Phases Of War

Question 1

14 June 1940

Answer 1

France fell to Germans, armistice, Charles de Gaulle fled to England

Question 2

Through the use of blitzkrieg

Answer 2

Germany conquered Poland, from May 1940, W Europe fell rapidly under German control

Question 3

1941

Answer 3

• Operation Barbossa
• Tobruk
• Blitz continued
• Pearl Harbour and America enter war
• War goes global
• Germans advanced into Balkans

Question 4

1942

Answer 4

Germany suffers major defeat at BOEA

Question 5

6 June 1944

Answer 5

D - Day, Allied invasion of Europe, opened up 2nd front along French Coast

Question 6

20 July 1944

Answer 6

Assassination attempt on H

Question 7

4 August 1944

Answer 7

Franks are captured and sent to Auschwitz

Question 8

25 August 1944

Answer 8

France is liberated

Question 9

16 December 1944

Answer 9

Battle of the Bulge begins, lines fall back, creating bulge in centre of line

Question 10

13 February 1945

Answer 10

British planes attack Dresden, phosphorous and high explosives

Question 11

10 May 1940

Answer 11

Battle of Dunkirk, French and British troops get trapped on the beach

Question 12

9 March 1945

Answer 12

US B 24 bombers attack Tokyo

Question 13

28 April 1945

Answer 13

At Lake Como, Mussolini and 12 of his former cabinet officers are executed

Question 14

29 April 1945

Answer 14

German forces in Italy surrender unconditonally

Question 15

9 March 1945

Answer 15

US B24 bombers attack Tokyo

Question 16

28 April 1945

Answer 16

At Lake Como, M and 12 of his former cabinet officers are executed

Question 17

29 April 1945

Answer 17

German forces in Italy surrender unconditionally

Question 18

30 April 1945

Answer 18

With Russian shells falling on Britain, Hitler marries his mistress in a bombproof bunker, poisons her and kills himself, his remains are never recovered

Question 19

7 May 1945

Answer 19

Germany surrenders unconditionally

Question 20

8 May 1945

Answer 20

VE Day

Question 21

17 July 1945

Answer 21

US air attacks on Tokyo continues, drop leaflets threatening destruction from the air if they don’t surrender unconditionally

Question 22

6 August 1945

Answer 22

US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Question 23

9 August 1945

Answer 23

Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

Question 24

10 August 1945

Answer 24

Japanese sue for peace, VJ Day on 14th

Question 25

2 September 1945

Answer 25

General Mac Arthur accepts formal, unconditional surrender of Japan

Question 26

Why was Germany successful in the first phase of war?

Answer 26

• building up armies for year
• latest weapons
• blitzkrieg
• stukas and panzers = element of surprise + speed
• Hitler, confident and inspiring leader, spirit of army was high

Question 27

Why did Germany lose the war?

Answer 27

• allied strategic bombing
• US entry into war
• important role of Britain prevented invasion in BOB
• war on two fronts
• russia=unconquerable
• allies, successes in naval warfare