Beginning of War Battles Technology
Question First territory that Hitler remilitarized
Answer 1 – 10 Rhineland
Question Conference in 1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared, “I have achieved peace for out time”
Answer 1 – 20 Munich Conference
Question Invasion of this country started WWII
Answer 1 – 30 Poland
Question Policy defined as, “Smaller concessions given to avoid a larger conflict”
Answer 1 – 40 Appeasement
Question Identify at least 2 countries that were totalitarian during the interwar period and their leader
Answer 1 – 50 CountryLeader SpainFranco ItalyMussolini JapanHirohito USSRStalin GermanyHitler
Question Known as “lightening” warfare Hitler was able to take territories quickly at the beginning of WWII Luftwaffe and mobilized infantry
Answer 2 – 10 Blitzkrieg
Question Allied soldiers evacuated Operation Dynamo Mosquito Armada – citizens with pleasure crafts crossed English Channel to transport Allied soldiers
Answer 2 – 20 Evacuation at Dunkirk
Question When this country lost to Germany, Canada became the most important Ally to the British
Answer 2 – 30 Fall of France (1940)
Question Operation Sea Lion To prepare for an amphibious invasion, Hitler first had to control the skies
Answer 2 – 40 Battle of Britain
Question Hitler invaded USSR Operation Barbarossa Identify the new “teams” for WWII
Answer 2 – 50 Italy and Germany Canada, Britain, USSR
Question Surprise attack on USA by Japanese
Answer 3 – 10 Pearl Harbour
Question Christmas ill-prepared Canadian soldiers were attacked, all were killed, injured or taken as prisoners for the rest of the war
Answer 3 – 20 Battle of Hong Kong
Question First attempt of the Allies to establish a “European foothold” Failure
Answer 3 – 30 Dieppe
Question Identify one reason why Dieppe was a failure
Answer 3 – 40 Delayed Poor communication Met German convoy Lost element of surprise Tanks could not get traction on pebbly beach More troops sent even though first ones not able to secure beach
Question Considered by British Prime Minister Churchill to be, “Soft-underbelly of Europe” Italian Campaign Describe the fighting
Answer 3 – 50 Battle of Ortona Troops fighting in urban areas “Rubble-filled streets”
Question June 6, 1944 Beaches of Normandy, France
Answer 4 – 10 D-Day
Question Name the beach Canadians secured at D-Day
Answer 4 – 20 Juno Beach
Question Country liberated by Canadians Many citizens starved during the occupation
Answer 4 – 30 Liberation of the Netherlands
Question Cities in Japan where bombs were dropped to end WWII
Answer 4 – 40 Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Question Names given to the atom bombs
Answer 4 – 50 Fat Man and Little Boy
Question Canadian military disasters in WWII
Answer 5 – 10 Dieppe Hong Kong
Question Manufactured and used by the Canadians on the Atlantic during WWII
Answer 5 – 20 Corvette
Question New defensive technology used in the Battle of Britain
Answer 5 – 30 Radar
Question List of new technology used in WWII
Answer 5 – 40 V2 Rocket Atom Bombs Enigma Jet-propelled airplanes Penicillin Submarines (both Allies and Axis)
Question Name given to secret project used to make atom bomb
Answer 5 – 50 Manhattan Project