KQ-5 War at Sea Flashcards

1
Q

How many ships did the British have in total?

A

326

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2
Q

How many ships were combat-ready in the Royal Navy?

A

242

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3
Q

How many ships did France have?

A

174

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4
Q

How many ships did Germany have +inc. U-boat

A

153

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5
Q

How many ships did Italy have?

A

261

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6
Q

What ship did Germany deploy for surface raids

A

Tirpitz class

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7
Q

How many ships did the Japanese have?

A

238

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8
Q

How many ships did the Americans have?

A

345

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9
Q

How many aircraft carriers did Japan have?

A

6

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10
Q

How many aircraft carriers did America had?

A

3

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11
Q

When was the Battle of River Plate?

A

13 December 1939

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12
Q

Who Sunk the German ship at River plate?

A

HMSNZ Achilles

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13
Q

What boat got sunk at River Plate?

A

Graf Spee

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14
Q

When did Graf Spee get sunk

A

17 Dec 1939

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15
Q

How many ships did the Germans sink in 1940?

A

over 1,000

quarter of British merchant ships

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16
Q

How many ships did the allied lose in 1942?

A

1,661

17
Q

How did the Allied overcome the U-boat

A

Patrol boats
Depth charges
New technology .eg radar

18
Q

How much was Britain able to import?

A

only 1/3 of it normally did in peace times

19
Q

How much fuel did the Japanese have in Jan 1943?

A

Only 2 months of fuel

20
Q

When did Pearl Harbour happen?

A

7 December 1941

21
Q

How many planes did the Japanese send to Pearl Harbour?

+ How many Aircraft carriers did Japan send?

A

350

6 aircraft carriers

22
Q

Who designed the attack on Pearl Harbour

A

Isoroku Yamamoto

23
Q

How much damage did the Japanese inflict on Pearl Harbour?

A

20 ships damaged
340 planes destroyed
18 ships sunk
2,400 Americans died

24
Q

Why was the US still able to fight Japan?

A

All 3 carriers weren’t stationed on Pearl Harbour

Japan did not attack critical areas such as:
Fuel deposits
Repairing docks

25
Q

When did the Battle of Midway happen?

A

4 June 1942

26
Q

How many American fought on Midway?

A

Americans lost one Aircraft Carrier and 350 soldiers

27
Q

How many Japanese fought on Midway?

A

4 Aircraft Carriers
3,500 soldiers
300 planes

28
Q

When did Japan invade Papua New Guinea

A

July 1942

29
Q

When did the Battle of Iwo Jima happen?

A

18 Feb 1945

30
Q

When did the Battle of Okinawa happen?

A

1st April 1945

31
Q

When did the atomic bombs happen

A

6 August 1945

32
Q

When did the battle of the coral sea happen?

A

4 May 1942

33
Q

When did the fall of Singapore happen?

A

8 Feb 1942