The Resistance
Ghettos and Concentration Camps
The Merchant Marines
Soviet Deportations of Balkan States
Miscellaneous
100
What was the French Resistance called?
The Maquis or the Maquisards
100
Approximately how many Jewish people were killed in concentration camps?
3 million
100
Who were the Merchant Marines?
The Merchant Marines were and still are American civilians who served aboard merchant ships. During WWII, more than 243,000 risked their lives by delivering supplies to the Allied Forces in Europe.
100
When was the Soviet Union deporting people of Baltic states?
Between 1940 and 1953
100
What was the mortality rate for POWs in Russian camps?
85%
200
Describe the flag of Vichy France.
The current French flag with a red Cross of Lorraine
200
What was the largest Jewish ghetto and where was it located?
The largest ghetto during WWII was the Warsaw ghetto, located in Warsaw, Poland.
200
List at least three things that Merchant Marines delivered.
Troops, supplies, food, aircraft, gasoline, oil, guns, shells, vehicles, tanks, bombs, ammunition, medicine, equipment, and needed materiel for war.
200
About how many people were deported from their homes in Baltic countries by the Soviet Union during the occupation?
Over half a million
200
Who was the youngest soldier to serve in WWII?
Calvin Graham was 12 when he served in WWII. He lied about his age when he enlisted in the American Navy.
300
Which 3 locations did the Polish government-in-exile flee to?
Paris (France), Angers (France), and London (Britain)
300
What was the largest concentration camp during the war?
Auschwitz, or Auschwitz-Birkenau
300
What was the Battle of the Atlantic?
The Battle of the Atlantic was a six-year campaign to clear the Atlantic of German submarines trying to cut supply routes from the Americas to Europe to help the Allies.
300
What three countries were the victims of these occupations and deportations?
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
300
Which 2 countries were already engaged in a military conflict before WWII?
Japan and China
400
What was the name of the largest resistance group in Poland?
Armia Krajowa, ‘Home Army’ in Polish
400
What was the most common way for people to be killed in concentration camps?
Poisonous gas
400
True or False: The Merchant Marines had the highest casualty rate of any military branch during WWII.
True. One in every seven Mariners that served in Canada's Merchant Marine during WWII was killed in action.
400
Deported people were sent to labour camps. Where were these camps most notably located?
Siberia, USSR
400
What was the last day of WWII called?
VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)
500
Who was the leader of the Dutch resistance?
Walraven van Hall
500
What was the first German concentration camp?
Dachau. It opened in March of 1933 for Hitler's political opponents.
500
About how many Merchant Marines were killed during WWII?
The US lost between 8,000 and 12,000 Merchant Marine sailors during WWII.
500
What were the Soviet deportations of Baltic states code-named?
Operation Priboi (Operation Coastal Surf in Russian)
500
Which other people were also sometimes brought to live in ghettos?
The Roma, or gypsies. They are a nomadic people who reside in the Balkans or Central Europe.