Section 4 Flashcards
What battle was the turning point in the Soviet Union?
Battle of Stalingrad
Why did Churchill and Roosevelt meet at the White House?
To develop a “joint war policy”
What was the only way to dislodge the Rommel and troops from El Almein?
A massive frontal attack
What was the outcome of El Almein?
Rommel’s army was beaten and their forces had to fall back
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
He was an American general that lead the Allied forces during the Operation Torch
Why did Hitler send out his Sixth Army?
To seize the oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains
When did the Battle of Stalingrad begin?
August 23, 1942
What happened during the battle?
The Luftwaffe went on nightly bombing raids which set most of the city ablaze and left the rest in rubble
What did the Soviet troops do?
They trapped all German soldiers inside Stalingrad and cut off all of their supplies
How did Hitler respond when he was begged to order a retreat?
He said the city was “to be held at all costs”
What caused Mussolini to lose power?
The conquest of Italy
What did Italian Renaissance fighter find in one of the German trucks they ambushed?
Mussolini disguised as a German soldier
What did they do to Mussolini?
They shot him and hung his body in downtown Milan for all to see
How did the US mobilize for war?
They converted their peacetime operations to wartime production and made everything from machine guns to boots, automobile companies started making tanks, and typewriter companies made armor-piercing shells.
What happened when factories focused completely on producing products for war?
A shortage of consumer goods hit the United States
What was operation overload?
The code-name for the invasion of Normandy, which was the largest land and sea attack in history
After Okinawa, what was the next stop for the Allies?
Japan
Who were the Kamikazes?
Japanese suicide pilots
How did the Kamikazes sink Allied ships?
They would crash-dive their bomb-filled planes straight into them
What was one of the bloodiest land battles of the war?
Okinawa- Japan lost 100,000 troops, America lost 12,000
Where was the first atomic bomb exploded?
A desert in New Mexico on July 16, 1945
What caused the war to finally end for good?
The Japanese surrendering to General Douglas MacArthur on September 2
