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