2-The concept of Lend-lease is that ……………………… provide war materials, foodstuffs, and clothing to the democracies and particularly to Great Britain

3-The Lend-lease Act not only empowered the president to transfer defense material, services, and information to any foreign government, but also left to his discretion what he should ask in return

The United States Congress appropriated funds, amounting to almost $ …………………….. by November 1941.

5-The American public’s suspicions of communism delayed America’s declaring that U.S.S.R eligible for lend-lease until November 1941

6-For the campaign against the Soviet Union, the Germans allotted almost ………. divisions containing a total of about …………….. men

8-The German’s strength was further increased by more than 30 division of ………………………………. troops

9-The Soviet Union had ………………….. the number of both tanks and aircraft as the Germans had, but their aircraft were mostly obsolete ,

10-The Soviet Union had twice or perhaps three times the number of both tanks and aircraft as the Germans had, but their aircraft were mostly obsolete,                                                                                  

12-The German’s attack on the Soviet Union was to have an immediate and highly salutary effect on the ..................situation

14-Hitler brought Great Britain relief by turning …………….. and invading the Soviet Union just as the strain on Britain was becoming severe.

15-piercing the northern borders , Guerin’s tanks raced 50 mile beyond the frontier on the first day of the  German invasion of the soviet union and were at ………………. .

16-Although Russian …………….. prisoners were taken in the salient, a large part of the Soviet Union was able to escape to the …………… 

17-The soviet armies were uncontrolled  handled and frittered their tank strength away in piecemeal action like that of the ……………….. in 1940.

21- Soviet railroad track was a different …………. than German truck and German rolling stock was consequently useless on it

22-By mid-July the Germans had advanced more than 400 miles and were only …………..miles from Moscow.

24-The icy cold of the Soviet Union didn’t paralyze the Germans’ mechanized transport, tanks, artillery, and aircraft

25-The soviets, by contrast, were all clad ((of people) dressed, or (of things) covered) and tended to fight more effectively in winter than did the Germans (

The Japanese aircraft carrier strike force reached a point …………………. miles north of Hawaii before launching its attack on Pearl Harbor.

During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all ………. battleships were hit although they were eventually repaired and returned to service.

On December 8 the U.S. Congress declared war on ……………..with only one dissenting vote.

Japanese forces began to land on the island of Luzon in ……………… on December 10 in Asia.

The U.S. and Filipino forces under General MacArthur were ready to hold Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor island  

Japanese bombers had already destroyed …………….. air power at Hong Kong on December 8. 1971.

The British and Canadian defenders surrendered to the ground attack from the Kowloon Peninsula on December20

The British battleship “Prince of Wales” sailing from Singapore to cut Japanese ………………. But it was sunk by the Japanese aircrafts.

By the end of January 1942, two Japanese divisions, with air and armored support, had occupied all …………….

The main task of the ABDACOM that it is responsible for holding Malaya, Sumatra, java and the approaches to Australia

On the January 15, 1941 the Japanese had already begun their advance on the oil-rich Dutch east India

In the Western Desert, a major offensive against Rommel’s front was undertaken on November 18, 1941, by ……………………….., commanded by Cunningham under the command in chief of Wavell’s successor

As a result of the offensive, and still more tanks were brought up, and a fortnight’s resumed pressure Rommel to evacuate Cyrenaica and to retreat to Agedabia.

Rommel prepared a counteroffensive. When the British still imagined his forces to be hopelessly crippled, he attacked on ……………….., and, by a series of strokes, drove the 8th Army back to the Gazala–Bir Hakeem line, just west of Tobruk.

Rommel did some damage to the British tanks as they came into action piecemeal from a weak position, he failed to break through to the coast behind ………………...

In a single day ……………. of Rommel’s tank force was lost; and, after another unsuccessful effort to reach the coast, he decided, on May 29, to take up a defensive

Whereas in May 1942 the British had had 700 tanks, with 200 more in reserve, against Rommel’s ………., by June 10 their present armoured strength was reduced,

On June 11, Rommel struck eastward, to catch most of the remaining British armour in the converging fire of four panzer divisions.

The British on June 14 began a precipitate retreat from the Gazala line toward the ……………. frontier

By June 30 the German tanks were pressing against the British positions between El-Alamein and the Qattara Depression, some 60 miles west of Alexandria.

After an advance of more than 350 miles from Gazala. Hitler and Mussolini could expect that within a matter of days Rommel would be the master of …………….

The ensuing First Battle of …………, which lasted throughout July 1942, marked the end of the German hopes of a rapid victory.

Auchinleck had saved Egypt by halting Rommel’s invasion, but his counterattacks had not driven it back.

By June 30 the German tanks were pressing against the British positions between el-Alamein and …………………….,

Battle of …………………., which lasted throughout July 1942, marked the end of the German hopes of a rapid victory.

Auchinleck had saved Egypt by halting Rommel’s invasion, and  his counterattacks had driven it back.

In the night of August 30–31, 1942, he launched a fresh attack, intending to capture by surprise the minefields on the ………….. sector of the British front

Shortage of ………… on the German side and reinforced defense on the British, together with intensification of the British bombing, spelled the defeat of the offensive, and Rommel on September 2 decided to make a gradual withdrawal.

Hitler’s greatest strategic disadvantage in opposing the Allies’ imminent reentry into Europe lay in the immense stretch of Germany’s conquests, from the ………. coast of France to the east coast of Greece

Hitler, while always having to guard against a cross-Channel invasion from England’s shores, had cause to fear that the Anglo-American armies in North Africa might land anywhere on his southern front between ……. and Greece.

The Axis bombers had been withdrawn from Sicily in august  to bases in north-central Italy.

The …………. forces had cleared the whole southeastern part of the Sicily island in the first three days of the invasion8

After the successive disasters sustained by the Axis in Africa, many of the Italian leaders were desperately anxious to make peace with the Allies