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British History Quiz #11 (WW2)

A quiz about things that happened in the second world war related to Britain, if you've noticed #10 is missing I'm going to do it later just wanted it to be in chronological order
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Where did the BEF evacuate from mainland Europe with the help of civilian boats
Dunkirk
Name of the special forces unit that was founded to cause disruption to supply lines in north Africa
SAS
What is the name of the aerial battle over the English channel
Battle of britain
What was the name of the machine that broke the enigma code
Bombe
Who was prime minister at the outbreak of the war
Neville Chamberlain
Which invention that was used to detect enemy aircraft gave Britain a huge advantage when intercepting German bombers
Radar
Who invented the bouncing bomb
Barnes Wallis
Which Civilian militia is portrayed in the television series dads army
Home guard
Name of the Allied operation to invade of French North Africa
Torch
Who was the British field marshal who planned operation market garden
Bernard Montgomery
Which plane manufacturing company designed the spitfire
Supermarine Aviation Works
Which prominent Nazi leader crashed in Scotland to try to negotiate peace between Britain and Germany
Rudolph Hess
Name the three codenames of the beaches the British commonwealth landed on during D-day
Gold
Juno
Sword
Name of the "pride of the fleet" that sunk in 1941 in the Denmark strait between Iceland and Greenland
HMS Hood
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