NS2 Test Bank: NS2-M1C8 - World War II: The Atlantic War

Front

"Breathing" tubes that allowed the UBoats to operate diesel engines instead of electric motors while submerged

Back

Snorkel

Front

What were "buzz bombs"?

Back

Missiles

Front

The day of the invasion of western Europe by Allied Forces in WWII, or any day of special significance, as one marking an important event or goal

Back

D-Day

Front

Who said, Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few?

Back

Churchill

Front

Operation Torch was considered a success.

Back

True

Front

A line of German defense during World War II that crossed the Italian peninsula from the Garigliano in the west through Cassino and then to the Sangro in the east

Back

Gustav Line

Front

What was the revolutionary new tactic the Germans used against Poland?

Back

Blitzkrieg

Front

A surrender that is not limited by conditions; absolute

Back

Unconditional Surrender

Front

Navy command was reorganized as a direct result of which event? Options: Afrika Corps enter North Afrika, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy join Japan in declaring war on America, Operation Barbarossa, President Roosevelt’s reelection

Back

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Front

A vast, static, state-of-the-art, ultramodern defense system built to protect France from Germany

Back

Maginot Line