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maxush-Alliesontheoffensive
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| FDR Churchill meet, agree to: 1) increase bombing of Germany, 2) attack Sicily 3)increase support to the Pacific | Casablanca Conference |
| Allies invade from Tunisia, Germans evacuate, Italy surrenders, German troops sent to defend | Sicily |
| Bombing campaign targeting the German economy and morale, caused oil shortage destroyed aircraft and railroad facilities | strategic bombing |
| Overall commander for the invasion of Sicily | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| American commander on Sicily, captures western half of island and makes a daring run to beat the British to Messina | Gen. George Patton |
| British commander on Sicily, takes the eastern half of the island | Gen. Bernard Montgomery |
| Arrested, Germans rescue, put in charge of a puppet government in Northern Italy, very late in war is recaptured and executed by locals | Benito Mussolini |
| After the Allies capture Sicily, Hitler is forced to send German troops into Italy | Italian surrender |
| FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet | Tehran Conference |
| : 1) Invade France Soviet offensive 2) Divide Germany after the war 3) USSR to declare war on Japan 4) create an international peace organization | Tehran agreements |
| Codename for the Allied invasion of France commanded by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower | Operation Overlord |
| Day set for invasion of France, changes due to weather | D-Day |
| Allies land on five beaches in Normandy 2 American 2 British 1 Canadian | June 6, 1944 |
| Commander of US forces at Omaha Beach, fiercest fighting, almost orders retreat | Gen. Omar Bradley |
| Pacific fleet moves island to island through Central Pacific towards Japan, other force goes through Solomons to New Guinea to the Philippines to Japan | two pronged attack |
| Commands the force through the Central Pacific | Adm. Chester W. Nimitz |
| Commands the southern force in the Pacific | Gen. Douglas MacArthur |
| invading an island and securing it, moving on to the next island from the one previously captured | island hopping |
| First attack in the Central Pacific, many casualties as Marines wade ashore across a reef | Tarawa |
| Tracked boat used to carry soldiers ashore across reefs | amphtrac |
| Second group of islands captured in the Central Pacific, more successful after learning lessons of Tarawa | Marshall Islands |
| Third group of islands taken in Central Pacific, used as a base for B-29’s to bomb Japan from | Mariana Islands |
| First assault by MacArthur’s forces in the Pacific Aug ‘42 | Guadalcanal |
| Main Japanese base in the Solomons, bypassed by MacArthur to take New Guinea | Rabaul |
| Major Japanese base taken by MacArthur in New Guinea | Hollandia |
| Largest naval engagement in history, opened the door for US forces to retake the Philippines | Leyte Gulf |
| Japanese suicide planes that attack American ships, first used at Leyte Gulf | kamikaze |
| MacArthur returns in october 1944 | Philippines |
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