Battles and Attacks

Question 1

German air-attack on Britain in June of 1940. Britain defended their country using radar to detect the enemy, air raid warnings to signal citizens to take cover, and planes to fight back.

Answer 1

Battle of Britain

Question 2

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 2

Roosevelt banned American exports of iron and steel scrap to Japan. He also restricted the sale of oil (gasoline) to Japan.

Question 3

What was the name of the battle that took place in the Pacific Theater in June of 1942? It was considered a turning point in the war as the Allies went on the offense for the first time.

Answer 3

Battle of Midway

Question 4

Which major action is considered to be the beginning of the end of war for the European Theater as Allies were able to invade France and push back German forces?

Answer 4

Operation Overlord (the codename regarding the attack that the Allied Powers used) starting with D-day.

Question 5

Why did the Allies open a second front by invading at Normandy?

Answer 5

~The Soviet Union wanted the other allies to help relieve some of the pressure Germany was putting on them.

~The Allies wanted to push Germany out of Western Europe and back towards Berlin.

~The Allies wanted to liberate France.

Question 6

What was the name of Germany’s major counterattack following D-Day?

Answer 6

Battle of the Bulge

Question 7

What was the name of the island whose capture allowed U.S. troops to gain an airstrip closer to Japan for the purpose of round the clock bombings over Tokyo?

Answer 7

Iwo Jima

Question 8

Which two cities were destroyed by atomic bombs at the conclusion of WWII?

Answer 8

Nagasaki and Hiroshima.