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