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6. What happened during this period? August - September 1940

  • Battle of Britain
  • Dunkirk Evacuation
  • The Blitz

7. What name was given to this day? 15 August 1940?

  • Black Thursday
  • Blue Tuesday
  • Black Wednesday

8. When was the first wave of bombings on London?

  • August - September 1940
  • September 1940 - May 1941
  • June 1941 - December 1941
  • September 1939 - April 1940

9. What is the significance of 1 September 1939?

  • The Depression began
  • Evacuation started
  • Hitler committed suicide

10. The D-Day landings began 5-6 June 1944. True or False?

  • True
  • False

11. Hitler committed suicide on 31 April 1945

  • False
  • True

12. When did the Germans surrender?

  • May 1945
  • August 1945
  • January 1945

13. When was the Beveridge Report published?

  • December 1942
  • January 1943
  • May 1941

14. What period was the Great Depression?

  • 1950s
  • 1930s
  • 1920s
  • 1910s
  • 1940s

15. When was the Special Areas Act introduced?

  • 1931
  • 1930
  • 1934
  • 1936

16. The Means Test was introduced in 1931.

  • True
  • False

17. What march was carried out in 1936?

  • Peace
  • Jarrow
  • Protestors
  • Newcastle

18. When was the 2nd Blitz?

  • 1940-45
  • 1944-45
  • 1943-44

19. What year did the Government introduce rationing and the Emergency Powers Act?

  • 1936
  • 1938
  • 1939
  • 1940

20. In which months did the Soviet forces liberate much of Europe and capture Berlin?

  • April-May 1945
  • June-July 1945
  • May-June 1945