Germany attacked Denmark and Norway using this technique.
What is "blitzkrieg" (aka: lightning war)?
100
Allied Forces were surrounded by Germans and had to be evacuated with the help of the British. It was considered a moral victory for the Allies.
What is the Evacuation at Dunkirk?
100
Politician who gave the "Day of Infamy" speech.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
100
The German term for "armed forces".
What is "Wehrmacht"?
100
Name of the German deciphering machine.
What is the "Enigma"?
200
Stalin's policy of having his Red Army destroy food, supplies, machinery, etc. as they retreated so that the Germans would have no access to their supplies.
What is the "scorched earth policy"?
200
Code name for the war on the Eastern Front.
What is "Operation Barbarossa" (aka: Red Beard)?
200
The British Prime Minister in 1938 that was present for the Munich Agreement.
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
200
Names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan by America.
What are "Fat Man" and "Little Boy"?
200
The name of the international conference where the terms of Germany's punishment were broadcast to Japan.
What is the "Potsdam Conference"?
300
German term for "living space".
What is "lebensraum"?
300
An experimental raid to test out new equipment and techniques led by Canada's Second Division. It was a massive failure.
What is the Dieppe Raid?
300
Appointed by Mackenzie King as the minister for the Department of Munitions and Supplies.
Who was C.D Howe?
300
Canadian-built, smaller warships that were used to escort convoy ships. Were small and quick, but not very "sea worthy".
What are "corvettes"?
300
The code name for the Battle of Britain.
What is "Operation Sea Lion"?
400
The name for German U-boats that traveled in groups searching for Allied ships to sink.
What are "wolf packs"?
400
The code name for D-Day.
What is "Operation Overlord"?
400
This politician said that everything in the war depended on the outcome of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Who was British Prime Minister Winston Churchill?
400
The Japanese living in BC were interned under what legislation?
What is the "War Measures Act"?
400
The code names of the 5 beaches designated as landing points for Allied Forces in Normandy during D-Day. *Note: You need name all 5 code names correctly for 400 points.
What are "Sword", "Juno", "Gold", "Omaha", and "Utah"?
500
Germany's plan to rid their society of all people they considered "impure".
What is the "Final Solution"?
500
The location of a battle that took place on Christmas Day, 1941. Many Canadian prisoners were taken as prisoners of war.
What is "Hong Kong"?
500
Name of the President that ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
Who is Harry Truman?
500
Also known as WRENs.
What is the "Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service"?
500
Legislation introduced by Mackenzie King that gave the government special emergency powers to mobilize all the resources in the nation to defeat the enemy.
What is the "National Resources Mobilization Act"?