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Chapt.17 Review
Mr.Nauman American History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Old Blood and Guts | George Patton |
| Took place in North Africa | Operation Tourch |
| Missouri Senator- Vice President- President | Harry Truman |
| In charge of whole army and started WAACs | George Marshal |
| Radio Personalties | Toyko Rose/ Axis Sally |
| WOW and represents the factory worker | Rosie the Riveter |
| Most decorated soldier, 24 medals, Medal of Honor | Audie Murphey |
| Desert Fox, Operation Torch | Rommel |
| Supreme commander of D-Day | Eisenhower |
| From movie, mission was to do whatever he needed to go home | Captain Miller |
| Took place in Normandy, France. 60 miles of beach | D-Day |
| Turning point, European theater | Stalingrad |
| Victory in Europe | VE Day |
| Germany is in retreat rest of war, last German offensive | Battle of the Bulge |
| where we fooled the Germans | Calais |
| Our decoding machine kept secret for 30 years | Ultra |
| Term if someone thought you were communist | 5th Column |
| When artillery explodes | Flak |
| Risks life delivering information | Runner |
| group of paratroopers | stick |
| allows you to see bullets in the air | tracers |
| noise when clip is out of bullets | ping |
| CO | commanding officer |
| to go around the side from behnd | flanked |
| German word for tank | Panzer |
| bigger German tank | Tiger |
| group Private Ryan was a part of | 101st Airborne |
| displayed in homes of soldiers still alive | Blue flags |
| displayed in homes of dead soldiers | gold flags |
| best method to pay for the war | war bonds |
| 1/3 of war food came from this | victory garden |
| us military headquarters in Washington DC | Pentagon |
| German coding machine also known as Glowworm | Enigma |
| landing craft mechanized | Higgins Boat |
| used to get supplies in | gliders |
| pontoon bridge built used to get trucks of supplies in | mulberries |
| type of plane that pulled glideers | C47 |
| company that delivers bad news | western Union |
| detects planes | radar |
| largest amphibian invasion in history | D-day |
| took place in North Africa | Operation Torch |
| turning point of the European theater | Battle of Stalingrad |
| 2 main beaches US hit | Utah and Omaha |
| 3 countries at D-day | Britain, Canada, and US |
| Patton was in charge of this army | 3rd Army |
| victory speed limit | 35 miles per hour |
| number of civil defense spotters | 8 million |
| Boy Scouts sold these | war bonds |
| British commander of 21st army group | Montgomery |
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