KHS US History CH 7 Quiz 7.5 Eastern Europe Pacific and Africa

In late October and early November of 1942, British General Bernard Montgomery kicked the Germans out of ________________ and began pushing Rommel’s Afrika Korps westward across North Africa.

• Western Sahara

• Morocco

• Egypt

• Tunisia

Operation Torch, headed by General Dwight Eisenhower, landed American and Allied tanks and troops at points in ________________ and Algeria.

• Morocco

• Egypt

• Spain

• Saudi Arabia

General Rommel’s forces surrendered to the Allies in May of what year?

• 1945

• 1943

• 1940

• 1918

On April 18, 1942, sixteen bombers under the command of Colonel James Doolittle left the carrier USS Hornet. After dropping their bombs, they ran out of fuel, and were forced to crash land in ________.

• Japan

• China

• Korea

• Philippines

How many of Japan's aircraft carriers were sunk at the Battle of Midway?

• Fourteen

• Ten

• Four

• Two