In the Allied Bombing Strategy in Europe, Americans Participated

question 60

Multiple Choice

In the Allied bombing strategy in Europe, Americans participated

• A)primarily in the nighttime saturation bombing of civilian populations.
• B)only when British bomber wings needed reinforcements.
• C)primarily in daytime, precision bombing of German strategic targets.
• D)primarily as fighter pilots assigned to guard British bomber wings.
• E)in bombing only belligerent nations, but never occupied territories.

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Definitions:

Amerigo Vespucci

An Italian explorer for whom the Americas are named, recognized for demonstrating that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured by Columbus.

Martin Waldseemüller

A German cartographer who created the first map to name and depict the Americas as separate continents, published in 1507.

Colonial Plantation Economy

An economic system prevalent in the American colonies that relied heavily on the cultivation of cash crops using slave labor.

Canaries

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