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Social Science
Battles
Question | Answer |
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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 |