section 4 Flashcards
What was the turning point in the Soviet Union
Battle of Stalingrad (Urban warfare; Germany lost 150,00 and will be on the defensive)
What was the outcome of the Battle of El Alamein between General Benard Montgomery’s troops and Rommel?
The massive frontal attack left Rommel’s army in surprise whose army was beaten and drive back. Turns tide of war on N. Africa.
What was the force led by Dwight D. Eisenhower who led
an Allied force of more than 100,000 troops—mostly Americans—
landed in Morocco and Algeria.
Operation Torch
What caused Rommel’s Afrika Korps to fall on 1943
Montgomery’s and Eisenhower’s armies
What was the outcome of the U.S. invasion of Sicily and Italy
It temporarily led Mussolini’s fall from power until Germany seized control of N. Italy and put him back in charge.
How was Mussolini killed
by Italian resistance fighters
What happened to companies back home
They started rationing consumer goods and used total war. Many women were employed in war industries.
What happened to Japanese Americans in 1942
Large prejudice occurred. They were sent to military camps b/c they were seen as potential enemies.
Who had Mussolini arrested
King Victor Emmanuel III
The big three agree that the US and Britain will attack Germany through France
Tehran Conference.
Code-named Operation Overlord, the invasion of
Normandy was the largest land and sea attack in history.
The invasion began on June 6, 1944. What was event called.
D-day
What event caused the war in Europe to come to an end
Battle of the Bulge
What caused the Japanese to finally surrender
The US atomic bombings of Japanese cities Hiroshima
and later Nagasaki
What battle eliminated Japan as a fighting force in the war.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
The US invasion of what island caused one of the bloodiest land
battles of the war to end.
Okinawa
