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Chapt.17 Review
Mr.Nauman American History
Question | Answer |
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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 |