Allies of World War II - Quiz
Allies of World War II
  • 1. Which French territory in Africa was considered a fully-fledged part of metropolitan France rather than a colony?
A) French Morocco
B) French Somaliland
C) French Algeria
D) French Tunisia
  • 2. Which French territory in Asia was involved in the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence of 1936?
A) New Caledonia
B) French Indochina
C) Syria
D) French India
  • 3. What was the result of the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence of 1936?
A) It was not ratified
B) It was immediately implemented
C) It granted immediate full independence
D) It was signed by the United Nations
  • 4. In what year did Syria become an official republic?
A) 1930
B) 1941
C) 1945
D) 1936
  • 5. What was the name of the 1941 military operation that expelled Vichy French forces from Syria?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Overlord
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Exporter
  • 6. Which of the following was listed as a French mandate in Asia?
A) Guangzhouwan
B) Greater Lebanon
C) French Polynesia
D) New Hebrides
  • 7. Which French colony is located in Africa according to the text?
A) French Indochina
B) French West Africa
C) Wallis and Futuna
D) New Caledonia
  • 8. What was the status of Syria before the 1941 invasion?
A) A fully-fledged part of France
B) An independent kingdom
C) Largely self-governing
D) A British colony
  • 9. Which force supported the British-led invasion of Syria in 1941?
A) Soviet forces
B) Free French forces
C) American forces
D) Vichy French forces
  • 10. Which of these is explicitly identified as a protectorate in Africa?
A) French Morocco
B) French West Africa
C) French Equatorial Africa
D) French Madagascar
  • 11. On what date did Germany invade Poland?
A) 1 October 1939
B) 1 September 1939
C) 3 September 1939
D) 17 September 1939
  • 12. When did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
A) 17 September 1939
B) 1 September 1939
C) 3 September 1939
D) 10 June 1940
  • 13. Which country invaded Poland from the east on 17 September 1939?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Soviet Union
D) United States
  • 14. On what date did Italy declare war on Britain and France?
A) 22 June 1941
B) 12 September 1939
C) 1 September 1939
D) 10 June 1940
  • 15. Which of these countries did NOT declare war on Germany in the two weeks following Britain?
A) United States
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) South Africa
  • 16. When was the first meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council?
A) 1 September 1939
B) 12 September 1939
C) 1 October 1939
D) June 1941
  • 17. Which city fell on 1 October 1939?
A) Athens
B) London
C) Paris
D) Warsaw
  • 18. In what month and year did Germany begin its invasion of western Europe?
A) September 1939
B) June 1941
C) December 1941
D) April 1940
  • 19. Who was the leader of the Free-French forces recognized by Britain?
A) Chiang Kai-shek
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) Winston Churchill
D) Franklin Roosevelt
  • 20. In what year were the Free French finally recognized as a government-in-exile?
A) 1944
B) 1941
C) 1940
D) 1942
  • 21. Which of these countries established a government-in-exile in 1941?
A) Yugoslavia
B) Poland
C) Denmark
D) Norway
  • 22. What was the name of the declaration resulting from the First Inter-Allied Meeting?
A) Atlantic Charter
B) Declaration of St James's Palace
C) Grand Alliance Treaty
D) London Agreement
  • 23. On what date did Hitler break the non-aggression agreement with Stalin?
A) 1 September 1939
B) 9 December 1941
C) 22 June 1941
D) 7 December 1941
  • 24. What document defined the Anglo-American vision of the post-war world?
A) Declaration of St James's Palace
B) Treaty of Versailles
C) Atlantic Charter
D) Grand Alliance Agreement
  • 25. On what date did China formally declare war on the Axis?
A) 8 December 1941
B) 22 June 1941
C) 7 December 1941
D) 9 December 1941
  • 26. Who coined the term 'Grand Alliance'?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Franklin Roosevelt
  • 27. Which countries comprised the 'Big Three'?
A) UK, USA, China
B) USA, China, Soviet Union
C) UK, France, Soviet Union
D) UK, USA, Soviet Union
  • 28. Who was the leader of China during World War II?
