Major Battles

Question 1

Dunkrik

Answer 1

Evacuation dynamo, siege of Leningrad

Question 2

Battle of Britain

Answer 2

The German Luftwaffe had to get control of the skies. They bombed British cities, allowing the RAF to recover. Radars helped Britain to win

Question 3

War at sea

Answer 3

Britains survival depended upon the flow of supplies from North America. U-boats were the biggest threat, they caused serious damage to shipping in the Atlantic.

Question 4

Desert war (battle of El Alamein)

Answer 4

The allies were able to win El Alamein (desert fox)

Question 5

Hiroshima

Answer 5

Japan threatened to invade extremely costly. US used the recently developed atomic bomb to force japans surrender, they did

Question 6

Pearl Harbor

Answer 6

US enters December 7th 1941 because of this.

Question 7

Operation Barbarossa

Answer 7

Germany and Russia agreed not to fight in 1939, but in June 1941 Germany invaded, Russia became an ally of Britain+France (turning point on European front)

Question 8

D-Day

Answer 8

Invasion of Normandy June 6th 1944

Question 9

Coral sea

Answer 9

Battle at sea entirely in air

Question 10

Battle of midway

Answer 10

Turning point for Pacific

Question 11

Iwo Jima

Answer 11

Flag

Question 12

Guadalcanal

Answer 12

Tokyo express

Question 13

Leyte Gulf

Answer 13

Largest naval battle of all time “McArthur returns”