Egypt
__________, the leader of Italy,was executed by Italian freedom fighters.
Mussolini
In the battle of Stalingrad, how did many German soldiers die?
They starved or starved because they didn’t have enough supplies
In 1943, the German commander disobeyed Hitler and surrendered to Soviet troops at the battle ________________.
Battle of Stalingrad
The American General in charge of the D-Day invasion was _____________.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The “D” in D-Day means _________
Designated
_____________, _______________, and _________ troops invaded France on June 6, 1944.
- American
- Canadian
- British
