The Battle of Britain - Year 9

The Battle of Britain followed the British evacuation from the beaches of which D... ?

(a)  

What was the name of Hitler's plan to invade the British Isles?

• Operation Invasion

• Operation Dynamo

• Operation Elephant

• Operation Sealion

What was the name of the German air force, which Hitler hoped would wipe out the RAF to allow for the invasion of Britain to go ahead?

• The German Air Force

• Hitler's Air Force

• Luftwaffe

• Lufthansa

At the start of The Battle of Britain, how many fighter planes did the RAF have to combat the 1841 planes of the Luftwaffe?

• 1050

• 1066

• 600

• 500

It took the German planes 5 minutes to cross the English Channel. But how long did it take for the RAF planes to take off and intercept the German planes?

• 5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 15 minutes

• Light Speed

What was the name of the new technology which allowed the British to detect the German planes earlier, meaning the RAF could now intercept them before they reached their targets?

(a)  

The British were able to produce 550 new planes a month, this compared to the Germans, who could produce how many new planes per month?

• 0

• 100

• 600

• 150

What date is considered to be the last main battle of the Battle of Britain, where the RAF inflicted heavy losses on the Luftwaffe?

• 1st July

• 1st September

• 3rd September

• 15th September

After abandoning his plans to invade Britain, Hitler resorted to heavy bombing raids over British cities. What were these raids called?

(a)  

Name the two famous fighter planes that the RAF flew in The Battle of Britain.

• The Messerschmitt

• The Hurricane

• The Jumbo Jet

• The Spitfire