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Quiz 4 Flashcards

1
Q

Hitler was convinced that defeating the Soviet Union depended on destroying the _______________.

A

Soviet Economy

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2
Q

The city of _________________, which controlled the Volga River and was a major railroad junction was the key to the attack.

A

Stalingrad

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3
Q

When German troops entered Stalingrad in _______________, Stalin ordered his troops to hold the city at all cost.

A

mid September

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4
Q

__________________ put the Germans on the Defensive

A

The Battle of Stalingrad

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5
Q

In January 1943 Roosevelt and Churchill headed to _________________ to meet and discuss the next stage of the war.

A

Casablanca Morocco

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6
Q

At the _________________FDR and Churchill agreed to steep up the bombing in Germany.

A

Casablanca Conference

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7
Q

The allies also agreed to attack the Axis on the island of _______________.

A

Sicily

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8
Q

General Eisenhower commanded the invasion of Sicily, with _________1____________ and ________2_________ heading the ground forces.

A
  1. General Patton

2. General Montgomery

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9
Q

The king of Italy __________________, and a group of Italian generals decided it was time to dispose of Mussolini.

A

Victor Emmanuel

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10
Q

Following Italy’s surrender, German troops seized control of northern Italy, including Rome and returned ______________ to power.

A

Mussolini

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11
Q

The terrain near ____________ was steep,barren, and rocky.

A

Cassino

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12
Q

The Allies would land at ______________ behind the German lines.

A

Anzio

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13
Q

The ______________ was one of the bloodiest in the war with more than 300,000 Allied casualties.

A

Italian campaign

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14
Q

In late 1943, Stalin agreed, proposing that Roosevelt and Churchill in _____________.

A

Tehran Iran

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15
Q

The leaders reached several agreements:

A
  1. Stalin promised to launch a full scale offensive against the Germans when the Allies invaded France in 1944.
  2. FDR and Stalin agreed to divide Germany after the war so that it would never again threaten world peace.
  3. Stalin promised once Germany was defeated, the Soviet Union would help the United States with Japan.
  4. He also accepted FDR’s proposal of an international peacekeeping organization after the war.
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16
Q

At _______1________ Roosevelt selected General Eisenhower to be in command of _________2__________.

A
  1. Cairo, Egypt

2. Operation Overlord

17
Q

Hitler had fortified the French Coast along the English Channel all the way along the coast at Norway which would be known as the ______________________.

A

Atlantic Wall

18
Q

__________________ would be in charge of the creation of the Atlantic Wall.

A

Erwin Rommel

19
Q

The real target was farther south, a 60-mile stretch of five beaches along the __________________.

A

Normandy coast

20
Q

The selection of the site for the largest amphibious landing in history was one of the largest___________________.

A

decisions of WW2

21
Q

The invasion had to begin at night to hide the ships crossing the __________________.

A

English Channel

22
Q

The first opportunity for the invasion was from ____________________.

A

June 5-7 1944

23
Q

Eisenhower’s planning staff referred to the day any operation began the letter__________.

A

D

24
Q

Shortly after midnight on ___________________ Eisenhower gave the final orders to launch the invasion.

A

June 6, 1944

25
Q

Thousand of shells rained down on the beaches code name _______1________,______2______,____3___,_____4____,____5_____.

A
  1. Omaha
  2. Utah
  3. Gold
  4. Sword
  5. Juno
26
Q

Sword island code name invader

A

British and French

27
Q

Juno island code name invader

A

Canada

28
Q

Omaha and Utah island code name invader

A

America

29
Q

Gold island code name invader

A

British

30
Q

___________________ was only four miles long and overlooked a 150-foot high bluff and there were only five ravines leading from the beach to the top of the bluff.

A

Omaha Beach

31
Q

__________________, commander of the American forces landing at Omaha and Utah, began making plans to evacuate.

A

General Omar Bradley

32
Q

Surrounding many fields in Normandy were _____________.

A

hedgerows

33
Q

_______________-dirt walls, several feet thick, covered in shrubbery.

A

hedgerows

34
Q

________________________ were French civilians who had secretly organized to resist the German occupation-staged a rebellion in Paris.

A

The French Resistance

35
Q

His goal was to cut off Allied supplies coming through the port of ______________________.

A

Antwerp Belgium

36
Q

The attack began just before dawn on ________________.

A

December 16 1944

37
Q

As German troops raced west their lines bulged outward and the attack became known as the _____________.

A

Battle of the Bulge

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