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Number 1. Term used to describe the alliance of the United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and other smaller forces, that helped to defeat Axis powers
Correct Answer: Allies
Number 2. Term used to describe the alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan, and other smaller forces, that helped to defeat the Allied powers
Correct Answer: Axis
Number 3. Site of Allied invasion of 1942 involving American forces; goal was to remove Axis forces from the area, gain access to the Suez Canal, and valuable Middle Eastern resources
Correct Answer: North Africa
Number 4. The Allies decided to invade Europe through this country in 1943; Allies thought invasion at this location would provide them with valuable space from which to launch air attacks on Germany, remove Italy from the war, and allow them to totally control the Mediterranean
Correct Answer: Italy
Number 5. The Allied invasion of Italy began on this island
Correct Answer: Sicily
Number 6. These types of landings were used by Allied forces in Italy
Correct Answer: Air and Amphibious landings
Number 7. Battle that started in late 1942 fought between the Germans and Soviet forces; fighting was brutal and often hand-to-hand; in the end the Soviets lost approximately 1 million soldiers before Germany surrendered in early 1943
Correct Answer: Battle of Stalingrad
Number 8. Code name for Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941
Correct Answer: Operation Barbarossa
Number 9. Code name for the Allied invasion of Italy
Correct Answer: Operation Husky
Number 10. Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 to gain these resources for his "superior" German people
Correct Answer: Living Space and Resources
Number 11. Term used to describe German submarines
Correct Answer: U-boats
Number 12. Term used to describe the German air force
Correct Answer: Luftwaffe
Number 13. Fascist leader of Italy during World War II
Correct Answer: Mussolini
Number 14. Nazi leader of Germany during World War II
Correct Answer: Hitler
Number 15. British Prime Minister during much of World War II
Correct Answer: Churchill
Number 16. American President during World War II
Correct Answer: Roosevelt
Number 17. British general who participated in the North African and Italian campaigns and who also led the Eighth British army
Correct Answer: Montgomery
Number 18. American general who participated in the North African and Italian campaigns; remembered as a controversial, but brilliant general
Correct Answer: Patton
Number 19. Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe; oversaw invasions in North Africa and Italy
Correct Answer: Eisenhower
Number 20. German general who led Axis troops in the North African campaign and achieved the nickname "Desert Fox"; remembered for his humane treatment of POWs and refusal to join the Nazi party
Correct Answer: Rommel