ww2 operations

Question 1

Avalanche-

Answer 1

the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy. The Italians withdrew from the war the day before the invasion, but the Allies landed in an area defended by German troops.

Question 2

Barbarossa-

Answer 2

over 3 million German and Axis troops surprise attacked the Soviet Union along an 1,800-mile-long front. The armed SS death squads followed in the army’s wake, seeking out and killing many civilians, especially Soviet Jews.

Question 3

Dynamo-

Answer 3

“The miracle of dunkirk” was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk

Question 4

Husky-

Answer 4

was a major campaign in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers. It began with a large airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign, and initiated the Italian Campaign.

Question 5

Jubilee-

Answer 5

Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France (German victory)

Question 6

Overlord-

Answer 6

code name for the allied invasion of west europe (d day)

Question 7

Retribution-

Answer 7

German bombing of Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, in retaliation for the coup d’état that overthrew the government that had signed the Tripartite Pact.

Question 8

Sea Lion-

Answer 8

Nazi Germany’s code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain