WWII Study Guide

Naval engagement in the Pacific between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied Forces (U.S. and Austria); American and Japanese aircraft carriers and fighter planes clashed.

• Battle of Guadalcanal
• Battle of Leyte Gulf
• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway

General Rommel began an offensive to take Egypt. General Bernard Montgomery led the British forces to stop the Germans. The British stopped the Afrika Corps.

• The Battle of Britain

• The Battle of the Coral Sea

• The Battle of Midway

• The Battle of El Alamein

Forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 72,000 to 78,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war.

• Bataan Death March
• Corregidor Siege
• Manila Bay Massacre
• Pusan Perimeter

The Japanese Navy confronted the Allies at the largest naval battle in history. The Allies crushed the Japanese fleet, crippling Japan's naval power for the remainder of the war.

• Battle of Guadalcanal
• Battle of the Coral Sea
• Battle of Leyte Gulf
• Battle of Midway

For 6 months, Allied Forces fought against Japanese Forces to secure the island of Guadalcanal, a strategic location with a vital airfield, ultimately marking a turning point in the war.

• Midway
• Guadalcanal
• Iwo Jima
• Okinawa

The Germans quickly pushed the Allied forces back about 65 miles, creating a huge bulge in the Allied lines.

• Operation Overlord
• D-Day
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Battle of the Bulge

African American pilots who flew missions in WWI. First African American military pilots.

• The Tuskegee Airmen
• The Red Tails
• The 332nd Fighter Group
• The 369th Fighter Squadron (Harlem Hellfighters)

The Nationalists Socialist Party of Germany headed by Hitler.

• Nazi Party
• Fascist Party
• Communist Party
• Social Democratic Party