War In Europe And North Africa Flashcards

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Many ships traveling at once

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Convoy system

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A British prime minister

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Winston Churchill

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Uses sound waves to detect objects underwater

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Sonar

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Important water route in Egypt

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Suez Canal

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Nicknamed the desert fox for his bold, surprise attacks, he led Germany’s Afrika Korps

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General Erin Rommel

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In Egypt 1942 the British stopped the Afrika Korps in July at the ——–

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Battle of El Alamein

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American General

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Mussolini was killed by ———-

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Italian freedom fighters

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What does sonar stand for?

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SOund NAzigation and RAdar

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———- of Germans froze or starved to death on the Battle of Stalingrad

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Thousands

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D-Day means ———–

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Designated day

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——-, ———, and ——— soldiers took part in the D-Day invasion

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British, Canadian, and American

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2 beaches were code named ——– and ———-

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Utah and Omaha

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The goal if the D-Day invasion was to ————-

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Librate Europe and force Hitler to surrender

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