World War II Flashcards
1
Q
The act that began WWII in Europe:
A
Germany invades Poland
2
Q
The Desert Fox
A
German patriot Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
3
Q
Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe
A
Dwight D (Ike) Eisenhower
4
Q
Supreme Commander of Allied Army Forces in the Pacific
A
Douglass MacArthur
5
Q
The commander of the US Navy in the Pacific
A
Admiral Chester Nimitz
6
Q
The turning point of WWII in Northern Africa
A
The Battle of El Alamein
7
Q
Supreme commander of British forces in the European theater of WWII
A
Bernard Montgomery
8
Q
The naval struggle to control shipping lanes to and from England
A
Battle of the Atlantic
9
Q
Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States
A
Allied Alliance
10
Q
Germany, Italy, and Japan
A
Axis Alliance
