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Operation Torch |
A major allied assault on North Africa that was a huge success |
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How many German troops surrendered in Operation Torch |
250,000 |
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What year was Operation Torch |
1942 |
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The U.S. commander of operation torch |
General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower (3) |
The supreme allied commander Europe 5 star general Future president |
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When was Stalingrad |
1942 |
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What happened at Stalingrad |
Germans were advancing on this Major Soviet city (Eastern front) |
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Who wins the battle of stalingrad |
The soviets |
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Describe the battle of stalingrad |
Horrible losses and atrocities on both sides |
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What was Volgograd called in 1589-1925 |
Tsaritsyn |
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What was Volgograd called from 1925 to 1961 |
Stalingrad |
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Slash and burn method |
The soviet retreat made life miserable for the Germans by destroying everything that could be of use to the advancing German army |
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This was a significant shift in the military strategy as the Germans came near Stalingrad |
The soviets went on the offensive |
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When was Sicily |
1943 |
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What happened at Sicily |
It was easily taken by the allies |
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The 2 allies that took Sicily |
Patton of the U.S. and Montgomery from G.B. |
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This slowed the Allies' advance |
The germans came pouring into Italy |
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Crack troops |
Best troops |
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This is where the allies attacked German occupation forces in france |
Normandy |
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When was the largest amphibian invasion in history |
D-Day |
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When was operation overlord |
1944 |
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Operation overlord |
The code name for the massive allied invasion of occupied France |
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This military strategy became widely accepted as the key to victory after WW2 |
Air supremacy |
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The allied strategy that helped lessen the German people's will to fight |
Night and Day bombings |
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What invention was used for submarine detection |
Improved sonar |
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What invention was used for submarine destruction |
Depth charges |
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Satellites |
Eastern European countries that became communist States of the Soviet Union |
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The Soviet union used these eastern European countries as a security blanket in case of invasion |
Buffer zones |
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V.E. day |
Germany signs unconditional terms of surrender on May 7, 1945. |
