World History: Chapter 27 Section 5

Front 1

Representatives from how many nations met in the common purpose of defeating the Axis?

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26

Front 2

Where did the representatives to defeat the Axis meet?

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Washington DC

Front 3

The Germans pushed the Soviets back to which city?

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Stalingrad

Front 4

Which country won the battle at Stalingrad?

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Soviet Union

Front 5

To which place were Allied forces pushed east to in North Africa?

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El Alamein

Front 6

Which British General pushed Rommel's forces westward across Libya?

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Montgomery

Front 7

Which American general led British and American troops eastward across North Africa, which had the Axis powers pushed from two sides?

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Eisenhower

Front 8

Which government was given control of the French colonies in Africa?

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Free French government

Front 9

Allies that had been fighting in North Africa now landed on which island in an invasion of Italy?

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Sicily

Front 10

When Mussolini was forced to resign, who replaced him?

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Badoglio

Front 11

Which party did Badoglio dissolve?

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Fascist Party

Front 12

What nation did Badoglio declare war on?

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Germany

Front 13

What new technological device located submarines?

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sonar

Front 14

At which battle between German and Allied ships was sonar used?

Back 14

Battle of the Atlantic

Front 15

At which battle did American and Australian air and naval forces defeat a Japanese fleet steaming toward Australia, which is the first setback the Japanese suffered?

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Battle of the Coral Sea

Front 16

Which highly strategic island northwest of Hawaii did the Americans capture?

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Midway

Front 17

What was the battle between Japan and American forces to capture Midway called?

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Battle of Midway

Front 18

On which islands did Americans marine land to protect the Australian supply line? Which airfield on these islands did the Americans seize?

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Solomon Islands; Guadalcanal

Front 19

What was the strategy the Allies adopted in which certain Japanese-held islands were captured while others were bypassed and left helpless for lack of supplies called?

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island hopping

Front 20

During 1944, the Americans cleared the Japanese from which islands or set of islands?

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Marianas; Marshal Islands; New Guinea

Front 21

Which two places on the Marianas became bases for long-range bombing attacks on Japan?

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Saipan; Tinian

Front 22

An American army landed on which island in the central Philippines in 1944?

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MacArthur

Front 23

Which island did they land on?

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Leyte

Front 24

MacArthur's landing inflicted a crushing defeat on Japan on which battle?

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

Front 25

Which islands did the Americans recover after heavy fighting?

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Philippine Islands

Front 26

What was the operation to invade Europe, aimed at the heart of Germany, called?

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Operation Overlord

Front 27

On which French beach did the Allied forces land on?

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Normandy

Front 28

On which day did the allies land on Normandy?

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June 6, 1944

Front 29

What was this day where the Allies landed on Normandy called?

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D-Day

Front 30

Who was the leader of the resistance fighters in Yugoslavia that liberated the country from Germany?

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Tito

Front 31

In which country did the heaviest Soviet fighting take place?

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Poland

Front 32

At the Germans' last desperate counterattack, they drove a wedge into Allied lines where? How long was this wedge?

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Belgium; 50 miles

Front 33

Where did the Soviet and American armie make their first contact in eastern Germany?

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Torgau

Front 34

Which city did the Americans agree to allow the Soviets to take?

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Berlin

Front 35

On which day did the German high command surrender unconditionally?

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May 8, 1945

Front 36

What is this day when the Germany command surrended called?

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V-E Day

Front 37

Which volcanic island directly south of Tokyo did American marines capture after a month of the most bitter fighting of the war?

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Iwo Jima

Front 38

As the Americans approached closer to Japan, which island did they take after desperate fighting?

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Okinawa

Front 39

Which special tactic was practiced by the Japanese at Okinawa?

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kamikaze

Front 40

What does "kamikaze" mean?

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Divine Wind

Front 41

How many Allied ships were damaged by kamikaze attacks of Japanese planes at Okinawa?

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250

Front 42

Which three leaders are known as the Big Three?

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Churchill; Roosevelt; Stalin

Front 43

At which city did the Big Three meet to discuss the war and future of Germany?

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Yalta

Front 44

Which nation is Yalta in?

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Soviet Union

Front 45

At Yalta, which nation did the Big Three agree would join the war against Japan?

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Soviet Union

Front 46

At which city near Berlin was another conference held?

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Potsdam

Front 47

When Roosevelt died, who replaced him as president?

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Truman

Front 48

Before the meeting at Potsdam ended, who replaced Churchill as British prime minister?

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Attlee

Front 49

Which party did Attlee belong to? ("? Party")

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Labour Party

Front 50

(Again) On which date did an American bomber drop the first atomic bomb on Japan?

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August 6, 1945

Front 51

(Again) On which city was the first atomic bomb dropped?

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Hiroshima

Front 52

(Again) What type of bomber dropped this bomb?

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B-29

Front 53

The atomic bomb exploded with a force equal to how many tons of TNT?

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20,000

Front 54

How many people did the bomb kill?

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80,000

Front 55

Two days after the bombing of Hiroshima, which nation declared war on Japan and attacked Manchuria?

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Soviet Union

Front 56

On which date was the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan?

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August 9, 1945

Front 57

On which city was the second atomic bomb dropped?

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Nagasaki

Front 58

The allies agreedthat the emperor would be allowed to retain his title and authority as long as the Japanese accepted the orders of which supreme allied commander in the Pacific?

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MacArthur

Front 59

On which date did the Japanese surrender?

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September 2, 1945

Front 60

What is the day that Japan surrendered known as?

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V-J Day

Front 61

On board which battle ship were the official Japanese surrender documents signed?

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USS Missouri

Front 62

Where was the USS Missouri anchored when the surrender ceremony was held?

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Tokyo Bay

Front 63

More than how many people died as a result of World War II?

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22 million

Front 64

More than how many people were wounded as a result of World War II?

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34 million

Front 65

How many Soviet lives were lost as a result of World War II?

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7 million

Front 66

(Again) How many Jews died in German concentration camps and gas chambers?

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6 million