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17 Cards in this Set
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Sea & Air battle: German destroyer ____ threatened allies in the Atlantic. (Sank British battle Cruiser Hood).
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Bismarck
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May 26, 1941-____ was sunk...a CRUCIAL naval victory.
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Biscmarck
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RAF bombers also began attacks on ____.
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Germany
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Stalingrad: All did not open an ____ Front despite Stalin's pleading in 1942.
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Eastern
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Aug.22 1942-Germans attack Stalingrad, major ____ city. Soviets launch counteraatack.
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Industrial
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German supply lines were out, battale and the cold devastated German troops-In February 1943, Germans ____...another CRUCIAL victory.
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Surrendered
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North Africa: British troops march against ____ from the East, while Allies were landing in Morroco & ALgeria. THey hoped to trap the Desert Fox in their ____.
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Rommel
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Rommel was caught between ____ & lost.
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Allies
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Rommel was right...Germans surrendered in May 26, 1943. ____ won CRUCIAL victory.
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Allies
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Invasion of Italy: Allies under command of Gen. ____ ____ captures Sicily in July 1943.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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King of italy arrested ____, dissolve the fascist party & signed secret act of surrender.
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Mussolini
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Germans took Rome & forced king to flee. ____ rescued Mussolini and put him in control of N. Italy.
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Hitler
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Allies marched up italian Peninsula-After ____-month artillery bombardment. Allies entered Rome in June 1944.
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War in the Pacific: May 1942-Battle at ____ Sea; Allies defeat Japanese.
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Coral
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June 1942-Battle of ____; Americans end Japanese naval superiority in the Pacific.
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Midway
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What ended Japanese naval superiority?
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Battle of Midway
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Aug. 1942-Guadalcanal; Allies under Gen. ____ ____ attacked on land while admiral ____ ____ attacked by sea...Allied victory.
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Douglas MacArthur
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