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