NS-2 Naval History Chapter 8: The Atlantic War

Operation Torch was the code word for the planned invasion of what region?

What was the name of the massive French defensive line on the German border?

Why did Eisenhower postpone Overlord from May 1^st to June 1^{st 1944} ?  

What was the single most dangerous weapon of defense against amphibious forces along the Normandy beaches in June 1944?

Approximately how many submarines did the Germans enter into WWII?

How many U-boats did the Germans lose in WWII?  

What meteorologic factor determined that the landings be June 5-7, because of landing craft and underwater obstacles?

Who was the leader of the French Resistance in WWII?

The US Navy made its last direct contribution to the fight against Germany in March 1945 by doing what?

What was the title of Rommel's German infantry and armored divisions in the Barbary States?

 In June 1944, the USS Guadalcanal and her group captured the U-505. Where can you find the U-505 now?  

Who was the German Admiral in charge of submarine operations? He was Hitler’s successor after Hitler committed suicide.

To what seaport in Russia did Allied assistance arrive via a North Atlantic route, with losses as high as 60%?

The German concrete fortifications on the French coast were known as what?

What is the purpose of a snorkel on a submarine?  

FDR and Churchill agreed at the Casablanca Conference that this would be the top priority moving forward.

From 5/27 to 6/4 1940, about 340K retreating Allied troops were evacuated by roughly 900 boats from what French port?

What was the name of the naval portion of the Normandy landing operations?

Which is NOT one of the reasons that Allied merchant shipping losses declined in 1941?

The principal objective of the landings at Normandy, beyond establishing the beachhead itself, was to do what?  

What was the name of the Allied operation landing at Salerno in September 1943?

What u-boat tactic involved several submarines hunting together and converging on targets?

Never before has so much been owed by so many to so few refers to what heroes of the Battle of Britain?

Imagine that you are a German sailor on U-714. Based upon the previous question, what is your chance of survival?

The RAF flew protection for the Dunkirk evacuation against the German air force known as what?

The primary objective of American landing forces in Operation Torch (November 1942) was to capture ports located where? 

Where did the Germans sign the unconditional surrender document for WW Two?

What was the Navy’s role in Operation Husky in July 1943?

Who said, “I can forgive anything except for 3 things which I will not tolerate, stupidity, laziness, and carelessness."

By 1943, the allies had reduced the ratio of allied ship sinkings to German U boat sinkings to what level?

What operation was the first major attempt by the Allies to take home territory of an Axis nation, and where?

What did the Vichy French naval forces at Toulon do after the Axis defeats in North Africa?  

Where is Normandy, site of Operation Overlord?

When did Paris fall to the Germans (Month and year) in World War II?

Soviets defeated the Germans and turned the tide on the Eastern European Front in what battle in the winter of 1942-43?

When did Germany invade the USSR, breaking the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact they had signed in August 1939?

What was the name of the allied invasion on the French Riviera?

What does U-boat stand for?

World War II began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded what country?

What principle of war did the allies exercise by bypassing the Gustav line to conduct an “end run” amphibious assault?

One of the deadliest battles in American history was this desperate last WWII German counteroffensive in the Ardennes

What was the name given to the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan in WWII?

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, who became Commander-in-Chief US Fleet?

What does the German word Blitzkrieg mean, which is characterized by attacks with speed and mechanization?

What was the name of Hitler's planned Invasion of Great Britain?

Which naval officer was in charge of most of the US amphibious operations in the Med in WWII?

What service branch suffered the greatest ratio of lives lost per capita during WWII? (1 in 26)

Beside the Germans, what forces put up a spirited resistance to the allied landings of Operation Torch?

What did the Italian Navy do with their remaining ships once Italy signed an armistice on Sept 8, 1943?

What name was given to the German defensive line along the old German Empire border?