WWII Part Two

Question 1

Following the success of Axis armies in Europe, and the Pacific, 1942 will see the____

Answer 1

Halt of Axis advances

Question 2

1st Japanese invasion of Australia stopped at the ___ in May 1942

Answer 2

Battle of the Coral Sea

Question 3

The Battle of Midway-June 1942

Answer 3

Yammomoto returned to the western Pacific to finish what he’d hoped to accomplish during the Pearl Harbor Attack
——Destroy U.S Carrier Fleet.

Question 4

American carriers surprised Yammomotos fleet by attacking ___

Answer 4

3 of the 4 carriers

Question 5

After the failure at midway, Japan attempted to invade Australia in the spring of 1942

Answer 5

-August-Battle of Guadalcanal

Japanese forced obliterated.

Question 6

In North Africa, Rommel’s Afrika Korps will be defeated on October of 1942

Answer 6

-El Alamein

Question 7

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 7

-The Germans began attacking the town of Stalingrad on the Volga River in September of 1941

Question 8

In December, the Soviets launched a counter-attack which trapped over

Answer 8

200,000 Germans in the town.

Question 9

By February of 1943,

Answer 9

all Germans in the city surrender

Question 10

Approximately ___Germans and as many as___Soviets are killed, wounded or captured

Answer 10

500,000

2.1 million

Question 11

-1943 will end with the Allies making gains___

Answer 11

against the Axis Powers

Question 12

After defeat at Stalingrad,

Answer 12

the Soviets will begin push the Germans out of Russia

Question 13

German and Italian forces had been defeated and overwhelmed in

Answer 13

North Africa

Question 14

Allied forced invaded Sicily and Italy,

Answer 14

but had been stopped by the Germans in Northern Italy.

Question 15

MUSSOLINI deposed, but later rescued by

Answer 15

German commandos and installed as a puppet leader of northern Italy

Question 16

Japanese forces had been stopped at ___

Answer 16

Burma

Question 17

In 1944, the Allies will gain even more ___

Answer 17

momentum against Axis forces

Question 18

Soviet forces push the Germans into ___

Answer 18

Eastern Europe, ad recapture all of Soviet Territory lost.

Question 19

The Stalemate in Northern Italy

Answer 19

Continued

Question 20

Allied commander

Answer 20

Dwight d. Eisenhower.

Question 21

On June 6, 1944, British and American forces launched the

Answer 21

D-Day Invasion

Question 22

By August of 1944,___

Answer 22

Alied forces will liberate Paris

Question 23

As the year began to draw to a close, the western Allies were along the border of ____, while the Red Army was on ____

Answer 23

France and Germany,

Germaine’s eastern boarder

Question 24

September, 1944-Operation Market Garden

Answer 24

-British and American forces attempt to invade Germany through Holland
-German c forces stop Allied advances

Question 25

By December of 1944, the Germans launch a surprise attack on American forces

Answer 25

the Battle of the Bulge

Question 26

After some success, ____

Answer 26

German forces were stoppers

Question 27

-Douglas McArther devised a plan to defeat the Japanese

Answer 27

Island Hopping-Taking only the Japanese held islands necessary to bomb Japan

Question 28

through out 1944, U.S Marines will begin to assault islands in bloody fighting

Answer 28

-June, 1944-Saipan December 1944-The Philliphines Douglas McArther-I have Returned

Question 29

End of the war

Answer 29

-By April of 1945, Germany was being invaded by Soviet troops in the East, and American troops in the West -Berlin was surrounded by the Soviets -Adolf Hitler will commit suicide in his bunker. -May 1945- Germany surrenders

Question 30

February, 1945- the Battle of Iwo Jima

Answer 30

-Marines raise the flag on the Mount Sarabachi -Kamikazeh

Question 31

June 1945-The Battle of Okinawa

Answer 31

U.S Soldiers encounter 1st Japanese biome island populations Many commit suicide

Question 32

following the Battle of Okinawa,

Answer 32

The United States now had the airfield to bomb Japan at will

Question 33

Anylist speculate that an invasion of Japan would lead to the deaths of over ___

Answer 33

100,000 Americans and millions of Japanese.

Question 34

The New President of the United States, _____ faced a difficult decision

Answer 34

Harry Truman (President Roosevelt died in March 1945)

Question 35

On Truman’ orders, the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945

Answer 35

-90,000 people were killed instantly -70,000 would later die of radiation sicknesS -60,000 die instantly, with 20,000 dying later.

Question 36

Following the 2nd attack, Emperor Hirohito will broadcast the Japanese ___

Answer 36

Intent to surrender to the United States

Question 37

World War II is the most devastating war in human history

Answer 37

Over 61,000 allied dead Over 12,000,000 Axis dead

Question 38

As the victors asses the cost,

Answer 38

One of the most horrifying crimes against humanity will be revealed

Question 39

Europe is devastated by World War II

Answer 39

-The Holocaust

Question 40

The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States will divide Europe for the ____

Answer 40

Next 50 years

Question 41

Land battle of Papa New Guinie lead to the____

Answer 41

alliteration of Japenese-Guatemala canal

Question 42

Architect of island hopping-

Answer 42

Douglas Macarther

Question 43

German surprise attack on American Forces

Answer 43

Battle of the Bulge

Question 44

failed American and British attempt to invade Germany by going through Belgium and Holland

Answer 44

Market Garden

Question 45

Japenese cities attacked with an atomic bomb

Answer 45

Nagasaki Hiroshima

Question 46

The Leader of the free French forces during WW2

Answer 46

Charles Degaulle

Question 47

Code word for the allied invasion of France

Answer 47

D-Day

Question 48

Nick name of the two atomic bombs-

Answer 48

fat man and little boy

Question 49

marked a turning point for Rommel Africa Korpse

Answer 49

battle of El Alimein

Question 50

Landing crafts built in New Orleans___

Answer 50

Haigens Boats

Question 51

responsible for overrunning Berlin-

Answer 51

Soviet Union