7.7 - Conducting World War II

Question 1

Vichy

Answer 1

French government collaborating with Nazis after France’s 1940 defeat

Question 2

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 2

US program supplying Allies with war materials before entering WWII

Question 3

Battle of Britain

Answer 3

1940 air battle; UK resisted German Luftwaffe attacks

Question 4

Siege of Leningrad

Answer 4

long Nazi blockade of Soviet city (1941 to 1944), causing massive civilian deaths

Question 5

Pearl Harbor

Answer 5

Japanese attack of US naval base (Dec 7, 1941); brought US into WWII

Question 6

Battle of El Alamain

Answer 6

1942 Allied victory in North Africa, turning point against Germany

Question 7

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 7

major Soviet victory (1942 to 1943); turning point of Eastern Front

Question 8

Battle of the Coral Sea

Answer 8

1942 US-Japanese naval battle first; first where aircraft carries fought

Question 9

Battle of Midway Island

Answer 9

1942 US victory over Japan; shifted Pacific war’s momentum

Question 10

Guadalcanal

Answer 10

first major Allied offensive in the Pacific (1942 to 1943)

Question 11

Island-Hopping

Answer 11

US strategy of capturing key Pacific islands to get closer to Japan

Question 12

D-Day

Answer 12

June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, France; began liberation of Western Europe

Question 13

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 13

last major German offensive in Western Europe (Dec 144 to Jan 1945)

Question 14

Battle of Kursk

Answer 14

largest tank battle in history (1943); Soviet victory over Germany

Question 15

V-E Day

Answer 15

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day, Germany surrenders

Question 16

Hiroshima

Answer 16

Japanese city; first atomic bomb dropped by US (Aug 6, 1945)

Question 17

Nagasaaki

Answer 17

second Japanese city hit by atomic bomb (Aug 9, 1945)

Question 18

V-J Day

Answer 18

Aug 15, 1945; Victory over Japan Day, Japan surrenders, ending WWII

Question 19

Nonaggression Pact

Answer 19

agreement between countries not to attack each other (e.g. Germany-USSR in 1939)

Question 20

Destroyers-for-Bases Agreement

Answer 20

1940 deal; US gives Britain ships, gets base rights

Question 21

Atlantic Charter

Answer 21

1941 US-UK statement of war aims and vision for postwar world

Question 22

Winston Churchill

Answer 22

British Prime Minister during WWII; known for leadership and speeches

Question 23

Erwin Rommel

Answer 23

German general, “Desert Fox,” led Nazi forces in North Africa

Question 24

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 24

U.S. general; led Pacific campaign against Japan

Question 25

Blitzkrieg

Answer 25

meant "lightning war"; Nazi tactic of fast, overwhelming attacks

Question 26

Lufwaffe

Answer 26

German air force in WWII

Question 27

Aircraft Carriers

Answer 27

ships that launch and land planes; crucial in Pacific battles