CH 20 Key Operations of WW2 Quiz

1. What operation was the secret German plan to invade Great Britain?

• Case Blue
• Case Yellow
• Barbarossa
• Sea Lion

2. Why was Operation Barbarossa delayed 6 weeks?

• German invasion of France took longer than expected
• Germany was helping Italy in their invasion of Greece
• Due to the Four Year Plan taking more than 4 years
• Due to Hitler's marriage and Honeymoon with Eva Braun

3. Operation Barbarossa also was delayed due to Raspustista which is the Russian term for the_______________.

• Extreme cold Soviet Winter
• Russian Celebration of the Summer Harvest
• Russian Rainy Season
• Stalin's Purge of Military Leadership

4. The Nazi Blitzkrieg came to a grinding halt just outside of Moscow. Ultimately ___________________ would be the first failure of the German Army as they were unable to capture the Capital City.

• Operation Typhoon
• Operation Torch
• Operation Clausewitz
• Case Yellow

5. Operations Uranus and eventually Saturn helped to encircle and trap German General Paulus at what famous city and battle?

• Moscow
• Leningrad
• Kiev
• Stalingrad

6. Instead of allowing General Paulus to breakout of the encirclement Hitler order General Von Manstein to break through the Soviet encirclement with Operation______________________.

• Case Blue
• Winterstorm
• Torch
• Overlord

7. Adolf Hitler was planning a counterattack to Operation Uranus and Saturn but had to delay it as he needed resources from the Eastern Front to stop the Allied invasion of North Africa which started with Operation ____________________.

• Torch
• Overlord
• Case Blue
• Sea Lion

8. Some of the key turning points on the Eastern Campaign was the Soviets change in strategy vs the Blitzkrieg, German inability to resupply their military quickly enough, extreme Soviet Winters, and the inability of the German __________________ to dominate the skies.

• Royal Air Force
• Red Air Force
• Luftwaffe
• U-Boats

9. D-Day was the secret planned invasion of Normandy, France on June 6th, 1944 code named _______________

• Operation Torch
• Operation Overlord
• Operation Buzzsaw
• Operation Rolling Thunder

10. D-Day may not have succeeded if not for a military mistake Hitler made by diverting some of his Military forces from Normandy and sending them to ______________ where he believed the Allied attack would come from.

• Paris
• Calais
• Arugala
• Chatau-Thierry