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Canada & World War 2
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1
What was the code name for the invasion into Russia and what led to Germany's defeat?
Barbarossa; winter
Sealion; uboat attacks
Redbeard; aerial assaults
Caterpillar; tank advances
2
Who said: "not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary" ?
Mackenzie King
Stalin
Hitler
Churchill
3
What did Churchill call the "soft underbelly of Europe"?
Russia
North Africa
Croatia
Italy and Sicily
4
What country was Canada tasked with liberating after D-Day?
Holland
Russia
Turkey
Croatia
5
Which beach did Canadian troops land on at on D-Day?
Gold
Utah
Sword
Juno
6
What was the code-name for the Normandy invasion?
Overdose
Barbarossa
Sealion
Overlord
7
Canada worked to mobilize all Canadian resources through a policy called:
isolationism
total war
pennies from heaven proclamation
bilingualism
8
The 8 months of no fighting that followed the declaration of war in 1939 was called:
civil war
proxy war
stalemate
phoney war
9
When one country "gives into the demands of another" they are showing:
isolationism
total war
communism
appeasement
10
At which location did the allies make a miraculous evacuation?
Dieppe
Dunkirik
Normandy
North Africa
11
Canada helped out the air force during the war by implementing the:
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Prairie Farmers Rehabilitation Administration Act
Canadians Against Luftwaffe Training Force
British North America Act
12
What were Germany's quick, successful, surprise attacks called?
the blitz
schnitzel attack
blitzkreig
convoy system
13
Declaration of war by Canada differed from WW1 as this time
US and Canada joined together
had to join as they were directly attacked
Canadian parliament voted to join
Canada had to blindly follow Britain
14
Hitler felt free to invade Poland due to
Poland being on holidays that week
Poland telling their army to stand down
Russia's offer to help Germany
the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact
15
The 55 nights of bombing in London during the war was known as
blitzkrieg
Kristallnacht
guerrilla warfare
the Blitz
16
What Italian leader is considered the "father of fascism"?
Franco
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
17
What did the allies feel they needed to do to force the Japanese to surrender?
kamikaze raids
used scorched earth policy
drop the atomic bomb
use blitzkrieg tactics
18
Which is the most left wing political ideology?
Capitalism
Socialism
Fascism
Communism
19
What was the event called where Jewish businesses were looted and destroyed?
Luftwaffe
Weimar
Krystallnacht
Mengletown
20
Follow WW2, the US's new enemy was
the economy
drones
communism
Britain
21
Which of the following was a German death camp set up to exterminate Jewish people?
Kremlin
Dieppe
Auschwitz
St. Louis
22
Which organization for collective security was created following WW1 to keep the peace?
League of Nations
Union Nationale
United Nations
Band of Brothers
23
What event brought the US into WW2?
soldiers captured at Hong Kong
sinking of the Lusitania
the need for funds to build a wall at the Mexican border
Pearl Harbour attack
24
How did the allies gain advantage in the Battle of the Atlantic?
torpedoing German Uboats
cracking German naval codes
sacrificing most of their merchant ships
creating amphibious aqua tanks
25
What does NATO stand for?
North American Trade Office
Never Again Total Outrage
New Allied Term Officials
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
26
What was the result of the Battle of Hong Kong?
USA entered the war
Mussolini lost power
Canadian troops captured a strategic location
hundreds of Canadians became POWs
27
What is the name of the ship carrying Jewish passengers that was turned away at Halifax?
St. Louis
Titanic
SS Imo
Mont Blanc
28
Which of the follow is NOT considered to be a cause of WW2?
imperialistic goals of Germany
failure of the League of Nations
appeasement
Nazi-British Pact
29
When Hitler
first
attempted to gain leadership in Germany he
won people over with his winning style
unsuccessfully attempted a coup
successfully overthrew the government
was elected by the people
30
Which country invaded Manchuria in 1931 and what did they want?
Japan; resources
Italy; water
France; soldiers
Russia; tea