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WorksheetsBattle of Britain
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Battle of Britain took place from July through October, 1940. This was just after the surrender of what country to Nazi Germany?
France
Britain
Poland
Austria
Luftwaffe
German word meaning airplane
German air force
French word meaning Love Waffle
British air force
The 2 most famous British airplanes used during the Battle of Britain were ...
the Stuka and the BF 109
Spitfire and the Tornado
the Bf 110 and the He 111
the Hurricane and the Spitfire
A fight between airplanes
dogfight
catfight
birdfight
fistfight
Name of the Nazi plan to invade Britain after France surrendered to the Germans.
Operation Dynamo
Operation Sealion
Operation Himmler
Operation Barbarossa
Identify the advantages that British pilots had during the Battle of Britain. Choose 2.
radar
flying over friendly territory
more experienced pilots
faster airplanes
Who was commander of the Luftwaffe?
Hermann Goering
FDR
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
How were the British able to stay aware of German air raids before they reached the home island of Great Britain?
people watching in observation posts
radar
Fighter Command Operations room
all of these
What percentage of RAF pilots were actually from countries other than Britain?
1%
20%
75%
100%
What was the average age of men who volunteered to join the RAF before the Battle of Britain?
12 years old
16 years old
20 years old
35 years old
How long did it take most new pilots to "earn their wings?"
almost 2 weeks
4-5 months
12 months
close to 2 years
Pilots from which country were highly motivated and eager to get revenge on the Luftwaffe?
Poland
United States
Britain
Belgium
American pilots fought in the Battle of Britain.
TRUE
FALSE
The Battle of Britain was fought between the ___________ and the ___________.
RAF; Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht; BEF
US Army; Japanese
submarines; destroyers
Which side lost the Battle of Britain?
Germans
British
Italians
Soviets
What does RAF stand for?
Royal Air Force
Real Airplanes Fly
Run and Fight
Ready and Flying
"Never in the field of human (a) was so much owed by so (b) to so (c) ."
-Winston Churchill
What does the "R" stand for in RAF?
(a)
