A) Pacific Ocean Campaign B) European Western Front C) Atlantic Maritime Zone D) Mediterranean Theater of War
A) Mediterranean and African Operations 1940–1943 B) Axis Southern Campaign 1939–1942 C) Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939–1941 D) Southern European and Middle Eastern Front 1939–1945
A) The Pacific theatre B) The Mediterranean theatre C) The Western Front D) The Eastern Front
A) 7 April 1939 B) 10 June 1940 C) 2 October 1935 D) 1 September 1939
A) Germany B) The United Kingdom C) France D) Italy
A) 2 September 1945 B) 8 May 1945 C) 2 May 1945 D) 15 August 1945
A) The fall of Berlin B) Surrender of all Axis forces in Italy C) The invasion of Sicily D) The armistice with France
A) Korean War and First Indochina War B) Greek Civil War and the first phase of the Palestine War C) Spanish Civil War and Abyssinian Crisis D) Chinese Civil War and Malayan Emergency
A) British attempts to secure the Suez Canal B) French colonial expansion in North Africa C) Italian aspirations to establish a new Roman Empire D) German plans to invade the Soviet Union
A) To establish colonies in North Africa B) To retain the status quo C) To partition the Italian Empire D) To conquer Southern Europe
A) France B) Greece C) Albania D) Egypt
A) October 1940 B) April 1941 C) June 1940 D) May 1943
A) October 1940 B) June 1940 C) April 1941 D) May 1943
A) Yugoslavia B) Egypt C) Albania D) France
A) Palestine, Iraq, and Iran B) Transjordan, Kuwait, and Cyprus C) Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey D) Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Yemen
A) October 1940 B) May 1943 C) May 1945 D) April 1941
A) An armistice and subsequent civil war B) Immediate surrender of all German forces C) The establishment of a unified Italian republic D) The restoration of the Roman Empire
A) Mediterranean Allied Command B) Kingdom of Italy C) Roman Fascist Government D) Italian Social Republic
A) State of Rome B) Kingdom of Italy C) Italian Social Republic D) Republic of Venice
A) Pact of Steel B) Treaty of Rome C) Surrender at Caserta D) Armistice of Cassino
A) The Italian Empire B) The Ottoman Empire C) The Austro-Hungarian Empire D) The British Empire
A) Around 177,000 losses B) Roughly 300,000 losses C) Over two million losses D) About 130,000 losses
A) Over two million men B) Around 177,000 men C) Around 300,000 men D) Around 130,000 men
A) Over two million men B) 177,000 men C) 300,000 men D) 130,000 men
A) Over two million B) Around 177,000 C) 300,000 D) Around 130,000
A) Pietro Badoglio B) Victor Emmanuel III C) Benito Mussolini D) Adolf Hitler
A) Baltic and East European region B) Western European and Scandinavian region C) Middle Eastern and Central Asian region D) Mediterranean–Danubian–Balkan region
A) The Strait of Malacca B) The Strait of Hormuz C) The Bosphorus Strait D) The Suez Canal
A) Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania B) Egypt, Libya, Sudan, and Ethiopia C) Albania, Dalmatia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Greece D) Spain, Portugal, France, and Switzerland
A) Austria, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria B) France, Spain, Greece, and Turkey C) Britain, France, Poland, and Belgium D) Albania, Yugoslavia, Egypt, and Iran
A) 7 April 1939 B) 10 June 1940 C) 2 October 1935 D) 30 November 1938
A) A 'leader of the Danubian league' B) An 'isolated northern state' C) A 'prisoner in the Mediterranean' D) A 'victim of Allied aggression'
A) Sicily, Sardinia, Crete, Rhodes, and Cyprus B) Nice, Savoy, Corsica, and the Ticino canton C) Albania, Dalmatia, Greece, and Egypt D) Corsica, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta, Suez, and Tunisia
A) 10 June 1940 B) 2 October 1935 C) 7 April 1939 D) 30 November 1938
A) The Atlantic B) Tunisia C) The Sudan D) Egypt
A) The invasion of France B) The invasion of Albania C) Italian intervention in the Spanish Civil War D) The Pact of Steel alliance
A) 7 April 1939 B) 30 November 1938 C) 10 June 1940 D) 2 October 1935
A) Within two days B) Over a year C) Within several months D) Within a few weeks
A) October 1935 B) May 1939 C) April 1939 D) November 1938
A) Four stages B) Two stages C) One stage D) Three stages
A) Isolated and neutral B) Aggressive and expansionist C) Modest and responsible D) Hostile and belligerent
