WW2: Africa and Europe

Where did the United States first engage the enemy in the African/European Theater of World War II?

Morocco and Algeria (North Africa)

What island was the first portion of Europe recovered from Germany?

Scily

What was unique about the military command of the Anglo-American allies during World War II?

Combined Chiefs

What bay near Naples was the sight of the first major invasion of Italy?

Gulf of Salerno

What Italian city fell two days before the Anglo-Allied invasion of France?

Rome

What region of France did the Anglo-Americans invade on 6 June 1944?

Normandy

What is the name commonly used by historians, the media, and the public when referring to 6 June 1944?

D-Day

What is the name commonly given to the failed German counterattack launched against the western front in December 1944?

Battle of the Bulge

What city was the site of a long and bloody battle, often called the turning point of the war in the Soviet Union, that ended in a catastrophic German defeat?

Stalingrad

What Soviet victory over Germany was, until 1973, the largest land battle of all time in terms of men and tanks involved? 

Battle of Kursk