Module 11.5

Question 1

1. What was the first major challenge the Allies faced in getting supplies to England?

Answer 1

The Battle of the Atlantic.

Question 2

2. By what year were Liberty ships being produced?

Answer 2

By 1943 - 140 a month

Question 3

3. What was the main strategy Roosevelt and Churchill agreed upon after Pearl Harbor?

Answer 3

1. Hitler was enemy number one, also they required unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers.
2. Stalin needs assistance, allies will help him
3. U.S. alone would fight Japan

Question 4

4. How did the Allies use Sonar to protect convoys?

Answer 4

Allies used convoys to escort unprotected ships across the Atlantic.

Wolfpacks were menacing and effective, sonar was used to find them.

Question 5

5. Where did the German offensive stall during their invasion of the Soviet Union?

Answer 5

In front of Moscow and Leningrad, with Stalingrad being a significant turning point.

Question 6

6. What did the fighting in Stalingrad evolve into?

Answer 6

Hand to hand combat.

Hitler and Stalin both told their generals: “Not a
step back.”

Question 7

7. What was the outcome of the fighting in Stalingrad in February 1943?

Answer 7

The Soviets launched a massive counterattack, pushing Germans back, leading to a German surrender, despite Hitlers orders.

Question 8

8. How many Soviets were lost at Stalingrad?

Answer 8

1,250,000, Stalingrad was a turning point of the war.

Question 9

9. What operation marked the first American offensive under General Eisenhower?

Answer 9

North Africa, “Operation Torch”

Question 10

10. Who did American and Britain’s fight during Operation Torch?

Answer 10

Fought General Rommel the Dessert Fox

Question 11

What battle did they defeat General Rommel the “Dessert Fox”

Answer 11

At the battle at El Alamein.

Question 12

12. When did Italy formally surrender in WWII?

Answer 12

In May of 1945.

Question 13

13. What was significant about June 6, 1944, in WWII?

Answer 13

\Operation Overlord, or D-Day, occurred, marking the largest land-sea-air operation in history.

Question 14

14. What was the last major German offensive in the West?

Answer 14

The Battle of the Bulge, from December 1944 to January 1945.

Question 15

15. Where did the 2nd allied offensive take place?

Answer 15

Sicily and Italy, the “soft underbelly of the Axis.”

Question 16

16. When was Mussolini stripped of his power?

Answer 16

Summer of 1943

Question 17

17. Who stripped Mussolini of his power?

Answer 17

King Emmanuel III

Question 18

18. Who reinstated Mussolini’s power?

Answer 18

The Nazis

Question 19

19. Where did the Bloody Anzio happen?

Answer 19

Outside of Rome

Question 20

20. What happened to Mussolini when Italy surrendered in May of 1945?

Answer 20

Mussolini was killed, and his body placed in Milan square for everyone to see his body.

Question 21

How were segregated units recognized?

Answer 21

Blacks were still in segregated units…Tuskegee Airmen and Buffaloes highly decorated.

Question 22

What is the most decorated unit in U.S. History?

Answer 22

All Nisei 442nd Purple Heart Battalion

Question 23

Which beaches were stormed during D-Day?

Answer 23

Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword

Question 24

How many allied troops participated in Operation Overlord?

Answer 24

3 Million

Question 25

Why was D-Day significant?

Answer 25

It was the largest land-sea-air operation, initiating the liberation of Western Europe.

Question 26

Who was the commanding General during D-Day?

Answer 26

Americans were led by General Omar Bradley Patton out of commission…used as a decoy in Britain.

Question 27

What did Patton do when he was reinstated in August 1944?

Answer 27

Attacked Germans and liberates Paris with his 3rd Army.

Question 28

Who was General Anthony McAuliffe?

Answer 28

101st Airborne

Question 29

What did General Anthony McAuliffe say when he was surrounded at Batstone by Germans when told to surrender?

Answer 29

His reply was one word..."Nuts"

Question 30

Who saved 101st Airborne Division?

Answer 30

Patton and the 3rd Army

Question 31

What does the 101st claim to this day, about Patton and the Third Army?

Answer 31

Claim that they did not need Patton or the 3rd Army