Military Science Final

5 Written Questions

1. great industrial mobilization of Allied economies. Also, by winning control of the sea and air the allies could project military power to win the war
2. Resulted in the creation of the largest standing peacetime military force in US history, Created a "go to war now" mentality
3. momentous change: survival of free Europe mattered to US security, strategic defense in Pacific until Germany is defeated
4. the cold war
5. Jan. 1945 US invades Luzon--Largest campaign of the pacific war

5 Matching Questions

1. MacArthur's 3 phase OPLAN
2. US submarine Campaign
3. American mobilization for war
4. What were the achievements of the Allied Strategic Bombing campaign?
5. Operation "Cartwheel"

1. a by 1943 Americans were producing huge quantities of weapons, equipment, and food for the Allies
2. b By the end of 1944 US subs had sunk half of Japan's merchant fleet and 2/3 of its tankers, crippling the war economy, the US submarine force had the highest casualty rate of any branch, US pacific Submarine Campaign was one of the most effective campaigns in WW2
3. c 1) Delay the NKPA on their main approach, thus buying time for bringing reinforcements, 2) Defend and reinforce a lodgement on Korean Peninsula to allow the build up of forces through the port of Prusan, 3) Conduct amphibious turning movement at Luchon to teh North trapping the NKPA
4. d provided the model for the pacific war
5. e Crippled German transportation network, Nearly halted German war economy, Eliminated the Luftwaffe from the skies, Destroyed German cities leaving millions homeless and many dead

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. mobile radio for improved Command and Control, Tank and Airplane to restore mobility to the battlefield
   1. What was the technological nucleus of Blitzkrieg
   2. What was the turning point of the vietnam war?
   3. what did an era of limited war emerge from?
   4. what did the success of the allies rest on in WW2?
2. President Truman
   1. what did the success of the allies rest on in WW2?
   2. "US policy toward the Soviet union must be that of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansionist policies"
   3. What was the turning point of the vietnam war?
   4. "I believe that it must be the policy of the US to support the free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures"
3. frightening forecast of coming invasion of the home islands that portended high American casualties
   1. Island hopping campaign
   2. US submarine Campaign
   3. IA Drang Valley Campaign
   4. The final pacific campaigns
4. Ultimate military significance is Germany is forced to fight a 2-front war
   1. Operation Torch
   2. Korea
   3. Gulf of Tonkin
   4. D-Day
5. 18-month campaign up the "Italian boot" closely resembled the stalemated warfare of the western front during WW1
   1. D-Day
   2. NATO
   3. Italy
   4. Korea

5 True/False Questions

1. Post WW2 Demobilization → American's fight war of attrition in hedgerows

   True        False

2. Results of 1968 offensives → Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964, the president was allowed to use necessary force to fight the war in Vietnam

   True        False

3. Yalta Conference Feb 1945 → The Elbe River was set as the line of demarcation between soviet and western forces, leaving Berlin to the Soviets

   True        False

4. Invasion of Saipan → Resulted in the creation of the largest standing peacetime military force in US history, Created a "go to war now" mentality

   True        False

5. Significance of Battle of Midway (1942) → with loss of control of the Atlantic, Germany could not prevent US troops and equipment from entering Europe, victory also opened the way for Allied air campaign against 3rd Reich, THE CRUCIAL CAMPAIGN OF WW11

   True        False