UK Quick Quiz: Britain
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Alone - Dunkirk
What name was given to the period after the declaration of war?
What measures were taken in Britain to protect civilians?
Phoney War
Evacuation
Gas masks
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Who became leader of a coalition government on the 10 May?
Winston Churchill
What was the name of the British force that was sent to help France?
BEF
What do the initials BEF stand for?
British Expeditionary Force
What was the name given to the German tactic known as lightning war?
Blitzkrieg
7. Describe the key features of blitzkrieg.
- Stuka dive bombers destroy communications and attack airfields
- Stukas cause civilian panic, refugees block roads to the front
- fast moving armoured columns isolate defenders into groups
- infantry support
Why were the Germans so successful at the beginning of the war?
- blitzkrieg was a new type of warfare
- surprise
- defenders disorganised
- defenders using outdated tactics, ie French Maginot Line
From where were the BEF evacuated?
Dunkirk
What was the British name for the Dunkirk evacuation?
Operation Dynamo
What were the BEF forced to abandon at Dunkirk?
Equipment
Why was “Britain Alone” after June 1940? - Hitler controlled France, Low Countries, Norway
What was the German name for the planned invasion of Britain?
Operation Sea Lion
How important was Winston Churchill’s leadership during this period?
- stubborn refusal to surrender
- stirring oratory in radio broadcasts
- raised British morale and will to resist
- “Hitler knows he will have to break us in this island ...”
- “We shall fight them ... we shall never surrender ...”
- “Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.”
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