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19 Cards in this Set
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During the Battle of __________, the German
Luftwaffe could not defeat the Royal Air Force (RAF) and failed to gain air superiority over the Channel. |
Battle of Britain
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The Japanese general who planned the attack
on Pearl Harbor was __?__. |
Yamamoto
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The American general who said
"I Shall Return" upon being ordered to abandon his forces in the Philippines was __?__. |
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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The American tank commander who
defeated Rommel in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy was __?__. |
Gen. George Patton
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The American general who was the supreme
Allied commander in the European theater was __?__. He ordered the D-Day invasion. |
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
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What became of Adolph Hitler
at the end of World War II? |
He committed suicide and
his body was burned as he had ordered. |
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In what order were the Axis powers defeated?
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1 Italy
2 Germany 3 Japan |
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What was the name of the bomber which
dropped the a-bomb on Hiroshima? |
Enola Gay
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The Japanese pilots who flew suicide missions
to sink American ships were called __?__. |
kamikazes
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What was Operaton Barbarossa?
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Hitler's plan to take over the USSR
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Rommel's drive across North Africa toward the oil fields
of the Middle East was stopped by Montgomery and his British forces at the Battle of __?__ in Egypt. |
El Alamein
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What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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December 7, 1941
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What was the main
outcome of the Battle of Britain? |
Hitler had to abandon
his plan to invade England. |
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Which president ordered the
use of the atomic bomb? |
Harry S Truman
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What were the Nuremberg trials?
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Trials where Nazis were charged with
crimes against humanity. Many were sentenced to death. |
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Which two countries rose to be the
superpowers after World War II? |
United States and
Soviet Union |
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Who was the first US five star general?
He was the top US war planner for the first 3 years of the war. |
Gen. George C. Marshall
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The British PM that inspired his
people to fight "whatever the cost may be" was __?__. |
Winston Churchill
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The British PM who signed the Munich Agreement
with Hitler was __?__. |
Neville Chamberlain
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