6 Major events of WW2

Question 1

The Major events

Answer 1

• The fall of poland
• Germany Attacks in the west
• The fall of chamberlain
• the evacuation of dunkirk
• The Battle of Britain
• Operation Barbarossa
• The entry of USA in WW2
• The war in africa
• The soviet advance
• D-Day
• VE-Day

Question 2

USSR

Answer 2

The union of Soviet social republics

Question 3

Blotzkreig

Answer 3

lightning attack

Question 4

the german airforce

Answer 4

the luftwaffe

Question 5

Quisling

Answer 5

a term for a traitor originating from norway

Question 6

Operation Dynamo

Answer 6

• 26 May - 4 June
• A loss
• The evacuation of allied troops from dunkirk

Question 7

Operation Sea lion

Answer 7

The operation to attack britain from the sky and the seas

Question 8

Major British aircrafts

Answer 8

Spit fires and Hurricanes

Question 9

Major German aircrafts

Answer 9

Messerschmitt

Question 10

Radar

Answer 10

and early air defence warning system that can detect large objects coming towards you

Question 11

Ultra

Answer 11

the breaking of the german coding sytstem

Question 12

Operation Barbarossa

Answer 12

• The official breaking of the Nazi Soviet pact

- The invasion of the USSR

Question 13

Non- belligerent

Answer 13

they aren’t fighting directly but helping the other opponent

Question 14

The cash and cary

Answer 14

allowed nations to purchase weapons and other good in cash and they had to carry them themselves

Question 15

the lend lease act

Answer 15

Allowed the USA to loan weapons of the president thought that their defence was essential to that of the USA

Question 16

Leningrad

Answer 16

The port has been under siege most of the war

Question 17

moscow

Answer 17

the capital which germany was determined to capture

Question 18

stalingrad

Answer 18

where some of the most bitter fighting occurred

Question 19

D-Day

Answer 19

target date

Question 20

Operation overlord

Answer 20

the operation launched whereby the allies invaded europe

Question 21

PLUTO

Answer 21

Pipe
Lines
Under
The
Ocean

Question 22

Kamikaze

Answer 22

suicide pilots - planes loaded with explosives were flown away by pilots to crash directly into enemy ships

Question 23

Germany surrendered on

Answer 23

8 May 1945

Question 24

When did the war officially end

Answer 24

2nd September 1945