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Social Science
Battles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Battle of Atlantic | Naval conflict over Atlantic supply lines |
| Battle of the Bulge | Final major German offensive at the Ardennes |
| Case Yellow | German invasion of France on May 10, 1940 |
| Operation Avalanche | Allied offensive on mainland Italy opened on September 8, 1943 near Salerno |
| Operation Bagration | Major offensive by Soviet army in June 1944 launched in Belarus |
| Operation Barbaroosa | German invasion of Soviet Union in 1941 |
| Operation Jusky | Allied invasion of Sicily, start of the reconquest of Europe |
| Operation Matterhorn | American strategic bombing campaign against Japan authorized in October 1943 |
| Operation Overlord | 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, France |
| Operation Sea Lion | Nazi German codename for the planned invasion of Great Britain |
| Operation Uranus | Soviet counterattack on Stalingrad that surrounded the Sixth Army |
| Phoney War | Period of military quiet fall 1939-winter 1940 |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf | Naval battle from October 23 to 26, 1944 off Leyte; destroyed Japanese fleet |
| Battle of the Coral Sea | May 1942 naval engagement off Port Moresby between Japan and American-Australian fleets |
| Operation Blau | 1942 German offensive in the Soviet Union; diverted from the Caucasus to Stalingrad |