Practices of WWII

What percentage of civilian deaths contributed the total number of deaths in WWII?

• 20%

• 50%

• 70%

• 35%

Germany’s success in the early part of the war was due to Blitzkrieg, which used…

• Trench

  warfare

• Tanks and heavy artillery

• Attrition tactics

• Planes and panzer tanks in a coordinated attack

From what distance did the British radar system (Chain Home) warn of German air attacks in the Battle of Britain?

• 40km

• 80km

• 120km

• 160km

What strategic mistake did Goering make on September 7th 1941?

• He dismissed the

  significance

  of radar in

  the Battle of Britain

• He bombed

  airfields when

  all the German planes

  were in the air

• He sent bombers

  with inadequate

  fighter support.

• He bombed

  London rather

  than the

  British airfields

Which change in war tactic did Hitler make on 22 June 1941?

• He introduced bombing of civilian targets

• He gave up the

  invasion of

  Britain

• He attacked

  Soviet Russia

• He initiated

  an alliance with Italy

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the German defeat at Stalingrad?

• Russian

  morale

• Russian use of

  radio as supplied by America

• Russian

  leadership

• Russian

  people’s desire

  to defend

  communism

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the US victory at Midway Island June

1942??

• Overconfident

  leadership

  by Japan

• Inferior

  Japanese forces

• USA had

  broken

  Japanese radio

  codes

• Japan divided

  their forces

Who was the leader of Britain’s Bomber Command?

• Arthur

  Harris

• Hugh

  Dowding

• Alan Brooke

• Douglas Bader

Which Russian city suffered more casualties in the war than the other Allied powers combined?

• Stalingrad

• Leningrad

• Moscow

• Kiev

What was 'huff duff'?

• Aluminium strips that were dropped from planes

• A new high frequency radio technology that allowed the Brits to neutralise the U boat threat

• The system of radar detection stations based on the South coast of Englan

• A code breaking device