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Question 0

What did the Japanese do on December 7th 1941 at 7:55 am?

Answer 0

Bomed Perl Harbor

Question 1

What role did air power play in world war 2

Answer 1

Air war

Question 2

What was the only real break for America?

Answer 2

the enemy did not touch a single aircraft carrier of the US Pacific fleet

Question 3

The attack was a true ___________ victory for the Japanese.

Answer 3

Aviation

Question 4

When did the United States declare war on Japan?

Answer 4

December 8th 1941

Question 5

Who were the allies of WWII?

Answer 5

Britain, France, United States, Soviet Union, China.

Question 6

Who were the Axis?

Answer 6

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 7

What were the nazis responsible for?

Answer 7

Holocaust, or the mass murder of some six

million Jews, mostly in death camps

Question 8

In 1941 Hillier ___________ Stalin and attract the _________.

Answer 8

Double- crossed and Soviet Union

Question 9

What played a strategic role in determining the outcome of World War II at several points?

Answer 9

Air Power

Question 10

What means designed to strike at
the sources of an enemy’s military,
economic, or political power?

Answer 10

Strategic

Question 11

Germany began World War II using its ___________ —the German air force—in combination with ground troops

Answer 11

Luftwaffe

Question 12

Britain’s air power put a stop to German air power in the ____________.

Answer 12

Battle of Britain

Question 13

First, its ______ was superior to Germany’s navy.

Answer 13

Royal Navy

Question 14

Second, German aircraft weren’t equipped to fly the long distances needed to cross the ___________.

Answer 14

English Channel

Question 15

What was on 6 June 1944 was a third punch delivered through air power

Answer 15

D-Day invasion

Question 16

Air power was an essential element in that __________.

Answer 16

Battle

Question 17

Finally, the _________ dropped on Japan in August 1945 ended the war in the Pacific

Answer 17

Atomic bombs

Question 18

What had a much larger role in World War II than it did in World War I?

Answer 18

Air power

Question 19

They also used _________ to try to break the will of the people—in fact, civilians were often targets

Answer 19

Air craft

Question 20

What is a war conducted with great speed and force?

Answer 20

A blitzkrieg

Question 21

what offense attempts to overwhelm its enemy

Answer 21

In a blitzkrieg

Question 22

In a ________ blitzkrieg, the Luftwaffe would strike first

Answer 22

World War II

Question 23

In __________ the United States and Britain used the same air policy at first.

Answer 23

Africa

Question 24

It became clear that if the _______ didn’t change tactics, their huge losses would continue

Answer 24

Allies

Question 25

So ___________ and then the US Army brought all their planes under centralized control

Answer 25

Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF)

Question 26

Something that is ______ involves military operations that are smaller, closer to base, and of less long-term significance than strategic operations

Answer 26

tactical

Question 27

Three point plan.

Answer 27

1)Air superiority 2)Interdiction, or the act of cutting or destroying an enemy’s advance through firepower 3)Close ground support

Question 28

The Allies relied heavily on long-range bombers to hit deep inside _________ and to destroy their ability to wage war

Answer 28

Germany and Japan

Question 29

Who instructed his bombers to fly close together—he called it the combat box formation?

Answer 29

LeMay

Question 30

By____ together, the gunners on the aircraft could more effectively protect against enemy fighters

Answer 30

sticking

Question 31

Formation pattern bombing is what results when bombers fly in a _____________.

Answer 31

combat box formation

Question 32

________ dropped from aircraft flying close together will land closer together and can have a big impact in a small area.

Answer 32

Bombs

Question 33

Pilots flew what three key kinds of aircraft in World War II

Answer 33

the bomber, the fighter, and the transport

Question 34

The _______ was the long- range bomber of the Pacific theater—designed for bombing runs over Japan.

Answer 34

B-29 Superfortress

Question 35

Medium-range bombers included the __________.

Answer 35

B-25 Mitchell

Question 36

Perhaps the most famous fighter was the __________.

Answer 36

North American P-51 Mustang

Question 37

A _______ is a vehicle— aircraft, ship, or other— that carries people, supplies, tanks, and artillery

Answer 37

transport

Question 38

What is the best-known air transport ?

Answer 38

C-47 Skytrain

Question 39

What did Germany need to hit Britain effectively?

Answer 39

long-range

Question 40

Germany made another big mistake—it didn’t count on ____________

Answer 40

British radar

Question 41

For ____ months, bombers and fighters of the Army Air Forces and RAF had been striking at German positions in and around Normandy

Answer 41

Two

Question 42

What was a major turning point in the war?

Answer 42

D-Day invation

Question 43

At the end of December 1944, the Germans made a desperate surprise counterattack in Belgium It is known as the ______________.

Answer 43

Battle of the Bulge

Question 44

________ destroyed German air power

Answer 44

Effectively

Question 45

______________ and ____________ put the brakes on the Japanese advance through the Pacific

Answer 45

The Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway

Question 46

What took place from 7 May to 8 May 1942?

Answer 46

The Battle of the Coral Sea

Question 47

What what the first naval battle in history in which the opposing ships never saw each other?

Answer 47

Battle of the Coral Sea

Question 48

what was the battle fought entirely by aircraft

Answer 48

Battle of the Corel sea

Question 49

Who led 16 B-25 bombers over Japan

Answer 49

Lt Col Jimmy Doolittle

Question 50

In February 1945 the bombers switched from explosive bombs to _________ —bombs designed to start fires

Answer 50

incendiary bombs

Question 51

President ________ didn’t want to risk hundreds of thousands of US casualties— and the lives of millions of Japanese—on an invasion of Japan

Answer 51

Truman

Question 52

So Truman asked the military to use its newest weapon, the atomic bomb to force the Japanese to _____________.

Answer 52

Surrender