History

Question 1

What does Blitzkrieg mean in English?

Answer 1

Lightning war

Question 2

What are some key techniques of Blitzkrieg?

Answer 2

Attacking the weaker points of the army and not going for the main target

Question 3

How many soldiers were rescued during Dunkirk?

Answer 3

338,000 British and French troops

Question 4

What is “The Big Lie”?

Answer 4

The idea that Germany lost WW1 because of Jews

Question 5

Who was the propaganda minister for Germany?

Answer 5

Joseph Goebbels

Question 6

Who was the leader of Nazi Germany?

Answer 6

Adolf Hitler

Question 7

When did the Great Depression start?

Answer 7

1929

Question 8

Where did Australians serve during WW2?

Answer 8

Mainly against Japanese in the Pacific theatre but also throughout Europe

Question 9

How many people died during the Holocaust?

Answer 9

Around 6 million

Question 10

Where is the Kokoda trail?

Answer 10

Papua New Guinea

Question 11

When did the Great Depression end?

Answer 11

1939

Question 12

When was Kristallnacht?

Answer 12

9-10 November, 1938

Question 13

What was Kristallnacht?

Answer 13

A violent and racist riot
targeted at Jewish people that occurred all over Germany

Question 14

What happened to Germany after the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 14

They had to give up all their colonies + some of their own land, had to pay reparations, limited military, and take all the blame for WW1