A) Peaceful diplomacy and disarmament B) Isolationism and neutrality C) Defensive alliances only D) Ceaseless activity and aggression
A) A secret pact to partition the Mediterranean B) A naval disarmament treaty C) A coalition to prevent German aggression in Europe D) An economic trade embargo against Germany
A) The superiority of native Abyssinian troops B) Military weaknesses and financial ruin C) Vulnerabilities and created opportunities D) Strong alliances with the League of Nations
A) Nyon Conference B) Cairo Conference C) Tehran Conference D) Yalta Conference
A) July 1937 B) June 1939 C) October 1939 D) March 1940
A) A strategic bomber squadron B) A weak armoured division C) A heavily fortified infantry brigade D) An elite mountain warfare division
A) Alexandria B) Baghdad C) Jerusalem D) Cairo
A) Four B) Three C) Five D) Two
A) The East African forces B) The Turkish General Staff C) The Middle East Command D) The French military in Africa
A) Romanian General Staff B) Turkish General Staff C) Abyssinian General Staff D) German General Staff
A) Intelligence gathering B) Naval blockades C) Direct combat with German U-boats D) Provocation
A) Albania B) France C) Poland D) Abyssinia
A) Kenya B) British Somaliland C) Sudan D) French Somaliland
A) Jaghbub B) Kufra C) Bardia D) Tripoli
A) Black Sea B) Caspian Sea C) Red Sea D) Arabian Sea
A) Italian Royal Navy B) Royal Navy C) Royal Air Force D) French Air Force
A) Mers-el-Kebir B) Sidi Barrani C) Fort Capuzzo D) Mersa Matruh
A) Mers-el-Kebir B) Compiegne C) Mersa Matruh D) Menton
A) Taranto B) Malta C) Kufra D) Mers-el-Kébir
A) 50 mi B) 130 mi C) 31 mi D) 80 mi
A) Operation Compass B) Operation Lustre C) Western Desert Campaign D) Battle of Kufra
A) Operation Compass B) Operation Lustre C) Western Desert Campaign D) Greco-Italian War
A) 80 kilometres B) 832 kilometres C) 130 kilometres D) 50 kilometres
A) Halfaya Pass B) Brenner Pass C) Kasserine Pass D) Khaibar Pass
A) Enno von Rintelen B) Andreas Hillgruber C) Duke Amedeo d'Aosta D) Erwin Rommel
A) Duke Amedeo d'Aosta B) Mussolini C) Haile Selassie D) Josip Broz Tito
A) Tobruk B) Addis Ababa C) Sollum D) Gondar
A) USAAF B) Armée de l'Air C) RAF D) Luftwaffe
A) Six B) Two C) Eight D) Four
A) Haile Selassie B) Enno von Rintelen C) Josip Broz Tito D) Duke Amedeo d'Aosta
A) Ten B) Six C) Twelve D) Four
A) Malta B) Cyprus C) Crete D) Sicily
A) The United States B) North Africa C) Great Britain D) The Soviet Union
A) Andreas Hillgruber B) Josip Broz Tito C) Enno von Rintelen D) Duke Amedeo d'Aosta
A) Erwin Rommel B) Enno von Rintelen C) Andreas Hillgruber D) Haile Selassie
A) They formed an alliance with the Allies. B) They did not break off diplomatic relations. C) They declared war immediately. D) They severed all ties with Europe.
A) Mohammad Amin al-Husayni B) Taha al-Hashimi C) Rashid Ali D) Sherif Sharaf
A) Sherif Sharaf B) Taha al-Hashimi C) Faisal II D) 'Abd al-Ilah
A) HMS Transjordan B) HMS Habbaniya C) HMS Baghdad D) HMS Cockchafer
A) The Golden Square B) The National Defence C) The Baghdad Pact D) The Axis Committee
A) Free Iraq Movement B) Royalist Liberation Front C) National Defence Government D) New Iraqi Republic
A) He abolished it completely B) No C) Yes D) Only temporarily
A) 'Abd al-Ilah B) Sherif Sharaf C) Fritz Grobba D) Taha al-Hashimi
A) Article 1 B) Article 10 C) Article 15 D) Article 5
A) About 20 B) About 100 C) About 50 D) About 200
A) About 20 B) About 5 C) About 50 D) About 100
A) The Anglo-Iraqi War B) The Syria-Lebanon Campaign C) The Baghdad Campaign D) The North African Campaign
A) Iraqforce B) Transjordan Frontier Force C) Australian infantry D) Free French
A) Baghdad B) Aleppo C) Damascus D) Beirut
A) St. Petersburg B) Murmansk C) Vladivostok D) Arkhangelsk
A) Strictly neutral B) Pro-Allied C) Pro-German D) Pro-Soviet
A) A Soviet commissar B) His young son C) His brother D) A British general
A) Jerusalem B) Haifa C) Tel Aviv D) Beirut
A) Haifa B) Jaffa C) Acre D) Tel Aviv
A) Palmach B) Lehi C) Irgun D) Haganah
A) January 1941 B) October 1944 C) September 1942 D) September 1940
A) Afrika Korps B) Luftwaffe C) Abwehr D) Waffen SS
A) With gold B) With oil supplies C) With weapons D) With forged currency
A) It recruited thousands of locals B) It destroyed Haifa's oil facilities C) It failed utterly D) It successfully established a base |