Twentieth Century
World War II


1. What year did Adolf Hitler rise to power in Germany?
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2. What was the name of the Italian dictator who had been in power since 1922?
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3. Which treaty had concluded peace after World War I in 1919?
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4. What was the name of the political police in Nazi Germany?
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5. Why was the night when Jewish businesses and synagogues were attacked in November 1938 called Kristal Allnacht?
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6. What was the Anschluss, which took place in March 1938?
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7.What happened on the 1st September, 1939 to precipitate the declaration of war by Britain and France?
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8. The Maginot line was a defensive system constructed to protect the French border. How did it get its name?
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9. Against which country did Hitler launch 'Operation Barbarossa'?
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10. Who was the Desert Fox?
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11. What mark did Jews under Germany rule have to wear on their clothing?
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12. American conscripts called themselves GIs. What did the initials stand for?
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13. Name the commander of the French armies in World War I who was appointed head of government after Hitler's invasion and was tried as a collaborator at the end of the war.
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14. 'Let nobody say it cannot be done. It must be done and we are prepared to do it.' Who said this about the 'victory programme' of his country?
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15. In 1941 the Japanese attacked the American fleet in Pearl Harbor. Where is Pearl Harbor?
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16. In 1943, the Red Army began to drive the Germans from Soviet territory. When they liberated Kiev, what horror did they find at Babi Yar?
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17. What was remarkable about Japanese kamikaze pilots?
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18. The codename 'Operation Overlord' was given to which military operation in 1944?
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19. Where did Churchill and Roosevelt meet Stalin for a major conference in February 1945?
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20. The first meeting of the United Nations Organization was scheduled for 25 April, 1945. What organisation did it replace?
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21. Which German city suffered the worst bombing of the war in February 1945?
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22. The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. One which city was the second one dropped?
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23. What trials began in November 1945 to bring war criminals to justice?
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24. Which emperor ruled Japan at the time of the war?
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25. Name the Jewish girl who kept a famous diary while in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam?
Anne Frank