1. Grade 10 History – World War II Jeopardy
WWII Battles
Battle of the Atlantic
Pacific WWII
On the Home Front
Events of Horror 1 2 3 4 5

2. When Germany invaded this country, war was declared.

3. What is Poland?

4. During the German advance through Western Europe, the remnants of the British army were trapped on this French beach. Using any ship available, the army managed to retreat across the English Channel.

5. What was Dunkirk?

6. He won Canada’s first Victoria Cross
He won Canada’s first Victoria Cross. During the battle for Hong Kong, the Japanese launched a series of grenade attacks. This Canadian soldier would pick up the grenades and throw them back. When one grenade landed too far away, he told his troops to clear out and threw himself on the grenade. He was killed instantly.

7. Who was Sergeant-Major John Osborne?

8. During this joint British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand air action, bouncing bomb was used to try and destroy key dams on the Möhne River that provided power to German industries.

9. What was the Dam Busters?

10. Canadians liberated this low-lying, coastal Western European country after the successful D-Day invasion.

11. What is Holland?

12. A group of freighters sailing across the North Atlantic Ocean together.

13. What is a convoy?

14. German U-boats entered the mouth of this large Canadian river during the Battle of the Atlantic.

15. What is the St. Lawrence River?

16. The name of the sailors onboard the supply ships.

17. What is Merchant Marine?

18. By the end of WWII, Canada had the world’s third largest of this.

19. What is navy?

20. This type of Canadian ship defended the convoys from German U-boat attacks

21. What is the Corvette?

22. Japanese-Canadians were granted this right in 1949.

23. What is the right to vote in Canadian elections?

24. After 17 days of intense fighting, a small and untrained contingent of Canadians and British troops surrendered to the Japanese at this battle on 25 December 1941.

25. What is Hong Kong?

26. This USA – Japan sea and air battle is considered a turning point in the Pacific Theatre war. The USA victory demonstrated their superior air power which was used to destroy much of the Japanese fleet.

27. What is Midway?

28. Bombed and sank with the loss of 1,177 USA sailors during the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, this ship now stands as a submerged memorial to the event.

29. What is the USS Arizona?

30. 3,964

31. What is the number of Japanese-Canadians deported after WWII to Japan…even though most were Canadian citizens who had been born in Canada and never been to Japan

32. 10 September 1939 …one week after Great Britain and France

33. What was the day Canada declared war on Germany and officially entered WWII?

34. Gas was rationed during WWII in Canada
Gas was rationed during WWII in Canada. Farmers could get more gas than urban dwellers. To prevent farm gas from being sold at a profit to urban dwellers, it was dyed this colour.

35. What is purple?

36. The female branch of the Canadian armed forces was formed in July 1941.

37. What was the Canadian Women’s Army Corp (CWAC)?

38. These were introduced to pay for the war effort.

39. What are Victory Bonds?

40. Often considered one of Canada’s greatest contributions to WWII, it was the program where pilots from all over the Commonwealth received flight training,

41. What was British Commonwealth Air Training Program (BCATP)?

42. The non-military German city was firestorm bombed killing thousands of citizens.

43. What is Dresden?

44. When the Japanese army invaded China, they raped, tortured and killed most of the women in this city.

45. What is Nanking?

46. 267

47. What is the number of Canadian POWs captured during the 1941 Battle for Hong Kong who died in Japanese concentration camps?

48. This type of bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan killing about 200,000 civilians instantly and causing numerous future deaths from radiation exposure.

49. What is the Atomic Bomb?

50. The most notorious German concentration camps for Jew during the Holocaust.

51. What is Auschwitz?