Multi-front War

Question 1

european theatre

Answer 1

• hitler & mussolini attacking most of europe
• by 1943 - axis powers have taken 2/3 of europe and norther africa
• blitzkrieg fighting (land battles)
• d-day

Question 2

pacific theatre

Answer 2

• japanese attempting to create an empire
• island battles
• naval warfare (ocean battles)

Question 3

operation torch

Answer 3

• 1943
• allies retake northern africa
• push axis powers out of africa and up through italy (mussolini)

Question 4

d-day

Answer 4

• 1944- normandy, france

- allies retake france and push toward germany (hitler)

Question 5

island hopping

Answer 5

• pacific strategy
• tiny islands in the pacific help get allies closer to japan
• iwo jima, midway, guadalcanal, guam, etc.
• island hopping sets up a possible invasion of japan

Question 6

remember this…

Answer 6

wwii shows the nations of the world the the us navy is truly the best. with an atlantic and pacific fleet, the us is able to wage an impressive campaign located on opposite sides of the world at the same time

Question 7

the campaign that was the warm up to the Normandy invasion was

Answer 7

d-day

Question 8

nazis were defeated and driven back to europe with

Answer 8

operation torch

Question 9

largest amphibious assault ever attempted

Answer 9

d-day