The Road to War
The most widely accepted cause of WWII according to many historians is?
The Treaty of Versaillle (Prize)
German strategy of attack that had caught the allies by surprise, especially France. Also known as “lightning war.”
Blitzkrieg (Prize)
This is the longest battle of WWII in which Germany was attempting to sink merchant ships on the way to Britain
The Battle of the Atlantic
What code name was given to the atomic bomb dropping?
Manhattan Project (Free MC)
To restrict resources such as food and fuel in order to avoid shortages
Rationing (Prize)
Paying money for war damages is called?
Reparations (Prize)
A military group who transported military goods and personnel
The Merchant Marines
Canadians distinguished themselves in house-to-house hand-to-hand combat in this battle.
The Italian Campaign (free MC)
What is the major Canadian connection to the development of the Atomic Bomb?
Uranium used in the atomic bombs came from Canada. (Prize)
Forced military enlistment. Also in Canada, it included home front defense as well. (Ex. Growing food, working essential jobs, rationing)
Conscription (National Mobilization Act) (Free MC)
Germany, Italy, and Japan were an alliance called?
The Axis Powers
A surprise military strike by the imperial Japanese Navy against the United States is known as?
Bombing of Pearl Harbour (Free MC)
What was the code name used for the invasion of Normandy?
Operation Overlord (Prize)
True or False? Japan and Germany surrendered together?
False
Places where suspected or real enemies within a country or place were forced to stay, especially during war time
Internment Camps
Poland was invaded on what date?
September 1, 1939 (Prize)
A term related to an area of the North Atlantic Ocean which was beyond the range of land-based American and British anti-submarine aircraft during WWII. Many merchant ships were sunk in this area of the Atlantic.
The Black Pit (Prize)
What was the name given to the section of Normandy Beach designated to the Canadians?
Juno Beach (Prize)
Name the two cities bombed in the Manhattan Project
Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Prize)
AKA “Queen of the Hurricanes” was the world’s first woman in Canada to earn an aeronautical engineering degree.
Elsie McGill (Prize)
Canada's Prime Minister during WWII
Prime Minister Mackenzie King (Free MC)
The first Canadian land fought battle was?
The Battle of Hong Kong (Prize)
How are Canadians still respected by the Netherlands after WWII?
They send tulips to Ottawa (Prize)
What nicknames were given to the atomic bombs?
Little Boy and Fat Man (Prize)
A direct vote by citizens on a specific matter of public policy for approval or rejection (Newfoundland held one on March 31st, 1949)
Referendum (Prize)