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1 The Battle of Kursk included The Germans advanced on Kursk. The Soviets used minefields & T-34 tanks. Hitler called off the German attack just as it was going to be victorious. Zhukov counterattacked. All of the answers are correct. 2 After the Battle of Kursk all of the following occurred EXCEPT Von Mainstein withdrew his army in southern Russia. Soviet forces advanced behind heavy artillery barrages. The Soviets used massive infantry attacks. The German flanks gave way & the Soviets took Kiev. The Germans seized Stalingrad. 3 In the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater all of the following occurred EXCEPT The US aided the Chinese. The Japanese took the Burma Road. The British had problems with the India independence movement. The US built the Lido Road. China surrendered to the Japanese. 4 Overall US strategy in the Pacific included The US would seize lightly held islands and by-pass the rest & let them wither on the vine. MacArthur would advance up the Southwest Pacific. Nimitz would advance across the Central Pacific. The US set up an aerial ambush of ADM Yamamoto at Bougainville. All of the answers are correct. 5 The Halsey advance in the South Pacific included taking Munda on New Georgia taking the Japanese airfield on New Georgia using National Guard troops defeating a Japanese counterattack All of the answers are correct. 6 At the Battle of Bougainville all of the following occurred EXCEPT MacArthur took the largest island in the Solomons radar control gunfire sunk several IJN ships Halsey' carrier planes struck Rabaul VADM Konga's rescue mission failed. Bougainville fell to the US. 7 All of the following are differences between the Central Pacific & the Southwest Pacific EXCEPT The Southwest Pacific islands had heavy rain forests & swamps. The Central Pacific islands were coral atolls. In the Southwest Pacific, the Japanese usually don't defend the beaches but retreated into the jungle. In the Central Pacific the Japanese defended the beaches strongly. The IJN always sailed to the north. 8 Tarawa's defenses included all the following EXCEPT heavy weapons long-range bombers from Rabaul fighter aircraft from Truk submarines long-range rockets 9 The US attack on Tarawa included a battleship shore bombardment amtracs coming ashore assault boats with Marines getting hung up on coral reefs many casualties due to the tide & shallow water All of the answers are correct. 10 In the Tarawa mop-up The Japanese went to ground and dug in. The US used tanks & bulldozers against the dug-in Japanese. The US used flamethrowers against Japanese positions. A large number of Japanese troops committed suicide. All of the answers are correct. 11 The lessons learned at Tarawa included all EXCEPT better radio communications new command ships needed layering of supplies in LST's amphibious tanks are necessary always use frontal assaults 12 All of the following took place in conferences in 1942-1943 FRD, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek met at Cairo. The Cairo Conference agreed that all Japanese conquered colonies would be returned to their pre-war owners. FDR, Churchill, & Stalin met at Tehran. The Tehran Conference agreed to a second front in northwest Europe in 1944. All of the answers are correct. 13 In New Britain all of the following occurred EXCEPT MacArthur attacked the west end of the island. The US took the Cape Glouster airfield. The US then encircled Rabaul. Over 5,000 Japanese were killed. The US troops launched an invasion of Rabaul. 14 Kwajalein was taken by Nimitz's naval forces MacArthur's army forces Arnold's air forces Eisenhower's army forces None of these answers is correct. 15 The chief reason for invading Italy was to take pressure off Britain to take pressure off the USSR to take pressure of Italy to take pressure off Germany to take pressure off Australia 16 In the campaign for Rome all of the following occurred EXCEPT: Mark Clark's army took Salerno. Kesselring abandoned Naples for better defensive positions. The Abruzzi Mountains stopped the Allied advance. The Gustav Line held by Kesselring also stopped the Allied advance. The US was thrown back into the sea at Anzio. 17 All of the following occurred at Anzio EXCEPT MG John Lucas commanded the US attack. The US landed almost unopposed. Kesselring recovered quickly & rushed forces to the beachhead. The US failed to advance quickly to break out of the beachhead. The US was thrown back into the sea. 18 At Monte Casino all of the following occurred EXCEPT The Germans fortified the areas surrounding the abbey but not the abbey itself. The US bombed the abbey from aircraft. German paratroopers moved into the ruins & used it as a defensive position. Frenchmen finally took the abbey. The Germans finally fell back. 19 The Allied bombing campaign on Germany included all of the following EXCEPT US daylight bombing British night time bombing attacks on industry & Luftwaffe targets use of long-range P-51 fighters to escort bombers total destruction of German industry 20 In the Soviet advance west in 1943-44 all of the following occurred EXCEPT Von Manstein wanted to abandon the Dnieper bulge in the German line. Hitler removed von Manstein from command. The siege of Leningrad was lifted. Crimea was recaptured by the Soviets. The Soviets were driven out of Poland.

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