The War for Europe and North Africa

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  1. 3. The German aim in this battle was to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
  2. 8. American General who led the American troops in Operation Overlord during WWII and went on to command all US ground troops invading Europe from the west.
  3. 10. An invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa, commanded by American general Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  4. 12. Fought less than 40 miles from Rome; It left about 25,000 Allied and 30,000 Axis casualties.
  5. 13. A major industrial center on the Volga River; in its defence the Soviets lost a total of 1,100.000 soldiers.
  6. 14. He was stripped of power and arrested and the king told said to him "you are the most hated man in Italy."
  7. 15. Groups of ships traveling together for mutual protection.
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  1. 1. The strategy Churchill and Roosevelt developed believing that Germany and Italy posed a greater threat than Japan.
  2. 2. American General who led the Allied invasion of North Afric and the D-Day invasion of France and commanded the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII.
  3. 4. The most celebrated of the minority units; all of the pilots of the 99th Pursuit Squadron were black.
  4. 5. Built by the US who launched a crash ship building program producing 140 per month by 1943.
  5. 6. A name given to June 6, 1944; The day on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during WWII.
  6. 7. American general who was involved in North Africa, Italy, and the Battle of the Bulge during WWII.
  7. 9. Refers to American citizens whose parents had emigrated from Japan.
  8. 11. A month long battle of WWII, in which the Allies succeeded in turning back the last major German offensive of the war.