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World War II A-Z

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Last updated: September 2, 2019
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A
Largest network of Nazi Concentration camp; liberated by the Soviets in January of 1945
Auschwitz
B
Operation code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June of 1941
Barbarossa
C
Mediterranean island invaded by German airborne troops in May of 1941
Crete
D
Location of the August 1942 Allied amphibious assault on occupied France
Dieppe
E
Name given to the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Enola Gay
F
Official nickname of the B-17; nearly 13,000 built during the war
Flying Fortress
G
island site of the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific
Guadalcanal
H
RAF fighter that accounted for 55% of all German losses during the Battle of Britain
Hawker Hurricane
I
Sight of the first amphibious battle of the Pacific war where American casualties exceeded those of the Japanese
Iwo Jima
J
Normandy Invasion beach primarily assaulted by Canadian troops on June 6th, 1944
Juno Beach
K
Site of the last German strategic offensive on the Eastern Front and largest tank battle in history
Kursk
L
Largest naval battle of the war; fought near the Philippines from October 23-26th, 1944
Leyte Gulf
M
Japanese puppet state that existed in Northern China from 1932 - 1945
Manchukuo
N
Location of the post-war military tribunals that prosecuted alleged Nazi war criminals
Nuremburg
O
Code name of the 1944 Normandy invasion
Operation Overlord
P
Generic term used to describe German tanks and armor
Panzer
Q
Head of the collaborationist government in Norway; executed for treason in 1945
Quisling
R
First commander of the Afrika Korps; committed suicide in 1944 , nicknamed the Desert fox.
Rommel
S
Mountain on which six U.S. Marines famously raised the American Flag on February 23rd, 1945
Suribachi
T
Libyan port city besieged by Axis forces for 241 days in 1941; successfully relieved by the British Eighth Army during Operation Crusader
Tobruk
U
Codename for the British military intelligence obtained by breaking encrypted enemy communications
ULTRA
V
Seat of the Pétain collaborationist government in France from 1940 - 1944
Vichy
W
Site of the largest Jewish ghetto in Europe
Warsaw
X
Designator of the first class of the German elektroboats to become operational
XXIII
Y
Japanese Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet; present at Pearl Harbor and Midway
Yamamoto
Z
Most highly decorated general officer in Soviet history; present for the signing of the German instrument of surrender
Zhukov
hwes
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Level 85
Aug 29, 2019
Given beach is in the question, could you just accept Juno. Overlord might also be accepted by itslef.
WT2008
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Level 77
Aug 30, 2019
And "Hurricane"
WT2008
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Level 77
Aug 30, 2019
Auschwitz was not a "network of concentration camps" is was one camp.
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