History European theater test (12/14)

Siegfried line

line on border of Germany and france. HEAVILY fortified

The Falaise Pocket(Aug 12, 1944 – Aug 21, 1944)

Engagement and last battle in the normandy campaign, allied forces formed a pocket around falaise and circled and destroyed a significant amount of german forces

Five beaches at normandy(think of acronym)

(UOGJS) Utah (US), Omaha (US), Gold (Brit. and Can.), Juno (Brit. and Can.), and Sword (Brit. and Can.)

St. Lo

Roads expanded from here - a key town to take in Normandy so that they could then launch efforts to get to Paris

Liberation of Paris

Was a moral victory more so than a strategic war victory August 1944

George Patton

Important General of the Third Army following the initial D-Day invasion(5 star)

Hurtgen Forest

Battle on the border or Belgium and France In the forest known for terrible conditions and casualties. Defensive victory for the Germans - truly wasteful for the Allies

huertgen forest

Battle on the border or Belgium and France In the forest known for terrible conditions and casualties. Defensive victory for the Germans - truly wasteful for the Allies

Eisenhower

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)- US/British organization responsible for Operation Overlord Success

Operation Overlord

The code name for the allied plan to land on the beaches of Normandy

operation Market Garden

largest air raid in war. massive FAIL. Allies lose

Liberation of Paris

Went from August 19th 1944 until August 25th. Russia liberated it instead of US. huge mistake led to post war drama and all of that bs

V-E Day

German surrender/ May 8th, 1945

Red Ball Express

The Red Ball Express was a truck convoy that shipped supplies from Normandy to the front lines after D-Day.

when was dday?

june 6th 1944

Battle of the Bulge

A surprise attack employed by the germans. germans last offensive. allied victory. dec 16 1944 to january 16 1945

significance of Bastogne?(battle took place here)

Town in which the battle of the bulge took place in

2nd Battle of Britain

German retaliation to Britain dropping bombs on big German cities(july 10th 1940)

Bridge too far

Operation Market Garden - they tried to bite off more than they could chew and the Airborne got surrounded - ground forces couldn't’ get as far as they had dropped airborne

Operation Fortitude

 operation by the Allied nations, fake army and mission led by patton

Atlantic Wall

defensive line against an anticipated Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, during World War

Volkssturm /”People’s Army”

army of random bot german citizens with no training. late attempt of germany to try and get back in the war

NUTS

What General McAuliffe responded to the German demand for surrender during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne

Not one step back

Anyone fighting in stalingrad should not retreat(said by stalin)

Montgomery

n June 1944, Montgomery commanded all the ground forces taking part in the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Omar Bradley

Commanding general D'Day landings

Rommel

commander at atlantic wall(german general)