WW2

Question 1

1938 - 12th March

Answer 1

Germany’s expansion begins as German troops march into Austria

Question 2

1939 - 23rd August

Answer 2

Germany and the Soviet Union sign a pact promising not to invade each other. They secretly agree to divide Poland between them once it has been invaded.

Question 3

1939 - 1st September – 6th October

Answer 3

Germany invades Poland.

Question 4

1939 - 3rd September

Answer 4

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany.
Canada, Australia, France and South Africa also declare war on Germany.

Question 5

1939 - 17th September

Answer 5

The Soviet Union invades Poland.

Question 6

1940 - 10th May

Answer 6

Winston Churchill becomes the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Germany attacks Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Germany begins its invasion of France.

Question 7

1940 - 14th May

Answer 7

The Netherlands surrenders to Germany.
The Home Guard is formed.

Question 8

1940 - 26th May – 4th June

Answer 8

The Dunkirk evacuation. Nearly 340,000 Allied troops are evacuated after being surrounded by German troops.

Question 9

1940 - 28th May

Answer 9

Belgium surrenders to Germany.

Question 10

1940 - 10th June

Answer 10

Norway surrenders to Germany.
Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.

Question 11

1940 - 22nd June

Answer 11

France surrenders to Germany.

Question 12

1940 - 10th July

Answer 12

The Battle of Britain begins.

Question 13

1940 - 7th September

Answer 13

The London Blitz begins.

Question 14

1940 - 13th September

Answer 14

Italy invades British controlled Egypt.

Question 16

1940 - November

Answer 16

Slovakia, Hungary and Romania also sign the Tripartite Pact, joining forces with Germany, Italy and Japan.

Question 16

1940 - 27th September

Answer 16

Germany, Italy and Japan join forces and sign the Tripartite Pact.

Question 17

1941 - 1st March

Answer 17

Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact and joins with Germany.

Question 18

1941 - 7th December

Answer 18

The Japanese attack Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, USA.

Question 19

1941 - 8th December

Answer 19

The United States declares war on Japan.

Question 20

1941 - 11th December

Answer 20

Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.

Question 21

1942 - 5th May

Answer 21

The Battle of the Coral Sea between the USA and Japan.

Question 22

23rd August 1942 – 2nd February 1943

Answer 22

The Battle of Stalingrad

German forces attempt to take control of Stalingrad from the Soviet Union.
The Soviet army is victorious and the Axis forces surrender.

Question 23

1942 - 8th – 16th November

Answer 23

Operation Torch

British and US troops take back North Africa, attacking several places at once. The Vichy French in the region, who were formally allied with Germany, join forces with the Allies after their defeat.

Question 24

1943 - 19th April – 16th May

Answer 24

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins.

Jews at the Warsaw Ghetto rise up against German forces and are defeated. 13,000 Jews are killed.

Question 25

1943 - 16th May

Answer 25

The Dam Buster raids are carried out on two German dams as part of Operation Chastise.

Question 26

1944 - 6th June

Answer 26

D-Day British and US troops land on the beaches of Normandy and begin the largest seaborne invasion in history.

Question 27

1944 - 16th December

Answer 27

The Battle of the Bulge begins. Allied and German forces meet in the last major German offensive campaign of the war. It ends on 25th January 1945 with an Allied victory.

Question 28

1945 - 12th January

Answer 28

The Soviet Army begins the East Prussian Offensive. Over the next few months, they displace the German Army from Warsaw, Krakow and Budapest.

Question 29

1945 - 30th April

Answer 29

Hitler kills himself. Command of the German forces is passed to Joseph Goebbels.

Question 30

1945 - 7th May

Answer 30

Germany surrenders to the Allied Forces at the Western Allied Headquarters in France.

Question 31

1945 - 8th May

Answer 31

The end of the Second World War in Europe. The day is celebrated across the continent as Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

Question 32

1945 - 6th August

Answer 32

The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by US forces.

Question 33

1945 - 9th August

Answer 33

A second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. The bombs killed over 200,000 people.

Question 34

1945 - 2nd September

Answer 34

Japan formally surrenders to Allied forces. The Second World War is over.

Question 35

Italy Leader

Answer 35

Benito Mussolini

Question 36

USA Leader

Answer 36

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 37

Soviet Union leader

Answer 37

Iósif Stalin

Question 38

France leader

Answer 38

CHARLES ANDRÉ JOSEPH MARIE DE GAULLE

Question 39

UK leader

Answer 39

Winston Churchill

Question 40

Germany leader

Answer 40

Adolf Hitler