LEARNING QUIZ
1. Soon after the Evacuation at Dunkirk, France...
a) Joined the Axis
b) Surrendered to Germany
c) Had a celebration
d) Defeated Italy
2. What was the name of the German Air Force?
a) Wehrmacht
b) Luftwaffe
c) Kriegsmarine
d) Bismarck
3. Who stated in a speech "The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin."
a) Adolf Hitler
b) Neville Chamberlain
c) Winston Churchill
d) Benito Mussolini
4. What were the Germans unprepared for during Operation Barbarossa?
a) The bombing attacks by the allies
b) The red Soviet beards
c) The severe cold Soviet Winter
d) The Soviets resistance
5. Where were the Germans finally stopped before surrendering in the invasion of the Soviet Union?
a) Petersburg
b) Leningrad
c) Minsk
d) Stalingrad
6. What was a "hedgehog" in the Battle of the Atlantic?
a) A submarine
b) An animal
c) A warship
d) A type of bomb
7. Which country offered British support by providing convoy systems during the Battle of the Atlantic with the "Corvettes" ?
a) Australia
b) New Zealand
c) Canada
d) U.S
8. Which Canadian force was chosen for the main attack on Dieppe?
a) The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
b) The Newfoundland Regiment
c) The 2nd Canadian Division
d) The Royal Rifles of Canada
9. The raid on Dieppe was a failure because...
a) A brief sea battle between a ship and a small German convoy alerted German soldiers on shore
b) Ships were delayed and arrived in daylight
c) Communication between ships and troops on shore was poor
d) All of the above
10. How was the battle of Ortona fought?
a) From the air
b) With bombs
c) With spears
d) House by house, street by street
11. What was the code name given to the invasion of Sicily?
a) "Operation Mussolini"
b) "Operation Kill the Germans"
c) "Operation Husky"
d) "Operation Liberation"
12. The Normandy Invasion was along an 80km stretch of which coast?
a) The French coast
b) The Italian coast
c) The German coast
d) The Belgian coast
13. The five beaches directed in the Normandy Invasion were code-named?
a) Utah, Juno, Silver, Omaha and Spear
b) Gold, Omaha, Nickel, Fox and Green
c) Sword, Gold, Utah, Juno and Omaha
d) Omaha, Bronze, Purple, Bear and Juno
14. Which river were the Canadians given the task of clearing Axis forces from?
a) The Thames River
b) The St. Lawrence River
c) The Tiber River
d) The Scheldt River
15. By the end of 1944, many Dutch people were...
a) Happy the Germans were occupying the Netherlands
b) Starving to death
c) Wanting to move to England
d) Running out of tulips
a) Joined the Axis
b) Surrendered to Germany
c) Had a celebration
d) Defeated Italy
2. What was the name of the German Air Force?
a) Wehrmacht
b) Luftwaffe
c) Kriegsmarine
d) Bismarck
3. Who stated in a speech "The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin."
a) Adolf Hitler
b) Neville Chamberlain
c) Winston Churchill
d) Benito Mussolini
4. What were the Germans unprepared for during Operation Barbarossa?
a) The bombing attacks by the allies
b) The red Soviet beards
c) The severe cold Soviet Winter
d) The Soviets resistance
5. Where were the Germans finally stopped before surrendering in the invasion of the Soviet Union?
a) Petersburg
b) Leningrad
c) Minsk
d) Stalingrad
6. What was a "hedgehog" in the Battle of the Atlantic?
a) A submarine
b) An animal
c) A warship
d) A type of bomb
7. Which country offered British support by providing convoy systems during the Battle of the Atlantic with the "Corvettes" ?
a) Australia
b) New Zealand
c) Canada
d) U.S
8. Which Canadian force was chosen for the main attack on Dieppe?
a) The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
b) The Newfoundland Regiment
c) The 2nd Canadian Division
d) The Royal Rifles of Canada
9. The raid on Dieppe was a failure because...
a) A brief sea battle between a ship and a small German convoy alerted German soldiers on shore
b) Ships were delayed and arrived in daylight
c) Communication between ships and troops on shore was poor
d) All of the above
10. How was the battle of Ortona fought?
a) From the air
b) With bombs
c) With spears
d) House by house, street by street
11. What was the code name given to the invasion of Sicily?
a) "Operation Mussolini"
b) "Operation Kill the Germans"
c) "Operation Husky"
d) "Operation Liberation"
12. The Normandy Invasion was along an 80km stretch of which coast?
a) The French coast
b) The Italian coast
c) The German coast
d) The Belgian coast
13. The five beaches directed in the Normandy Invasion were code-named?
a) Utah, Juno, Silver, Omaha and Spear
b) Gold, Omaha, Nickel, Fox and Green
c) Sword, Gold, Utah, Juno and Omaha
d) Omaha, Bronze, Purple, Bear and Juno
14. Which river were the Canadians given the task of clearing Axis forces from?
a) The Thames River
b) The St. Lawrence River
c) The Tiber River
d) The Scheldt River
15. By the end of 1944, many Dutch people were...
a) Happy the Germans were occupying the Netherlands
b) Starving to death
c) Wanting to move to England
d) Running out of tulips
ANSWERS: 1.b 2.b 3.c 4.c 5.d 6.d 7.c 8.c 9.d 10.d 11.c 12.a 13.c 14.d 15.b