Significant Battles

Match the events to their dates

• July to October, 1940

• The Battle of Britain

• 7th of December, 1941

• The Battle of Stalingrad

• 17 July 1942 – 31 January 1943

• Bombing of Pearl Harbour

• June 6, 1944

• The D-Day Invasion

Match the nation to its leader (these are the main leaders, as some nations had multiple)

• Emperor Hirohito

• Germany

• Fuhrer Adolf Hitler

• France

• Generalissimus Joseph Stalin

• Soviet Union

• President Charles de Gaulle

• Japan

• Prime Minister Winston Churchill

• Great Britain

The Battle of Britain coincided with

• "The Britzz"

• "The Blitz"

• 'The Showdown'

• 'The Apocolypse'

Match the following nation's airforce with it's acronym

• VVS

• USA's Army Air Forces

• Luftwaffe

• Soviet Air Forces

• RAF

• Royal Australian Air Force

• AAF

• Germany's airforce

• RAAF

• Britain' Royal Airforce

Answer explanation

The acronyms don't always match the name, because the name has been translated into English.

E.G. Военно-Воздушные Силы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик is the Air Force of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Who won the Battle of Britain?

• Germany

• USSR

• Britain

• USA

Who won the Battle of Stalingrad?

• Germany

• USSR

• Britain

• USA

Who bombed Pearl Harbor (USA)?

• Germany

• USSR

• Japan

• USA

The following countries lead the D-Day landings:

• Germany, Japan, Itally

• USSR, Poland, Turkey

• USA, Britain, Canada, France

• USA, Germany, Turkey

The Allies almost ​ (a)   their D-Day invasion due to ​ (b)   . However, they invaded anyway which ​ (c)   Germany who were ​ (d)   .

• less prepared
• cancelled
• bad weather
• surprised

By the end of ​ (a)   over ​ (b)   troops had landed in ​ (c)   .

• 150,000
• D-Day
• Normandy
• 250,000
• B-Day
• Berlin