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- 2. Belgium port which was the ultimate objective for the last German offensive, so at to prevent the Allies from captuing it and shortening their supply lines.
- 3. what was the tidal range in feet at Normandy according to our class researchers
- 5. was half of the codename 'Market Garden' for the campaign in Sept'44 to capture rivers in the Netherlands leading to Germany, refered to the ground component
- 6. Battle of ?, largest ever land battle,July-Aug '43, primarily employing tanks and rockets across a broad front, results in USSR success and an example of how weight of numbers and preparedness prevented repeats of German Blitzkrieg success
- 11. in 1940 the German army advanced through this dense forest to avoid the French defensive line and successfullu invaded France via Belgium, thereby cutting off the British expeditionary forces, yet in Dec 1944 afgaint his general's advice, Hitler launched their last offensive through this forest, it would prove unsuccessful.
- 14. literally means 'Lightning War, term to describe a combined arms surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and mechanized infantry formations, together with air bombardments as support ...
- 15. these provided much needed additional options for the Airborne assaults, allowing for fewer planes needed and the provision of artillery and jeeps.
- 17. a german term and a major motive for Germany's invasions towardss the east, especially as the land around the Ukraine stepps was seen as the 'bread basket of Europe' and Germans had starved during WWI and the Depression.
- 18. second Belgium town to be reached as part of Operation Market Garden, the plan was for the 82nd US Airborne to secure two bridges here.
- 19. at this beach the British along with Polish and Dutch forces sought to establish a foothold in Normandy France
- 20. on this mediterranean island German paratroopers successfully surprized and captured allied forces, including Greek, NZers, British and Australians
- 21. Blitzkrieg strategies were very successful in the invasion of Sept'39 Poland and the initial invasion of the USSR in June 1941. Also in May 1940 when Hitler attacked France, his panzer divisions smashing through slow-moving French formations and cutting off the British Expeditionary Force at whch French coastal town?
- 22. this campaign was hastily planned to capitalise on the last of Summers good weather and the German panic in retreat, it occurred in which month?
- 25. this British general planned and ran operation Market Garden.
- 26. Overlord planners made sure that the attacks occured on this type of tide.
- 27. First and second name of Commander of US 3rd Army and rival of British General Montgomery, he also planned and led the liberation of Bastogne.
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- 1. this battle got its name from a desciption of the shape of the front line it created.
- 3. this was the distance between the 1st British Airborne's dropzone and their target in Sept'1944
- 4. surname of the Allied Supreme Commander who favoured a broad offensive strategy against Germany but reluctantly gave Montgomery permission and supplies to attempt a 500 mile thrust into the Netherlands.
- 7. was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe
- 8. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces, in July-Oct 1940 (3 words)
- 9. it was the bridge over the Rhine River that this town that the British ultimately could not capture in Sept'44
- 10. Battle of ?, Aug'42-Feb'43, this battle was over a city on the Volga River which would have given Germany access to the rich oilfields in Southern Russia, eventually the whole of the German 6th Army was draw into room by room fighting and beseiged for months Hitler refusing to approve a withdrawal, it smashed the myth of German invincibility
- 12. at this French town Easy Coy (US 101st Airborne) first encounter urban warfare and light artillery
- 13. a fortified defensive line build by the Germans opposite the French defensive Maginot line, Operation Market Garden's plan was to by-pass is defensive wall by hooking around its Northern end. (2 words).
- 16. participated in operation Market Graden along with the 1st British Airborne and the US 101st Airborne
- 23. This was a German codename for an invasion campaign commencing in June 1941, against a nation with which Hitler had signed a 'non-agression pact' in 1939 prior to invading Poland, yet had seen as an ideological enemy Germany would have to destroy.
- 24. strategically important crossroads town in Belgium where 101st US Airborne were dropped to defend against German advance, liberated after aftwr a 7 day seige