Battles of WWII

Which of the following battles occurred as a way to stop the Japanese from building an airfield, and ended with the Japanese losing land for the FIRST time in WWII?

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Okinawa

What is the exact date for V-E Day

• December 7th, 1941

• June 6th, 1944

• September 2nd, 1945

• May 8th, 1945

To end the war with the Japanese Empire two atomic bombs would be dropped on the Japanese mainland, the two cities chosen for their known industrial factories in hopes of crippling the war effort. Below choose the two correct cities.

• Nagasaki

• Tokyo

• Hiroshima

• Osaka

A campaign involving lots of tank warfare in the desert, as the Allies pushed the Germans into Italy

• North African Campaign

• Invasion of Italy

• Southern Europe Campaign

• Pacific Campaign

American strategy of conquering island after island leading up to the Japanese mainland

• Island Jumping

• Island Skipping

• Island Hopping

• Island Takeovers

Which of the following was the battle/operation/invasion that caused the first of the Axis powers to fall?

• Operation Torch

• Invasion of France

• Invasion of Italy

• Battle of Berlin

The last island before Japanese mainland to be taken, see's 50,000 American troops losing their lives, as soldiers are forced to go through the whole island in fierce close fighting as Japanese would not surrender.

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Battle of Okinawa

After surrendering to the Japanese in the Philippines, many Americans and Filipinos lost their lives as POW's in the...

• Bataan Death March

• Philippines Massacre

• Battle of Coral Sea

• Philippines Death March

This was the battle in which the Allies were approaching the French-German border but were outnumbered by the Nazi tank divisions

• Battle of Stalingrad

• D-Day invasion

• Battle of Berlin

• Battle of Bulge

This battle was a huge humiliation for Hitler, and cause a severe loss of troops and supplies in the East, as the German's were not prepared for the harsh winter.

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Bulge

• Battle of Britain

• Battle of Berlin