WW2 In Colour Episode: 6
Who did Mussolini demand an Italian colony?
Greece
How many of Italy's six batteships were crippled?
Three
How long did the fate of Malta remain unseen?
Three Weeks
How long did the fight last while each side tried to ou tmaneuver the other?
Three Weeks
Who was Britain's Prime Minister?
Winston Churchill
Who is Hitler fellow dictator and where is he?
Benito Mussolini and he is in Italy.
Who was Wavell replaced by?
General Claude Auchinleck
What two generals was walking lake replaced by?
General Harold Alexander and General Bernard Montgomery
About how many Italian troops took prison?
100,000
How long did the fight last?
12 months
How many Allied troops had to be evacuated?
15,000
How many men were evacuated to the british-controlled island of Crete?
30,000
How far had the Western Desert Force advanced?
600 miles
Why was Churchill furious?
Churchill was furious of the lack of British progress.
When did the junior German General arrive at the Libyan port of Tripoli?
February 1941
How many gladiater fighter biplanes were found in crates on the Island?
Four biplanes
When did the landings began with first light?
May 20th
How many German troops swept down into Yugoslavia and greece?
Over half a million
What made communications and transporrt difficult in the end?
Rugged terrain
What happened to Mussolini's Balkan ambitions?
They fell apart
