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-Hiroshima -The Blitz -Evacuation -Home Guard

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Question 1 of 28

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When was the Postdam Conference held?

Select one of the following:

  • July 17th- August 2nd 1945

  • July 17th- July 21st 1946

  • December 4th- December 18th 1945

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Question 2 of 28

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The atomic bomb to blow up Hiroshima was shipped from San Antonio to Tinian Island.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 3 of 28

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On the ( 4th of August, 1st of August, 31st of July ) there was a meeting to discuss when the bomb would be dropped. On the ( 2nd of August, 21st of August, 5th of August ) a ( plane, R43, V29, car ) crashed, but it was also the day they loaded the bomb onto the plane.

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Question 4 of 28

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changed the plan last minute out of fear that if the plane crashed it would blow up the island.

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Question 5 of 28

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The plane that dropped the bomb was called the ( Enola Gay, Kate Jeffers, Japanese Attacker, Sue Swift ) after Tibbit's mother.

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Question 6 of 28

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America had several reasons for dropping the bomb on Hiroshima, what were they?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Bring the war with Japan to an end.

  • Japan refused to surrender.

  • They invented it and wanted to try it out.

  • To stop Japan invading America.

  • To punish them for bombing Pearl Harbour

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Question 7 of 28

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There were three planes flying to Hiroshima.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 8 of 28

1

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hours into the hour flight the three planes met up. One plane had already been over Hiroshima to check the to report back to the .

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Question 9 of 28

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( 45, 60, 10, 35 ) seconds after the bomb was released it exploded. ( 5, 1, 2 ) seconds before the atoms started to split ready to explode.

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Question 10 of 28

1

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The ( control, recording, weather ) plane had already caused everyone to be sent into shelters, but ( 45, 20, 50 ) minutes after they were given the all clear and carried on with their day. The bomb exploded at ( 9:35, 7:55, 8:15 ) am on the ( 7th, 6th, 5th ) of August 1945.

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Question 11 of 28

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The bomb released a 300 meter wide fireball.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 12 of 28

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The temperature under the fireball reached 2000 degrees centigrade.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 13 of 28

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The fireball was the first thing to happen. Then a . The third thing that happened was a . A flash happened after the and sent out radiation and gamma rays. Fires then started breaking out.

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Question 14 of 28

1

The Home Guard was advertised for men between the ages of 41 and 45.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 15 of 28

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A total of ( 67,800, 1,175,000, 1,905,000 ) volunteered themselves for the Home Guard.

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Question 16 of 28

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The Home Guard were also known as:

Select one of the following:

  • Dad's Army and Local Defence Volunteers

  • Grandad's Army and Home efforts

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Question 17 of 28

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Which of these were reasons people thought the Home Guard were useful?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Took prisoners away

  • Made life easier for the army

  • No one from the army was needed as the Home Guard handled it all.

  • Protected the coasts in case of invasion.

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Question 18 of 28

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Which of these were reasons that people thought the Home Guard were useless:

Select one or more of the following:

  • leaders were stupid

  • too slow

  • lazy, cowardly and childish

  • couldn't use a gun

  • shot other members

  • asked silly questions

  • weren't resilient

  • weren't very clever and didn't know what they were doing

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Question 19 of 28

1

Which of these were jobs for the Home Guard?

Select one or more of the following:

  • protectors from invasion

  • make sure war time laws were kept to

  • relieve the army from regular tasks

  • patrol the parks

  • patrol the streets at night

  • guard bridges

  • guard railway tunnels

  • guard bakeries

  • prepare defences in the area

  • guard enemy pilots and look out for German soldiers

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Question 20 of 28

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Which of these people volunteered themselves to the Home Guard?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Ministers

  • Doctors

  • Teachers

  • Shop and store owners

  • Labourers and undertakers

  • Farmers

  • Builders

  • Lawyers

  • Midwives

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Question 21 of 28

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During the Coventry Blitz there were ( 400, 50, 135, 780 ) German Bombers in the sky, none of which were shot down.

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Question 22 of 28

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The Coventry Blitz happened on the 16th November 1940.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 23 of 28

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Children sent to their parents from the countryside.

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Question 24 of 28

1

Scarletina was a killer disease.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 25 of 28

1

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Children were evacuated from ( the cities, the countryside, other countries ) to the ( countryside, capital, cities ), in total ( 1,474,000, 7,307,000, 789,000 ) people were evacuated.

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Question 26 of 28

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Which of these people were evacuated?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Teachers

  • Ministers

  • Pregnant women

  • School children

  • Blind and disabled

  • Lawyers

  • Over 70s

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Question 27 of 28

1

school children were evacuated. blind and disabled people were evacuated. teachers and 13,000 were evacuated. mothers and children under were evacuated. were evacuated from London. In total that's people.

Drag and drop to complete the text.

    827,000
    7,000
    103,000
    pregnant women
    524,000
    5
    241,000
    1,474,000

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Question 28 of 28

1

71,484 people were evacuated to Lancashire.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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