WW2

Question 1

What happened on September 29, 1941? (Mona Louise Parsons)

Answer 1

She was arrested, and sent for a death sentence. but there was an air raid in 1945, and she escaped.

Question 2

What does rationing mean?

Answer 2

to allow each person to have only a certain amount of whatever is being rationed.

Question 3

What does dictator mean?

Answer 3

a person who rules a country often in a cruel or brutal way (aka Hitler)

Question 4

what does conscript mean?

Answer 4

being forced by the government to go to war.

Question 5

Who were the allies for phase 1

Answer 5

Great Britain, the United states, and the Soviet union.

Question 6

When did Canada declare war on Germany?

Answer 6

September 1939.

Question 7

What jobs did Mona Louise Parsons have?

Answer 7

Acting, nursing, and independent career woman.

Question 8

How did Mona Louise Parson escape from Germany?

Answer 8

she was transported by a train while the guards were distracted by the air raid.

Question 9

What 2 things did Canada promise Britain for support when world war 2 first started?

Answer 9

more materials and small volunteer army.

Question 10

What two events were responsible for turning the war around for
the Allies?

Answer 10

German armies invaded the soviet union, turning it into Britten alli.

Question 11

How many casualties would the Soviet Union suffer in this war?

Answer 11

30 million casualties.

Question 12

Name the last surviving Corvette.

Answer 12

HMCS Sackville

Question 13

What is the purpose of the HMCS Sackville ship today?

Answer 13

it is now a museum ship

Question 14

how is blitzkrieg work?

Answer 14

A violent surprise applied with great force and speed to a weak point.

Question 15

What does blitzkrieg mean?

Answer 15

Stealthy offence method

Question 16

what does convoy mean?

Answer 16

a group of ships or vehicles travelling together

Question 17

whats the dates of Canada’s first phase in the war effort?

Answer 17

1939-1940

Question 18

Who was the world’s first female aircraft designer?

Answer 18

Elsi Macgill

Question 19

What was Elsi Macgill able to organise?

Answer 19

1500 Canadian hurricanes

Question 20

How many people were killed in concentration camps?

Answer 20

960,000 people died.

Question 21

What is propaganda

Answer 21

facts, arguments, rumours, half-truths.

Question 22

what does Allies mean

Answer 22

a group of nations taking military action together.

Question 23

whats the D-Day invasions code name

Answer 23

The beach was code named juno.

Question 24

How many heavy bombers were sent out each night by the RCAF?

Answer 24

364,514

Question 25

What was the goal of these attacks by the Allied group?

Answer 25

The goal was to bomb the Germans factory's so they could not produce anymore materials

Question 26

In May 1945, how many Canadian soldiers volunteered to go to the Pacific front?

Answer 26

more than 10,000 Canadians