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Question 1

Blitzkrieg weapons

Answer 1

aeroplane and tank

Question 2

Operation yellow =

Answer 2

invasion of west europe (10 May 1940)

Question 3

invasion of low countries (norway and denmark) date

Answer 3

9 april 1940

Question 4

number of people rescued at dunkirk

Answer 4

338,000

Question 5

Operation dynamo (yachts to pleasure boats) date

Answer 5

26 may 1940

Question 6

number of tanks/men left at dunkirk

Answer 6

475 tanks/70,000 men

Question 7

britain alone

Answer 7

june 1940 to june 1941

Question 8

operation sealion

Answer 8

(invasion of britain) 1940 summer

Question 9

Battle of britain = luftwaffe tried to destroy RAF between ____

Answer 9

10 july and 15 september 1940

Question 10

BoB 15th sept

Answer 10

All out assault on london in daylight, germans lost 60 planes and called off attempt to destroy RAF

Question 11

US 55 year old warships date

Answer 11

From Sept 1940

Question 12

Britain wins BoB (quote and date)

Answer 12

‘Never in the field of conflict was so much owed by so many to so few’ 17 sept 1940

Question 13

Why britain won BoB

Answer 13

radar, strengths of RAF and weakness of luftwaffe, own territory

Question 14

D DAY men, two other things

Answer 14

100,000 men, two floating harbours called Mulberries, fuel pipeline called Pluto

Question 15

‘Operation Overlord’ date and no of beaches

Answer 15

6 June 1944, 5 beaches

Question 16

Allied casualties/ deaths at D day

Answer 16

10,000 and 2,500 dead

Question 17

Reasons for D Day success

Answer 17

leadership of Eisenhower, Allied control of the air and sea, kept secret

Question 18

Operation Market Garden

Answer 18

airborne attack to secure bridges (sept 44)

Question 19

failure at arnhem

Answer 19

withdraw after a week with half troops

Question 20

German attacks on 16 december 1944

Answer 20

30 german divisions attack americans and almost broke through because of surprise