Unit 7 Day 5 quiz

This map shows Europe during World War II. Which letter represents the area Allied powers hoped to control as a result of Operation Overlord? Select the correct answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Why did the Allies launch Operation Overlord AND what was the outcome?

• To liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation; the outcome was a successful invasion leading to the liberation of France.

• To capture Berlin directly; the outcome was a prolonged battle with heavy casualties.

• To establish a new front in the Pacific; the outcome was a strategic failure.

• To negotiate peace with Germany; the outcome was a temporary ceasefire.

The Allies planned a tactical invasion of Europe to make Germany fight on ___________________________________________.

• Multiple fronts
• German Land

• Ships and U-Boats

New technological innovations like ___________________________________________ helped the Allies locate and destroy German U-boats during World War II.

• Sonar
• Radar

• Torpedoes

___________________________________________ was issued after the attack on Pearl Harbor and authorized the forced relocation of people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps.

• Executive Order 9066
• Holocaust

• D-Day

America’s ___________________________________________ drastically increased during World War II as civilian factories converted to wartime production.

• Industrial production
• Draft

• putting women and minorities to work

_______ was the plan to retake France, beginning with a landing at Normandy.

• Battle of the Atlantic

• Operation Barbarossa

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Torch

Largest amphibious landing ever; Allowed Allies to open a 2nd front against the Axis powers

• Battle of the Bulge

• Stalingrad

• Dunkirk

• Normandy (Operation Overlord)

What was the purpose of Operation Overlord, or D-Day?

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• To open a second front against Nazi Germany by invading France

• To open a second front against Nazi Germany by invading Italy

• To deceive the German military into placing fresh troops in Greece

• To locate and destroy German U-boats in the English Channel