A) Sun Yat-sen
B) Chiang Kai-shek
C) Mao Zedong
D) Hirohito
  • 29. What event prompted the United States to formally join the Allies?
A) The signing of the Atlantic Charter
B) The invasion of the Soviet Union
C) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
D) The invasion of Poland
  • 30. How many countries signed the Declaration by United Nations on 1 January 1942?
A) 50
B) 12
C) 26
D) 4
  • 31. Which country withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933 after invading Manchuria?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Soviet Union
D) Germany
  • 32. When did Nazi Germany withdraw from the League of Nations?
A) March 1939
B) September 1938
C) March 1936
D) October 1933
  • 33. What territory was ceded to Germany in the Munich Agreement of 1938?
A) Austria
B) Sudetenland
C) Danzig
D) Rhineland
  • 34. Which country did Italy invade in October 1935?
A) Abyssinia
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Albania
D) Poland
  • 35. What was the name given to the 'Big Three' as a group, later referring to the Four Powers?
A) The League of Four
B) The Allied Council
C) Four Policemen
D) The Trustees
  • 36. Who proposed the name "United Nations" for the Allies?
A) Roosevelt
B) Churchill
C) Stalin
D) Chiang
  • 37. Why were the Free French not invited to sign the original Declaration by United Nations?
A) They refused to join the alliance
B) The US recognized the Vichy government
C) France had already surrendered to Germany
D) They were not yet considered a sovereign nation
  • 38. Which countries adopted the declaration in 1943?
A) Mexico, the Philippines and Ethiopia
B) Liberia and France
C) The Soviet Union and China
D) Iraq, Brazil, Bolivia, Iran and Colombia
  • 39. Which conference established the Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee?
A) Casablanca Conference
B) Potsdam Conference
C) First Washington Conference
D) Tehran Conference
  • 40. What did Churchill and Roosevelt prioritize during the First Washington Conference?
A) The Pacific theatre
B) The invasion of Japan
C) The liberation of Southeast Asia
D) European and North African theatres
  • 41. Where did Churchill and Roosevelt decide to postpone the landing in France until May 1944?
A) Potsdam Conference
B) First Quebec Conference
C) Tehran Conference
D) Casablanca and Washington (May 1943)
  • 42. What was the primary goal agreed upon at the Tehran Conference?
A) The occupation zones of Germany
B) A full-scale offensive in France in mid-1944
C) The invasion of Italy
D) The unconditional surrender of Japan
  • 43. Who represented the United States and Britain at the Potsdam Conference?
A) Harry S. Truman and Clement Attlee
B) Truman and Churchill
C) Roosevelt and Churchill
D) Roosevelt and Attlee
  • 44. What was issued at the Potsdam Conference regarding Japan?
A) A declaration to liberate Southeast Asia
B) A plan to occupy the Japanese mainland
C) A demand for unconditional surrender
D) An invitation to the San Francisco Conference
  • 45. When did eleven nations adhere to the declaration in preparation for the San Francisco Conference?
A) Early 1945
B) Late 1943
C) Early 1944
D) Mid-1945
  • 46. What deal in September 1940 demonstrated early cooperation between the UK and US?
A) Lend-Lease agreement
B) Four Powers Declaration
C) Atlantic Charter
D) Destroyers-for-bases deal
  • 47. Approximately how much was the total Lend-Lease aid provided during the war?
A) $42 to $50 billion
B) $8 billion
C) $100 billion
D) $10 billion
  • 48. What was the purpose of the Combined Chiefs of Staff?
A) To govern post-war Europe
B) To manage Lend-Lease finances
C) To draft the Atlantic Charter
D) To harmonize military planning
  • 49. What did Britain argue was the risk of an early invasion of France?
A) Lack of Russian cooperation
B) Insufficient naval support
C) Insufficient food supplies
D) Heavy allied losses
  • 50. What event did Stalin agree to in May 1943 as a gesture of goodwill?
