NAME: _________________________
Test Prep - Aviation in WWII
1. Define a strategic bombing campaign. What is its main goal?
2. What is the German Air Force called. Who was its commander?
3. Which of the following countries did the German use their blitzkrieg offensive?\
Italy
Spain
France
Norway
Russia
4. Why was the German Blitzkrieg used against civilians in cities?
5. Germany attacked Poland to start WWII. Which country did it attack next?
6. Prior to the Battle of Britain, 380,000 allied troops successfully escaped from France to England
on the beaches near this French city.
7. What was the German operation to invade Britain called?
8. Circle the German aircraft that were used in the Battle of Britain.
JU-87
HE-111
Spitfire
Dornier 17
9. When Russia was facing total defeat at the hands of Germany, Stalin ordered his military to
move its munitions and factories 1000 miles to the east over which mountain range?
10. When did the U.S. declare war on Germany?
11. Thirty 30 days after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. created the 8th Air Force. Where did it hold its first
meeting?
12. What was the nickname of the B-17 bomber?
13. Black Thursday, in October 1943, caused the United States to suspend daylight bombing
operations when two thrids of its B-17s were shot down or damaged in an attack against which
two targets?
14. To help minimize losses of the bombers, General LeMay developed a formation that the B-17s
would fly in to maximize the power of the B-17 defenses and to improve the results of its
bombing. What was this new bomber formation called?
15. If you were an airborne trooper during the D-Day invasion, your primary mission was to drop
behind the German lines to secure what major transportation targets?
16. About how long did it take Germany to defeat Poland in 1939?
NAME: _________________________
17. Put an A by the event that occured first, B for the event that occurred second, etc.
Germany invades Russia
United States attacks Japan
Germany attacks Great Britain
Japan attacks the United States
18. Circle the event that occurred in 1941?
The Battle of Britain begins
Germany declares war on the United States
380,000 French and British forces are rescued on the beaches of Dunkirk
Germany invades Russia and destroys the Russian defenders who are retreating westward
19. What was the German operation to invade Russia called?
20. What was the main reason the United States lost so many long range bombers and crews during
the first year of operations to attack targets deep into German territory?
21. Before the P-51 Mustangs entered WWII, we tried to extend the ranges of current fighters such
as the P-47 Thunderbolt by doing what?
22. What was the official name of the allied D-Day invasion of France in 1944?
23. List three of the fighters flown by the U.S. during WWII.
24. Which country developed and floe the Hurricane aircraft?
25. In the attack on the city of Dresden, we dropped 3900 tons of bombs and burned/vaporized how
many square miles of the city?
26. What was the nickname of the first (and only) jet to see action in WWII?
27. What was the Condor Legion?
28. During the allied bombing campaign in WWII, which country flew missions primarily at night?
29. When WWII ended, how many airmen did the 8th Air Force lose?
30. When did the Germans finally surrender to the allies?