World War 2 (Junior Cert Revision Quiz)

Question 1

Which of these was not used by the Allies?

Accepted Answer

V2 Rockets

Question 2

Which of these was not one of Hitler's 5 steps to war?

Accepted Answer

The invasion of Denmark

Question 3

What did Britain use to defeat Hitler in the Battle of Britain?

Accepted Answer

radar

Question 4

Which of these was a term of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact?

Accepted Answer

Divide Poland between them

Question 5

What was the name of the tanks Hitler used in his Blitzkrieg (lightning warfare)?

Accepted Answer

Panzer

Question 6

What was a scorched earth policy?

Accepted Answer

Burning crops so the enemy couldn't use them

Question 7

Who was leader of Japan during the attack on Pearl Harbour?

Accepted Answer

Hirohito

Question 8

What was the name of the German air force?

Accepted Answer

luftwaffe

Question 9

What was Operation Barbarossa?

Accepted Answer

Invasion of Russia

Question 10

Anschluss meant living space

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

What were German Submarines called?

Accepted Answer

u-boats

Question 12

When was Operation Overlord?

Accepted Answer

6 June 1944

Question 13

What was Hitler's biggest mistake?

Accepted Answer

Invading Russia in Winter

Question 14

What was the name of the conference after Hitler's invasion of the Sudentenland?

Accepted Answer

The Munich Conference

Question 15

What was Vichy France?

Accepted Answer

France under German control

Question 16

What was the name of the plane that dropped the A-bomb on Japan?

Accepted Answer

the Enola Gay

Question 17

Who was Marshall Zhukov?

Accepted Answer

Russian general at the Battle of Stalingrad

Question 18

What was the Operation when British boats saved people fleeing France during Hitler's invasion?

Accepted Answer

Operation Dynamo

Question 19

Which of these was NOT a code name for a beach on D-day?

Accepted Answer

Kansas

Question 20

Why didn't Britain and France stop Hitler in the early days?

Accepted Answer

Policy of Appeasement

Questions 20