Memorize these and recognize 39.0% of all World War II clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rommel | 9 | Implicated in plot against Hitler, this "Desert Fox" committed suicide |
| 2 | Poland | 8 | In September 1939 this country was invaded from 2 fronts & the war was on |
| 3 | Italy | 8 | In '43 this country quit the Axis & declared war on Germany |
| 4 | Mussolini | 8 | Ironically, he was named after Mexican liberator Benito Juarez |
| 5 | Midway | 6 | ( Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) "They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in d... |
| 6 | the Battle of the Bulge | 6 | This battle & German counterattack began on December 16, 1944 |
| 7 | the Bismarck | 5 | On May 27, 1941 this German battleship was sunk in the East Atlantic |
| 8 | Stalingrad | 5 | With Sevastopol captured, Ger. troops headed for this city beginning a 5-month battle in late Aug. |
| 9 | Dunkirk | 5 | Lord Gort saved 200,000 British troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this port |
| 10 | the Axis | 5 | In 1940 Spain's Franco declined to join this group, Germany, Italy & Japan's alliance during the war |
| 11 | Montgomery | 5 | Seen here, he commanded the British 8th Army from 1942 to 1944 |
| 12 | Russia | 5 | With 12 German planes downed, Lt. Lilya Litvak of this country was the war's top female ace |
| 13 | Irving Berlin | 5 | To help the war effort, this composer wrote "Any Bonds Today?" for the Treasury Department |
| 14 | Winston Churchill | 5 | During the Potsdam Conference of 1945, this British prime minister was replaced by Clement Attlee |
| 15 | Pearl Harbor | 4 | The U.S. stationed its Pacific fleet in this harbor during the war |
| 16 | Okinawa | 4 | The final land battle of WWII was fought on this island in the Ryukyus in June 1945 |
| 17 | Iwo Jima | 4 | The book "From the Volcano to the Gorge" tells the story of this World War II battle |
| 18 | the Missouri | 4 | Because time was short, only this ship's starboard side, used for boarding, was repainted September 1, 1945 |
| 19 | Tokyo | 3 | Jimmy Doolittle's April 1942 air raid on this Axis capital raised Allied morale at a dark time in the war |
| 20 | Canada | 3 | This North American country declared war on Germany on September 10, 1939 |
| 21 | Tojo | 3 | Japanese prime minister until his resignation after the U.S. captured Saipan |
| 22 | the Arizona | 3 | Ship which took the most casualties in the attack on Pearl Harbor |
| 23 | Joseph Stalin | 3 | FDR called him "Uncle Joe" |
| 24 | Hermann Goering | 3 | Hitler's designated successor, looting Europe for his own art collection |
| 25 | England | 3 | Country which sank the subject of this song: "We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss / We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world ... |
| 26 | Eisenhower | 3 | In November 1943, Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin met in Tehran, where they agreed on him as supreme Allied commander |
| 27 | December 7, 1941 | 3 | Calendar date "which will live in infamy" |
| 28 | declare war on the United States | 3 | Many have seen Germany's decision to do this along with Italy 4 days after Pearl Harbor as a big mistake |
| 29 | Josip Broz Tito | 3 | In December 1943 he was named marshal & became president of a Yugoslavian liberation council |
| 30 | General MacArthur | 3 | This pipe-chewing general was a distant cousin to both Churchill & Roosevelt |
| 31 | Yalta | 2 | Last time FDR met Churchill & Stalin was at this Soviet resort in the Crimea |
| 32 | the Sullivans | 2 | The 1st U.S. naval ship with a plural name honored their memory; a 2nd ship was christened in 1995 |
| 33 | the Soviet Union | 2 | During the war, Kim Philby was employed by both England & this country |
| 34 | the resistance | 2 | Walthère Dewé was a leader of this underground anti-occupation movement in Belgium in WWI as well as WWII |
| 35 | the Himalayas | 2 | Allied pilots flew a supply route to China called "The Hump" over these mountains |
| 36 | The Book Thief | 2 | In this young adult novel set during the war, "The Grave Digger's Handbook" is the first item Liesel Meminger steals |
| 37 | the Battle of Stalingrad | 2 | World's tallest full-figure statue, "Motherland" commemorates this key Soviet victory |
| 38 | Sicily | 2 | The Allied invasion of Italy began on July 10, 1943 with Operation Husky, a coordinated attack on this island |
| 39 | Rosie the Riveter | 2 | ( Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) Bas-relief panels at the World War II Memorial al... |
| 40 | Rome | 2 | On June 5, 1944 FDR said of the capture of this city, "One up and two to go" |
| 41 | propaganda | 2 | Under Hitler, Joseph Goebbels was Minister of this |
| 42 | Leningrad | 2 | Scientists at a seed bank starved rather than eat the seeds in the siege of what was then this Soviet city |
| 43 | Lend-Lease | 2 | In December 1940 Franklin Roosevelt proposed this alliterative system of aid to allies without immediate payment |
| 44 | Joseph Goebbels | 2 | He was German propaganda minister from 1933 to 1945 |
| 45 | Jimmy Doolittle | 2 | This American officer led an air raid on Tokyo in April 1942 |
| 46 | Ireland | 2 | This nation in the British isles remained neutral throughout the war |
| 47 | Hiroshima | 2 | "Little Boy" was the code name for the atom bomb dropped on this city |
| 48 | Guadalcanal | 2 | In February 1943 U.S. troops freed this largest of the Solomon Islands from Japanese occupation |
| 49 | gold | 2 | Nazi loot found in a salt mine included precious artworks, items stolen from concentration camp victims & more than 8,000 bars of this |
| 50 | Glenn MIller | 2 | [audio clue - music] Too old to be drafted, this bandleader enlisted & lost his life in the war effort |
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