Battles Flashcards

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Battle of The Atlantic

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German effort to prevent supplies from reaching Great Britain

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Battle of Britain

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German air attacks on Great Britain/London

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Battle of Dunkirk

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German offensive trapped almost 400,000 British and French soldiers on the beaches of Dunkirk.

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Stalingrad

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Russian city known for its house-to-house fighting

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Leyte Gulf, Tarawa, Okinawa were American successes in what “theater” of war?

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The Pacific

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Pearl Harbor

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Surprise Japanese attack on U.S.

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Bataan, Corregidor, and Bataan Death March

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Notable events in the Philippines

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El Alamein was an important Allied victory in what “theater” of war?

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North Africa

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Where did the Allies 1st “invade” Europe?

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Italy

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Anzio

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Action in Italy

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Iwo Jima

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Famous fight in the Pacific (raised the flag).

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D-Day/Normandy

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Freed France to reopen fighting in Western Europe.

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