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Quarter 3 actual final Flashcards

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T/F Hitler’s goal for the final offensive in World war 2 was to drive out the russian army out of germany and then sue of peace

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false

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T/F Eisenhower allowed the Russian troops the honor of capturing Berlin because of the number of casualties it had suffered during WW2

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True

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T/F Hitler refused to move reinforcements to the landing sites on D-Day because he was afraid he would lose all of his tanks to the American Artillery

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False

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T/F The Lend Lease Deal stated that the US could lend weapons and aid to any country whose defense was seen as vital to US Security

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True

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T/F The American Army was routed by the Italian Army at the Battle of kasserine Pass

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False

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T/F The Italian Mainland was wide open and thus easy for the Allies to drive the Germans out of the country

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False

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T/F The airborne assault during D_Day was effective because the troops were landed on or close to their objectives and therefore were an effective fighting force from the start of the mission

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False

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T/F the beach that suffered the worst number of casualties at Dday was the british beach Omaha

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False

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T/F Japan controlled 10% of Earth’s surface at the tim elf the Battle of Midway

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True

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T/F at guadalcanal the Americans controlled the night while Japan controlled the day

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False

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T/F the places operating out of henderson field on guadalcanal was called the Cactus Air force

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True

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T/F not only did the US NAVY destroy the Japanese’s Navy air corps at the battle of midway it also destroyed most of their aircraft carriers

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True

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T/F The battle of Midway was the Largest Naval Battle in History

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False

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T/F the japanese used indicate systems of caves and bunkers when defending Iwo Jima

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True

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T/F The famous photograph taken on Iwo Jima is the raising of the flag on Mount Kamikaze

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False

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T/F Military planners believed the Allies would suffer around 1.4 million casualties in trying to take the main island of japan

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True

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T/F No american citizen was killed while in the US due to enemy action

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False

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This offensive put allied soldiers in france for the first time since 1940

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Normandy

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The failure of this offensive ended hopes of an easy victory over germany

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Market Garden

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Hitler ordered the german governor of this city to burn it to the ground in response to a resistance movement in 1944

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Paris

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The closing of this pocket effectively destroyed the German Army as a fighting force in the West

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Falaise Pocket

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The allies needed to capture this port city in order to garuntee a steady flow of supplies to france

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Cherbourg

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After Berlin was captured on May 2, 1945, the German Army Capitulated on which date?

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May 7th 1945

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the united states had its first real encounter with the german army at this battle

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Kasserine Pass

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The next logical step for the allies after denying Hitler the oil fields in Mid east was to invade

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Sicily

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Winston Churchill referred to this country as the soft under belly of the Axis Army

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Italy

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The Americna Beaches at Normandy Included

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Utah and Omaha

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This operation was the largest airbornee assault of WW2

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Market Garden

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Us Intelligence was able to discern that midway island was the next target for the Japanese through

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MAGIC transcripts

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The japanese were surprised when this showed up at the Battle of Midway

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a third US carrier

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The significance of the battle of midway was that the japanese lost 4 major carriers and

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The lost most of their best pilots

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the waters surrounding guadal canal became known as

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Iron bottom sound

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Guadalcanal was STRATEGICALLY important to the allied war effort because the island contained an

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airfield

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Guadalcanal WAS important because allies wanted to keep these open

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sea lines of communication

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The japanese ships that resupplied their troops were called the

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Tokyo Express

36
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The landings on Tarawa were so costly because

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The japanese had minded the harbor

37
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the japansese used these for the first time at the battle of Leyte Gulf

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Kamikazes

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The battle of the Philippine sea is also known as the great

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Marianas turkey shoot

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Iwo Jima was important because it contained

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An airfield

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THE japanese put up such a staunch defense on Okinawa because it was:

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It was apart of their homeland

41
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The US used this tactic against the japanese in order to disrupt their war industry

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FIRE BOMBING

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This agency was responsible for ensuring that american cities would be safe from enemy attack

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Civil defense corps

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These gave the Roosevelt sweeping powers to conduct the war as he saw fit

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War powers act

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Women who joined the US NAVy during WW2 actually joined the

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WAVES

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This office was responsible for coordinating the release of war news to the american public

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Office of War Information

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Liberty Ships were

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Cargo Ships

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The War production Board used these to collect material for use in the war effort

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scrap drives

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Executive order 9066 called for removal of

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Japanese from west coast

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The convoy system used in europe after the breakout from normandy was called the

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RedBall Express

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The home front campaign that looked to defeat fascists abroad and discrimination at home was called the

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Double V Campaign

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The 5 Brothers killed on the same day on USS JUnea

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sullivans

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German General who was nicknamed desert fox

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Erwin Rommel

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Overall commander of allied forces in Europe

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Dwight D Eisenhower

54
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Egotistical glory seeking commander of American Army

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Dwight D Eisenhower

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egotistical glory seeking commander of the british army

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Bernard Montgomery

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Prime minister of Britain

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Winston Churchill

57
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planned attack on pearl harbor

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Admiral Yamamoto

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General Who was order to leave the Philippines

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Douglas McArthur

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Military leader of Japan

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Hideki Tojo

60
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list the battles in chronological order

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Coral Sea, Midway, Guadal Canal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa

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oversaw the occupation of Japan after its surrender

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General Douglas McArthur

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Pilot of Bock’s Car

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Chuck Sweeny

63
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Famously returned to Philippines

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Douglas McArthur

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Overall US NAVAL COMMANDER IN PACIFIC

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Admiral Chester Nimitz

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Photographer for most famous picture of war

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Joe rosenthal

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grave digger

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Barry M Deep

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Pilot of Enola Gay

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Admiral Bull Halsey

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Bomb dropped on Hiroshima

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Little Boy

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Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

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Fat Man

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