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What is a convoy?
This group of 50-60 supply ships would travel together and would be escorted by 3-4 corvettes.
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What is “total” war?
The only real result of Allied bombing was thousands of civilian deaths in this ___________.
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What is a corvette?
This small, fast vessel accompanied larger supply ships.
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What is the 4th largest?
By the end of the war, Canada’s air force became the _____________ in the world.
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What is “the Happy time”?
The German submarine crews termed the opening months of the war _______________ because they sunk Allied ships so easily and quickly.
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Who are the civilian sailors of the Merchant Marine?
Their contribution has often been overlooked, but they played a vital role in the war at sea. In the convoys, they sailed the cargo ships.
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What is systematic bombing?
In 1942, the _________________________ of German cities by the Allies had begun.
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What are Britain and Russia?
These two countries depended on a lifeline of supplies from North America during the war.
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What is the German fighting spirit?
Allied chiefs decided to try to destroy _______________________ by mercilessly pounding cities from the air.
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What is May 30th?
On this night, 1000 bombers raided the city of Cologne.
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What are Canada and the United States?
German U-boats blasted merchant ships from these two countries as they steamed toward British ports.
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What are Berlin and Cologne?
Later in the war, cities such as these faced wave upon wave of Allied bombers.
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What is 11 ships and 20000 sailors?
At the outbreak of the war, the Royal Canadian Navy had ___ ships and __________ sailors.
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What is July 24th to 31st?
Between these days, Hamburg was attacked 8 times.
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What is 20/week and 8 U-boats?
Cargo vessels were being sunk at the rate of ____________, and the Germans were busy building ___ U-boats for every 1 they lost.
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What is 400 warships, 113000 personnel, and 7000 women?
Canada had the third largest navy in the world with nearly _____ warships and _________ personnel, including ______ women.
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What are industrial targets, civilians, women and children?
In the night, under fire, bombs often missed ________ and killed __________, mostly ________ and _________.
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What is the Newfoundland car ferry and 136 people?
In 1942, a U-boat torpedoed this ship and killed ___ people.
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What is 60% and 80000 civilians?
____ percent of Hamburg was destroyed by firebombs and ________ civilians were killed.
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What is dangerously low and “spinning bombs”?
In order to destroy hydroelectric installations, pilots had to fly ______________ and send _____________ bouncing along the water like skipping stones.
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What is better training, battle experience, improved radar for underwater detection of submarines, and protection provided by patrol aircraft?
In 1942, the Allies lost 1164 ships, but these 4 factors eventually helped to ensure that supply ships got through to Britain.
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What are fast enemy fighters, anti-aircraft fire, radar, poor weather, darkness, unreliable equipment, fatigue, and being found in the glare of enemy searchlights?
Pilots in the Canadian air force had to contend with these 8 factors.
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What is the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 19 merchant ships and 2 naval escorts?
In 1942, German submarines penetrated this location and sank ___ merchant ships and __ naval escorts.
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What are German industries, railways, highways, bridges, and oil refineries?
The original aim of the bombing was to destroy these 5 targets.
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What is the “Dambusters” raid; May 17th, 1943; and the Ruhr valley?
This famous raid took place on __________, during which Canadian bombers took part in the daring raid on hydroelectric installations in ______________ of Germany.
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