Quiz 36, Chapter 20, pp. 384-390

Question 0

American general appointed by President Roosevelt to be the Allied commander in Europe

Answer 0

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 1

American general who invaded Sicily in order to work his way into Italy

Answer 1

George S. Patton

Question 2

American general who was forced to surrender the Philippines to the Japanese but returned three years later to liberate the Filipinos from Japan

Answer 2

Douglas MacArthur

Question 3

What German General was known as the Desert Fox?

Answer 3

Erwin Rommel

Question 4

What was the name for the second-generation Japanese-Americans who emerged from World War II as the most decorated unit in the entire U.S. Army?

Answer 4

Nisei

Question 5

What Native American tribe used their unwritten tribal language as a code to relay vital military messages to the American armed forces?

Answer 5

the Navajo

Question 6

What was the name of the first naval battle in which the enemy ships never saw each other?

Answer 6

the Battle of Coral Sea

Question 7

What was the result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

Answer 7

Japan lost almost all of its ships and planes.

Question 8

Who led the American air raid over Tokyo, Japan, in April 1942?

Answer 8

Jimmy Doolittle

Question 9

What was Germany’s last great offensive in the West?

Answer 9

the Battle of the Bulge