World War II part 2

Question 1

Unconditional surrender

Answer 1

giving up completely or w/o concessions during a war

Question 2

Saturation bombing

Answer 2

very large # of bombs dropped on an entire area instead of one target

Question 3

Strategic bombing

Answer 3

destroying enemy military infrastructure, and lowering their morale

Question 4

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 4

supreme commander of U.S Army led troops in invading France

Question 5

George Patton

Answer 5

created elaborate deception of fiction army to confuse Nazis in Operation Overlord.

Innovative tank commander

Question 5

George Patton

Answer 5

created elaborate deception of fiction army to confuse Nazis in Operation Overlord.

Innovative tank commander

Question 6

Iwo Jima/Okinawa

Answer 6

American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945. To get to Japan’s mainland

Bloodiest of WWII on the 2 islands

U.S won, but lost many troops

Question 7

General Douglas MacArtuhur

Answer 7

was made commander of the Southwest Pacific Area. Admiral Chester Nimitz was made commander of the Central and South Pacific Areas. Both men were responsible for millions of square miles of ocean and islands.

Question 8

Harry Truman

Answer 8

President after FDR, made decision to drop atomic bomb on Japan

Question 9

Strategy of Axis

Answer 9

territory expansion
claim all land