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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Battle of Britain took place from July through October, 1940. This was just after the surrender of what country to Nazi Germany?
France
Britain
Poland
Austria
- 2. Multiple Choice
Luftwaffe
German word meaning airplane
German air force
French word meaning Love Waffle
British air force
- 3. Multiple Choice
The 2 most famous British airplanes used during the Battle of Britain were ...
the Stuka and the BF 109
Spitfire and the Tornado
the Bf 110 and the He 111
the Hurricane and the Spitfire
- 4. Multiple Choice
A fight between airplanes
dogfight
catfight
birdfight
fistfight
- 5. Multiple Choice
Name of the Nazi plan to invade Britain after France surrendered to the Germans.
Operation Dynamo
Operation Sealion
Operation Himmler
Operation Barbarossa
- 6. Multiple Choice
Identify the advantages that British pilots had during the Battle of Britain. Choose 2.
radar
flying over friendly territory
more experienced pilots
faster airplanes
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who was commander of the Luftwaffe?
Hermann Goering
FDR
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
- 8. Multiple Choice
How were the British able to stay aware of German air raids before they reached the home island of Great Britain?
people watching in observation posts
radar
Fighter Command Operations room
all of these
- 9. Multiple Choice
What percentage of RAF pilots were actually from countries other than Britain?
1%
20%
75%
100%
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the average age of those men who volunteered to join the RAF?
12 years old
16 years old
20 years old
35 years old
- 11. Multiple Choice
How long did it take most new pilots to "earn their wings?"
almost 2 weeks
4-5 months
12 months
close to 2 years
- 12. Multiple Choice
Pilots from which country were highly motivated and eager to get revenge on the Luftwaffe?
Poland
United States
Britain
Belgium
- 13. Multiple Choice
There were American pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.
TRUE
FALSE
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Battle of Britain was fought between the ___________ and the ___________.
RAF; Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht; BEF
US Army; Japanese
submarines; destroyers
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which side won the Battle of Britain?
Germans
British
Italians
Soviets
- 16. Multiple Choice
What does RAF stand for?
Royal Air Force
Real Airplanes Fly
Run and Fight
Ready and Flying
- 17. Drop Down
"Never in the field of human (a) has so much been owed by so (b) to so (c) ."
-Winston Churchill
LuftwaffeRAFChurchillconflictmanyfew - 18. Fill in the Blank
What does the "R" stand for in RAF?
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