Unit 3.6 PT II

What leaders were included within the "Big Three"?

• Winston Churchill

• Joseph Stalin

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Adolf Hitler

This battle is commonly regarded as the longest battle of WWII. This conflict was over the control of European Sea Routes between German U-Boats and Allied convoys

• Battle of Bastogne

• Battle of the Atlantic

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Operation Overlord

Which country executed Operation Barbarossa?

• Germany

• Italy

• USSR

• USA

Between August 1942 until February 1943, which brutal military campaign is known as the longest, largest and bloodiest battle of WWII that would favor the Soviet Union and turn the tide of WWII?

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of the Atlantic

• D-Day

Why did German forces fail at the Battle of Stalingrad?

• Soviet forces completely surrounded the Germans within the city named after the leader of "Mother Russia"

• The brutal Russian winter

• Starvation

• Britain Bombing Runs

From November 8th until November 16th, 1942, the Allied invasion of French North Africa is regarded as the first major Allied Offensive effort of WWII. This is known as...

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Barbarossa

• Operation Torch

• D-Day

Winston Churchill regarded which European area as the "soft underbelly"?

• Sicily Island, Italy

• Moscow, Russia

• Bastogne, Belgium

• Rome, Italy

After Operation Mincemeat in 1943, which battle left the Italian fascist regime in ruin in little over a month?

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Sicily

• Battle of Moscow

• Battle of Midway

What military technique is also known as "saturation bombing"?

• Carpet Bombing

• Blitzkrieg

• Banzai

• Gulag

This military unit was composed of the first Black military pilots in the U.S. armed forces, known for their impressive performances protecting bombing squadrons with their planes and earned the nickname,

"Red Tails".

• 46th Texas Division

• 882 Infantry Regiment

• Tuskegee Airmen

• 17th Airborne