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The Second World War began at dawn on September 1, 1939, as the German armies swept into ________. |
| Hungary |
Belgium |
| Poland |
Holland |
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________ was Britain's reigning Monarch at the time the War broke out.
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| George VI |
Henry IV |
| Henry VIII |
George V |
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Following the collapse of Poland a strange lull set in on the western front. This period from October 1939 to April 1940 became known as ________. |
| the "blitzkrieg" |
the "happy days" |
| the "Phony War" |
the "Anschluss" |
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On May 10, 1940, ________ became Prime Minister of Great Britain. |
| Neville Chamberlain |
Edward Heath |
| Winston Churchill |
Benjamin Disraeli |
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The Second World War's longest battle, ________, began on the first day of the hostilities in September 1939 and lasted to the very end of in May 1945. |
| the Battle of Britain |
the Battle of the Atlantic |
| the Battle of the Scheldt |
the Battle of the Bulge |
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Beginning the War with a mere 13 vessels and 3,000 men, the Royal Canadian Navy ended it with ________ fighting ships and more than ________ men. |
| 97 - 42,000 |
45 - 8,500 |
| 256 - 76,000 |
373 - 90,000 |
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The Canadian Merchant Navy played a key role in the transport of supplies, fuel and troops overseas. As a consequence, its ships were a key target of the enemy. By war's end, as many as ________ Canadian Merchant Navy ships would be lost to enemy action. |
| 43 |
95 |
| 102 |
72 |
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Without warning, the Japanese attacked the American fleet in Pearl Harbor on ________, sparking the United States' official entry into the War. |
| December 7, 1941 |
August 19, 1942 |
| June 22, 1940 |
June 22, 1941 |
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In 1941, ________ first committed Canadian soldiers to battle. |
| the sinking of the S.S. Athenia |
the defence of Hong Kong |
| Pearl Harbor |
the Raid on Dieppe |
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On ________, the famous raid on Dieppe took place. |
| August 19, 1942 |
June 6, 1941 |
| December 7, 1940 |
June 22, 1941 |
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For their actions during the raid on Dieppe, ________ were awarded the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth's highest military honour for bravery. |
| John Robert Osborn and David Vivian Currie |
John Weir Foote and Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt |
| John Robert Osborn and John Weir Foote |
Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt and David Vivian Currie |
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Of the 6,100 troops who took part in Operation Jubilee, ________ were Canadians. |
| 2,200 |
4,963 |
| 907 |
3,367 |
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| 13 |
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Operation Overlord, the long-awaited invasion of Northwestern Europe commonly known as D-Day, took place on ________. |
| June 6, 1944 |
July 10, 1944 |
| August 16, 1944 |
August 25, 1944 |
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________ Canadians landed in Normandy on D-Day and, of these, ________ became casualties. |
| 52,000 - 2,232 |
33,000 - 1,667 |
| 14,000 - 1,074 |
23,000 - 2,212 |
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After the Allied victory in Normandy, Germany could no longer hold France. ________ troops liberated Paris on August 25, 1944. |
| French and American |
Canadian and British |
| Canadian and American |
French and Canadian |
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________ was responsible for what was probably Canada's most important victory in the Second World War, the opening of the Scheldt Estuary. |
| Gen. H.D.G. Crerar |
Field Marshal Sir B.L. Montgomery |
| LGen. G.G. Simonds |
Major-Gen. Christopher Vokes |
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On May 7, 1945, barely two days after the liberation of The Netherlands, Germany capitulated. The formal German surrender was signed in ________. |
| Berlin, Germany |
Rheims, France |
| Antwerp, Belgium |
Amsterdam, Holland |
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| 18 |
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On August 14, 1945, the Second World War came to an end when nuclear bombs were dropped over Japan. The cities hit were ________. |
| Hiroshima and Tokyo |
Tokyo and Nagasaki |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
Nagasaki and Kyoto |
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________ Canadian men and women enlisted in the military and, of these, ________ gave their lives for peace and freedom. |
| 500,00 - 12,100 |
94,000 - 1,800 |
| 1 million - 45,000 |
1.5 million - 52,000 |
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| 20 |
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Among the 3,000 identified Aboriginal members of the Forces, ________ earned decorations for bravery. |
| 5 |
9 |
| 13 |
17 |
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| True or False |
| 21 |
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Approximately 200,000 Canadian soldiers who served in the Second World War were under the age of 21. |
| True |
False |
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| 22 |
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Women who worked with lumberjacks and loggers during the war were called "lumberjills". |
| True |
False |
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| 23 |
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The Marshall Plan was a proposal that provided for the channelling of millions in economic aid and technical assistance to rebuild member countries of the Axis powers. |
| True |
False |
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| 24 |
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The Allied Forces developed tanks with names like Crab and Crocodile that were specially designed to go through the German Army's coastal defences. |
| True |
False |
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| 25 |
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Allied engineers built a long, flexible pipe called Pluto that ran under the sea from England to Normandy and was capable of carrying thousands of gallons of fuel a day. |
| True |
False |
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| 26 |
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Homemakers, conscious of the need for aluminum for the aircraft industry, donated perfectly good aluminum cookware to scrap drives. |
| True |
False |
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| 27 |
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To fool the Germans into thinking they were going to attack Calais, the Allies set up a mock assault force with dummy ships, plywood gliders and rubber tanks. |
| True |
False |
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| 28 |
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On Remembrance Day, the Cree say "Kahgee pohn noten took". It means "the fighting has ended". |
| True |
False |
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Match the following captions to the photos
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HMCS New Waterford, commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy, near Esquimalt, B.C. February 17, 1944. |
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Royal Hamilton Light Infantry carriers on the Beveland Causeway. October 1944. (NAC 41949) |
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Trainees walking to Avro Anson aircraft for navigation flight, No. 1 Air Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba. June 4, 1941. (NAC PL3138) |
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Workers at Western Steel Ltd, Winnipeg. September 1943. (NAC PA116148) |
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Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill visiting First Canadian Army front near Nijmegen, March 4, 1945, just three weeks after commencement of operation Veritable. (NAC 47374)
Left to right: Gen. H.D.G. Crerar, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, LGen. G.G. Simonds, Churchill, Field Marshal Sir B.L. Montgomery.
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An unidentified member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps carrying a gas mask. August 1943. (NAC PA141007) |
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| 35 |
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The Cross of Sacrifice, Sai Wan Bay War Cemetery, Hong Kong. (DND 76-142-CAM) |
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| 36 |
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A Catalina of No. 413 Squadron in Ceylon. (DND PL10007) |
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Cpl. Huron Brant of Ontario's Bay of Quinte Band was decorated with the Military Medal in Italy in 1943. (Capt. Frank Royal/DND/NAC PA130065) |
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| 38 |
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View from RCAF aircraft of a convoy of merchant ships in the North Atlantic. (NAC PA115005) |
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The forged identity card that secret agent Ray LaBrosse used to move around France undetected. (Courtesy Ray LaBrosse) |
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A Canadian Volunteer Service medal with the Overseas Service bar and the Dieppe bar. |
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