A) Dissolve the Comintern
B) Surrender Japanese territories
C) Recognize the Polish government-in-exile
D) End the Atlantic Charter
  • 51. Which boundary line was agreed upon for the border of Poland?
A) Maginot line
B) Oder-Neisse line
C) Curzon line
D) Siegfried line
  • 52. Which of the following was a dominion that separately declared war after Britain?
A) China
B) Poland
C) France
D) Australia
  • 53. What was the approximate population of the British Empire in 1939?
A) 200 million
B) 484 million
C) 600 million
D) 300 million
  • 54. Which country was the most populous belligerent in the war according to the text?
A) China
B) Soviet Union
C) United Kingdom
D) United States
  • 55. Which British Asia-Pacific colony was occupied by Japan?
A) Australia
B) Singapore
C) South Africa
D) Canada
  • 56. What percentage of the allied South-East Asia Command was African by 1945?
A) 50%
B) 4%
C) 25%
D) 42%
  • 57. Which region did British and colonial troops clear of Japanese forces?
A) Burma
B) France
C) North Africa
D) Italy
  • 58. In 1939, Britain possessed the second largest navy and which other type of largest fleet?
A) Fishing fleet
B) Air transport fleet
C) Submarine fleet
D) Merchant navy
  • 59. What was the status of most of the British Empire on 3 September 1939?
A) Neutral
B) Automatically at war
C) Under German occupation
D) Independent
  • 60. What portion of India was under direct British rule?
A) One-third
B) One-half
C) Two-thirds
D) Three-quarters
  • 61. When did India sign the Declaration by United Nations?
A) 11 November 1942
B) 3 September 1939
C) 2 January 1942
D) 6 June 1944
  • 62. When did the Allied landings in North Africa take place?
A) 25 August 1944
B) 8 May 1945
C) 11 November 1942
D) 6 June 1944
  • 63. Which division liberated Paris on 25 August 1944?
A) Free French Airborne
B) 2e Division Blindée
C) 3rd Infantry Division
D) 1st Army
  • 64. What is another name for the 'Phoney War' used in Germany?
A) Sitzkrieg
B) Drôle de guerre
C) Blitzkrieg
D) Dziwna wojna
  • 65. Who represented the British crown in India?
A) A prime minister
B) The King
C) A viceroy
D) The Secretary of State
  • 66. How many Indian troops were taken prisoner during the war?
A) Almost 80,000
B) 3 million
C) 2.5 million
D) 100,000
  • 67. Which of these is a French colony in the Americas mentioned in the text?
A) Canada
B) Haiti
C) Brazil
D) Martinique
  • 68. Between 1935 and 1939, what type of movements did the Soviet Union support?
A) Capitalist expansion
B) Fascist alliances
C) Monarchist restoration
D) Popular front movements
  • 69. What book did Stalin read to understand Hitler's motives?
A) The Art of War
B) The Communist Manifesto
C) Mein Kampf
D) Das Kapital
  • 70. Which country withdrew from negotiations regarding a joint Polish-Soviet declaration in 1933?
A) Latvia
B) Lithuania
C) Poland
D) Estonia
  • 71. Which general led Soviet forces to victory at the Battle of Khalkhin Gol?
A) Joachim von Ribbentrop
B) Georgy Zhukov
C) Vyacheslav Molotov
D) Joseph Stalin
  • 72. Which country was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944?
A) Albania
B) Tuvan People's Republic
C) Mongolia
D) Greece
  • 73. Which Chinese communist leader did the Soviet Union prefer to take control of Manchuria?
A) Mao Zedong
B) Ho Chi Minh
C) Chiang Kai-shek
D) Kim Il-sung
  • 74. What act provided materiel support to Britain while the U.S. was officially neutral?
A) Lend-Lease Act
B) Nationalist Act
C) Arcadia Conference
D) Atlantic Charter
  • 75. Who led the Western Allies' war effort in Europe from 1943 to 1945?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) George Marshall
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 76. Which of these locations was lost to Japanese forces in the early months of the war?
