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The actual beginning of WWII was ________ .
- Germany's annexation of Austria in March 1938
- in March 1939, when the German Wehrmacht moved into the remainder of
Czechoslovakia
- the Allies' consent to give Sudetenland, part of Czechoslovakia, to Germany
- the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.
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The Second World War lasted for ________ .
- 4 years
- 5 years
- 6 years
- 7 years
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At the beginning of the war, USSR and Germany were ________ .
- allies
- enemies
- neither allies nor enemies (they had signed a non-aggression treaty)
- safely isolated from each other, so they didn't care about each other
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In Operation Barbarossa ________ .
- Germany attacked USSR
- Germany invaded Denmark and Norway
- the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
- the Western Allies invaded northern France
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The United States of America entered the war ________ .
- after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
- as Germany attacked the neutral nations of Belgium, the Netherlands, and
Luxembourg
- the moment Japan invaded China
- when Germany attacked USSR
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Who fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal?
- Allied forces against the Empire of Japan
- the Allies against Germany
- the Germans against the Soviets
- The Third Reich against the United States
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The Holocaust (aka Shoah) meant ________ deaths.
- six billion
- six hundred thousand
- six million
- sixty million
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The actual end of WWII came in ________ .
- April 1945, when the Reichstag was captured and Adolf Hitler committed suicide
- August 1945, when two nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan
- October 1946, when the Nuremberg trials ended
- September 1945, when Japan signed the surrender documents
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At the Big Three conferences (Teheran, Yalta, Potsdam), the top leaders of
the US, Britain and USSR DIDN'T
- agree on the invasion of France
- demand “unconditional surrender” from Japan and finalize arrangements for
Germany to be occupied and controlled by the Allied Control Commission
- focus on postwar plans for European boundaries
- speak about the invasion of Italy
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During the war, Czech soldiers distinguished themselves chiefly by ________ .
- breaking the Enigma code
- fighting at the Eastern Front
- rescuing the Jews from the concentration camps
- serving in the Royal Air Force
Správné odpovědi:
1) d,
2) c,
3) c,
4) a,
5) a,
6) a,
7) c,
8) d,
9) d,
10) d