Test: Britain during WW2

Assignment 1: General knowledge

Give the correct answers:
1. When did Britain join World War 2?

2. Name an advantage the Luftwaffe had over the RAF:

3. Why did the Luftwaffe bomb London?

4. Why was the bombing of London a turning point in the war?

5. What is meant by the Blitz?

Assignment 2: Tenses
Fill in the sentences using the correct form and tense of the verb:

1. The Blitz . on October fifth 1940. (to start)

2. The National Service Act (to allow) all citizens between 18 and 60 to join some form
of national service.

3. Neville Chamberlain . Prime-minister for several years before Winston Churchill

took over. (to be)

Assignment 3: Reading
Read the text and answer the questions.

This text is written by Pete House, a British soldier. He talks about his time in a German prison
camp and about the people he met there.

Memories of Pete House

My Army Serial Number is 34546765. I was a Private First Class when I was captured, although
my Battery Commander told me on the morning of December 16 that I would be the new Supply
Sergeant. That afternoon he was killed by enemy fire, and by daylight the next day we were
totally cut off from the rest of the division.
I was held at a prison camp near Bad Orb when on March 20, 2047 captured British soldiers
arrived from Breslow. All of us at the prison camp were actually starving to death, because there
was almost no food. Red Cross boxes were non-existant. Most of the newly arrived Brits had
been captured at Dunkirk or North Africa, and they were forced to work in the mines. I visited
them right after they arrived. Three of the guys had a small device that one of them turned a
handle, and a second inserted bits of twigs and wood. This was a forced air stove they had made
and they were making a pot of tea! And they had a tin of powdered milk, sugar, and of course tea.
They explained that while working in the mines they received more food and a Red Cross Box
each week. They had so much food that they were able to trade food to other soldiers for watches,
pens, and money. They learned to make all sorts of things with the empty tin cans. They removed
the solder from the tin can seams, used the canned orange juice for acid and were able to make all
sorts of things. When the English army took over the camp from the Germans, I was a military
police officer at the camp and I was assigned to a post with the Brits. After my Guard Duty I went
to the command post where they offered me a cup of tea with powedered milk and real sugar. I
was a pig and quickly took a mouth full and badly burned my mouth, but after that day I was free!
Pete House

1) What is a Private?
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2) What was inside of the Red Cross boxes?
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3) Why did Pete House burn his mouth?
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4) Pete says that everyone at the prison camp was starving to death. Why were they starving to
death?
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5) Why did the British soldiers have more food?
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6) How did the British soldiers get a hot air stove?
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Assignment 4: Writing
Write a diary entry. Your viewpoint is that of a soldier in preparation for D-Day. Make sure it
includes the following points:

Explain what the goal is behind D-Day;

Name two precautions used to misinform Germany of where D-Day took place;
Which beach you will storm;
Name the importance of the weather-forecast;
(Bonus Point) explain how you are feeling about the coming battle.

Your entry must be at least 120 words long.