Ww2

Question 1

German tactics during ww2

Answer 1

Blitzkreig

Question 2

3 parts of blitzkreig

Answer 2

Planes
Tanks
Infantry

Question 3

Phoney war

Answer 3

When France and England went to war with Germany but did not attack

Question 4

Countries taken over by hitler during ww2

Answer 4

Poland,Denmark ,Norway,Belgium,France Holland

Question 5

BEF

Answer 5

British Expeditionary Force

Question 6

Where the British and French were trapped

Answer 6

Dunkirk

Question 7

The operation to free the English and French from the beach

Answer 7

Operation Dynamo

Question 8

Germany plan to invade Poland

Answer 8

Case white

Question 9

Who became primininister of England

Answer 9

Winston Churchill replaced Neville chamberlain

Question 10

What was hitlers plan to invade Britain called

Answer 10

Operation sea lion

Question 11

German Air Force

Answer 11

Luftwaffe

Question 12

British Air Force

Answer 12

Raf ( Royal Air Force.

Question 13

German planes

Answer 13

Me 109s. Me110s

Question 14

British planes

Answer 14

spitfire and hurricane

Question 15

Who won the Battle of Britain

Answer 15

England

Question 16

The reasons the British won

Answer 16

The Germans made the mistake of bombing London giving the rag time to reorganise and recover
The use of radar allowed the British to predicts the Germans attack
The spitfires were an Excellent fighter and superior to the Germans

Question 17

The blitz

Answer 17

After losing the Battle of Britain the nazis start bombing cities

Question 18

What was the code name for hitlers attack on the Soviet Union

Answer 18

Operation barbarossa

Question 19

What army did hitler assemble

Answer 19

The largest army in history
Made of 3 million soldiers and 4000 tanks
The army was split into thre groups the north, the south and east

Question 20

Why did Germans find fighting in the user very tough

Answer 20

The Russians devolved a scorched earth policy
Rain in October turned roads into a sea of mud
Winter arrived and Germany do not bringing the equipment or gear. They were not used to the conditions which -40 degrees,petrol fries and Germans lost more men to cold then fighting

Question 21

Scorched earth policy

Answer 21

Used by Russians when they retreated they destroyed anything of use to the Germans such as factory aril way tracks and poisoned water

Question 22

What were the Russian army called

Answer 22

The red army

Question 23

Why was the invasion of Russia delayed

Answer 23

Because the Germans invade Greece and Yugoslavia

Question 24

Where were the Germans in Russia at the height of their success

Answer 24

Surrounded Leningrad near Moscow

Question 25

Who was president of America

Answer 25

Roosevelt

Question 26

Why was Stalingrad a key town

Answer 26

It was in the region of the oilfields in the south and hitler wanted to capture the town with the name of his enemy

Question 27

What german army was sent and who led it

Answer 27

The German 6th army led by General paulus

Question 28

What did Stalin order about Stalingrad

Answer 28

To be defended at all costs

Question 29

Who led the red army in Stalingrad

Answer 29

General Zhukov

Question 30

What counter attack operation was launched and what did it do

Answer 30

Operation Uranus and trapped sixth army in Stalingrad

Question 31

Why did the Germans try and do to help their troops

Answer 31

``` Supply food by air ( didn't work Rescue troops (stopped by soviets But hitler would not let them break out ```

Question 32

Why were the Germans forced to surrender

Answer 32

Conditions worsened temperatures dropped to -30 degrees Food and supplies were in very short supply German troops start starving to death Paulus saw no hope

Question 33

What were the effect of the victory in Stalingrad

Answer 33

300,000 German troops were captured Massive boost for the Russians A turning point in the war

Question 34

What german cities were destroyed by air

Answer 34

Berlin and Dresden

Question 35

What weapons did Germans put their faith in

Answer 35

V2 rockets which had little effects

Question 36

Why the millions of refugees Flee the incoming Red army

Answer 36

They treated German citizens with great brutality

Question 37

What happened in March 1945

Answer 37

The allies crossed the Rhine | Russia launched a massive attack on Berlin

Question 38

After hitler committed suicide who succeeded him and what did they do

Answer 38

Admiral donitz who quickly surrendered

Question 39

Why did the allies win the war

Answer 39

The nazis had too many enemies (uk us ussr America focused on beating Germany built more weapons Bombing of Germany Hitler interfering with decisions of Generals Invasion of Russia

Question 40

Impact of bombing of Germany

Answer 40

Reduced amount of military equipment Germany could build Meant Luftwaffe were trying to stop bombers instead of helping their troops Allies had control of air on both fronts

Question 41

Example of hitler interfering in general desicions

Answer 41

In Stalingrad hitter refused to allow his troops retreat from Stalingrad . Hundreds of thousands of soldiers who could of lived to fight another day were killed or captured