WW1 Dates
When and why did Russia leave the war?
1917. The Russian people overthrew the king and made Vladmir Lenin the leader. Lenin immediately took Russia out of the war.
When did WW2 start and end?
Who was in charge of Italy during WW1?
Vittorio Orlando.
Who led the British 8th Army in North Africa?
Field Marshal Montgomery.
What type of plane was the Junkers Ju87.
A dive bomber.
When did the U.S. enter the war? And why?
1917. They entered the war because German U-Boats were sinking U.S. ships and ships with Americans on board.
When did the Yalta Conference happen?
Who was President of the U.S. during WW1?
Woodrow Wilson.
Who invented Penicillin?
Alexander Fleming.
Who was fighting in the Gallipoli peninsula?
The British and A.N.Z.A.C. were fighting against the Ottoman Empire.
When did tanks first come out?
1916.
Where, when and how did the Bismark sink?
1941 in the Baltic Sea. The Bismark's propeller was hit by a torpedo making the ship stop. Then the Bismark was picked off by a British Fleet.
Who was in charge of the British Navy?
Winston Churchill.
Who turned their spy adventures into fiction?
Ian Fleming.
What are the affects of Chlorine gas?
The lungs will fill with liquid.
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
When did the blitzkrieg in France start?
Who was king of Belgium?
King Albert.
Who was the German U-Boat Commander?
Karl Donitz.
Why did Germany invade Belgium in WW1?
To bypass all of France's forts.
What year did Archduke Franz Fernand die? What year did WW1 start and end?
Franz died in 1914. WW1 started in 1914 and ended in 1918.
When did Hitler Come to power? Why?
1935. The German public was embarrassed about losing WW1, so they elected him to start WW2 and try to win.
What was the relationship between Czar Nicholas II of Russia, George V of Britain and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany?
Nicholas's wife was a cousin of George and Wilhelm.
Who was the commander of the German Afrika Korps?
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
What were the areas that Italy wanted to capture in WW2?
Africa and the Mediterranean.