Battles and Events of World War 2

The Miracle at Dunkirk: In Spring 1940, Allied forces pushed to the beaches at ______.

• Dunkirk

• Calais

• Cherbourg

• Le Havre

The Miracle at Dunkirk: French & British troops rescued by ______ British ships.

• 850

• 500

• 1000

• 1200

The Battle of Britain: In the summer of 1940, the ______ makes nightly bomb raids over Great Britain.

• Luftwaffe

• Royal Air Force

• US Air Force

• Red Army

The Battle of Britain: New technology ( (a)   code breakers) allow British RAF to hold off Germany and prove Hitler can be stopped.

Battle of Stalingrad: From August 1942 to February 1943, Germany wanted to seize oil fields and capture ______.

• Stalingrad

• Moscow

• Leningrad

• Kiev

Battle of Stalingrad: German troops ______ to the Soviet Union (due to starvation and cold).

• Surrender

• Retreat

• Advance

• Negotiate

Pearl Harbor: On December 7, 1941, Japanese ______ attack on the US in retaliation for cutting off their oil supply.

• Surprise

• Planned

• Expected

• Foreseen

Pearl Harbor: ______ American ships sunk or damaged.

• 19

• 15

• 25

• 30

Pearl Harbor: More than ______ killed & the US enters the war.

• 2,300

• 1,500

• 3,000

• 4,000

D-Day (The Invasion of Normandy): Massive ______ of Europe planned by Supreme Allied Commander.

• Invasion

• Celebration

• Retreat

• Conference