12-3 War in Europe

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  1. 5. German general Erwin ___ was nicknamed the “Desert Fox” , commanding the “Afrika Korps”.
  2. 6. East coast dimmed ___ so cargo ships were not easy targets for submarines, silhouetted against the night sky.
  3. 8. Invasion of France was called Operation ___ , and it would force Germany to fight the war on two fronts.
  4. 10. George Patton led the U.S. invasion of ___ , and a month later all Germans fled the island.
  5. 14. After the attack on Sicily, the king of Italy and his generals negotiated a ___ with the Allies.
  6. 15. Battle of Stalingrad, Germans surrendered because they were not ready for ___ and because Soviet reinforcements arrived.
  7. 16. ___ Beach was four miles long with 100-foot cliffs and concrete bunkers with machine guns.
  8. 17. To Roosevelt, fighting in Egypt first meant giving the army some ___ , before fighting in europe.
  9. 20. Normandy invasion began at ___ to hide ships crossing the Channel, but paratroopers needed moonlight.
  10. 21. At ___ Beach, defenses were weak, so troops captured the beach in 3 hours.
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  1. 1. When America declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on U.S., which prompted German ___ to enter American waters.
  2. 2. 2,500 U.S. soldiers were ___ or killed on Omaha Beach, but 35,000 had landed by days end.
  3. 3. Hitler thought the invasion was at ___ , but it was really along the coast of Normandy.
  4. 4. U.S. ___ system involved warships escorting cargo ships, so it was harder for submarines to torpedo & escape.
  5. 7. The largest amphibious landing in history needed flat beaches, roads, airports, and the element of ___ .
  6. 9. Eisenhower’s staff referred to the start day of an operation with a “D” , so the ___ invasion date was known as D-Day.
  7. 11. The Normandy Invasion was the ___ amphibious landing in history.
  8. 12. Winston Churchill wanted to attack Africa first, because they were not ready to invade ___ .
  9. 13. Britain & U.S. bombed Germany, destroying ___ factories, which meant the troops at the Normandy Invasion were safe from bombers.
  10. 14. The Battle of ___ was the turning point in the European Theater, placing the Germans on the defensive.
  11. 18. After the attack on Sicily, the king of ___ and his generals arrested Mussolini.
  12. 19. With George ___ in command, the last German troops in North Africa had surrendered by May 1943.