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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Benito Mussolini | Fascist dictator of Italy (1922–1943); allied Italy with Nazi Germany and Japan during WWII. |
| Adolf Hitler | Dictator of Nazi Germany; initiated WWII with the invasion of Poland and orchestrated the Holocaust. |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of Britain during most of WWII; known for his leadership and speeches inspiring British resistance. |
| Heinz Guderian | German general; key developer of Blitzkrieg tactics emphasizing armored warfare and mobility. |
| Erwin Rommel | German field marshal known as the “Desert Fox”; commanded Axis forces in North Africa. |
| Joseph Stalin | Soviet dictator; led USSR through WWII and pushed for the opening of a Western front against Germany. |
| Georgy Zhukov | Leading Soviet general; played major roles in Stalingrad, Kursk, and the capture of Berlin. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | U.S. President during most of WWII; led the U.S. from isolationism to victory with Allied powers. |
| Chiang Kai-shek | Leader of Nationalist China; fought against Japanese invasion and later in civil war with Communists. |
| George Marshall | U.S. Army Chief of Staff; oversaw military buildup and later created the Marshall Plan for Europe. |
| Douglas MacArthur | U.S. general; commanded Allied forces in the Pacific and led postwar occupation of Japan. |
| Chester Nimitz | U.S. Navy admiral; commander of Pacific Fleet; key leader in Midway and island-hopping campaigns. |
| Bernard Montgomery | British general; defeated Rommel at El Alamein and commanded Allied ground forces on D-Day. |
| Dwight Eisenhower | Supreme Allied Commander in Europe; oversaw D-Day invasion and later became U.S. President. |
| Erich von Manstein | German general; known for innovative strategies in France and Russia, including the plan for Case Yellow. |
| Omar Bradley | U.S. general; commanded American forces during D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. |
| George S. Patton | U.S. general; led tank units in North Africa, Sicily, and Europe; known for aggressive tactics. |
| Curtis LeMay | U.S. Air Force general; led the strategic bombing of Japan, including firebombing campaigns. |
| Case White | German invasion of Poland (1939), marking the start of WWII. |
| Case Yellow | German invasion of France and the Low Countries (1940). |
| Dunkirk | 1940 evacuation of Allied troops from France to Britain after German advances. |
| Battle of Britain | 1940 air campaign by Germany to gain air superiority over Britain; first major defeat for Hitler. |
| Operation Barbarossa | 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union; largest land invasion in history. |
| Capture of Singapore | 1942 Japanese victory over British forces; major blow to British prestige in Asia. |
| Pearl Harbor | 1941 Japanese attack on U.S. naval base in Hawaii; brought U.S. into WWII. |
| Battle of Midway | 1942 naval battle; U.S. victory that turned the tide in the Pacific. |
| Battle of Guadalcanal | 1942–43 campaign in the Solomon Islands; first major Allied offensive in the Pacific. |
| Battle of El Alamein | 1942 battle in Egypt; British victory that ended Axis threat to North Africa. |
| Case Blue | 1942 German summer offensive aimed at capturing Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus. |
| Battle of Stalingrad | 1942–43 turning point battle; Soviet victory that marked Germany’s decline on the Eastern Front. |
| Battle of the Atlantic | Ongoing struggle between Allied shipping and German U-boats for control of Atlantic supply lines. |
| Operation Torch | 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa. |
| Battle of Kasserine Pass | 1943 first major U.S.–German battle in North Africa; early U.S. defeat. |
| Operation Husky | 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. |
| Battle of Kursk | 1943 largest tank battle in history; decisive Soviet victory. |
| Operation Avalanche | 1943 Allied invasion of mainland Italy (Salerno). |
| Operation Bagration | 1944 massive Soviet offensive that destroyed Germany’s Army Group Center. |
| Operation Overlord | 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy; began Allied liberation of Western Europe. |
| Operation Market-Garden | 1944 failed Allied attempt to capture bridges in the Netherlands. |
| Battle of the Bulge | 1944–45 last major German offensive in the west. |
| Battle of Berlin | 1945 final battle in Europe; led to Hitler’s death and German surrender. |
| Operation Ichi-gō | 1944 Japanese campaign to secure railways in China and link occupied territories. |
| Battle of Okinawa | 1945 major Pacific battle; heavy losses on both sides; paved way for invasion of Japan. |
| Red Ball Express | Allied truck convoy system that supplied advancing forces after D-Day. |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Japanese cities destroyed by atomic bombs in August 1945, leading to Japan’s surrender. |
| “Directed battle” | Traditional centralized control of forces; limited flexibility on the battlefield. |
| “Deep Battle” & “Deep Operations” | Soviet military concepts emphasizing coordinated attacks through multiple layers of enemy defense. |
| Rape of Nanking | 1937 Japanese massacre of Chinese civilians in Nanjing. |
| Blitzkrieg | “Lightning war”; German tactic using fast, coordinated air and ground attacks. |
| Maginot Line | French defensive fortification along the German border; bypassed by German invasion. |
| Lend-Lease Act | 1941 U.S. program to supply Allied nations with war materials before entering the war. |
| Lebensraum | Nazi idea of “living space” for Germans through territorial expansion. |
| The Holocaust | Systematic genocide of 6 million Jews and millions of others by Nazi Germany. |
| Centrifugal Offensive | Japanese strategy of simultaneous, rapid expansion across the Pacific in 1941–42. |
| Allied planning conferences | Meetings (e.g., Casablanca, Tehran, Yalta) where Allied leaders coordinated global strategy. |
| Combined Bomber Offensive / Strategic Bombing | Allied bombing campaign targeting German industry and morale. |
| Wolfpack Tactics | German U-boat strategy of group attacks on Allied convoys. |
| ULTRA | Allied codebreaking program that decrypted German communications (Enigma). |
| U.S. Dual Offensive in the Pacific | U.S. strategy of advancing toward Japan along two axes: Central Pacific & Southwest Pacific |
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