A) Port Moresby
B) Guam
C) Guadalcanal
D) Midway
  • 77. Who kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek in 1936, forcing him to cease anti-communist campaigns?
A) Sun Li-jen
B) Zhang Xueliang
C) Mao Zedong
D) Claire Lee Chennault
  • 78. What major event in 1937 led to full-scale war between China and Japan?
A) Attack on Pearl Harbor
B) Invasion of Ethiopia
C) The Mukden Incident
D) Marco Polo Bridge Incident
  • 79. Which nation provided the largest proportion of Chinese arms imports in the early 1930s?
A) United States
B) Soviet Union
C) Nazi Germany
D) Italy
  • 80. What was the name of the volunteer squadron of American pilots fighting for China?
A) The Burma Road Volunteers
B) Flying Tigers
C) The Nationalist Air Force
D) The Pacific Defenders
  • 81. Which General led the R.O.C. forces to the relief of 7,000 British forces?
A) Chiang Kai-shek
B) Zhang Xueliang
C) Sun Li-jen
D) Claire Lee Chennault
  • 82. Since which decade had the Soviet Union tacitly supported Communist China?
A) 1930s
B) 1920s
C) 1940s
D) 1910s
  • 83. Who led the Soviet Union during the period of cooperation between the Nationalists and Communists?
A) Vladimir Lenin
B) Chiang Kai-shek
C) Mao Zedong
D) Joseph Stalin
  • 84. What tactic of Mao Zedong did the Soviet Union accept?
A) Naval blockades
B) Continuous guerilla warfare
C) Urban insurgencies
D) Full-scale conventional war
  • 85. What was Belgium's policy before being invaded by Germany?
A) Active alliance with Britain
B) Neutrality
C) Communist uprising
D) Support for the Axis
  • 86. Who surrendered to the Germans on 28 May 1940?
A) The Australian Prime Minister
B) King Leopold III
C) Chiang Kai-shek
D) The government in exile
  • 87. Where was the Belgian government in exile located?
A) Paris
B) Canberra
C) Brussels
D) London
  • 88. Which colony did Belgium hold in addition to the Belgian Congo?
A) Ruanda-Urundi
B) India
C) Burma
D) Madagascar
  • 89. What resource from the Belgian Congo was useful for the Allied atomic bomb effort?
A) Rubber
B) Uranium
C) Copper
D) Gold
  • 90. Against which nation did the Belgian Congo troops fight in the East African Campaign?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) France
D) Japan
  • 91. What was the name of the Belgian colonial force that served in various theatres?
A) Force Publique
B) Allied Colonial Legion
C) Commonwealth Guard
D) Expeditionary Force
  • 92. Which Brazilian president had quasi-Fascist policies?
A) Franklin Roosevelt
B) Winston Churchill
C) Getúlio Vargas
D) William Lyon Mackenzie King
  • 93. In which Brazilian city were United States air bases strategically located?
A) Natal
B) São Paulo
C) Brasília
D) Rio de Janeiro
  • 94. How many Brazilian merchant ships were sunk by German and Italian navies before Brazil declared war?
A) 25
B) 12
C) 36
D) 50
  • 95. How long did Canada delay its vote on a declaration of war after Britain declared war?
A) One month
B) Seven days
C) Twenty-four hours
D) One day
  • 96. Which German submarine was sunk by the Cuban patrol boat CS-13?
A) U-96
B) U-176
C) U-47
D) U-505
  • 97. Who was the head of state of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia?
A) Emil Hácha
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Winston Churchill
D) Edvard Beneš
  • 98. Which country received southern territories of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia via the First Vienna Award?
A) Austria
B) Germany
C) Hungary
D) Poland
  • 99. What role did Havana play that made Cuba important to the American Theater?
A) Military headquarters
B) Principal trading port
C) Capital of the Alliance
D) Major shipyard
  • 100. Who organized the committee in exile after the occupation of the Czech Lands?
A) The German Wehrmacht
B) Emil Hácha
C) The British Parliament
D) Edvard Beneš
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