Spain during World War II - Quiz
Spain during World War II
  • 1. Where were many Republican refugees interned after the Spanish Civil War?
A) Camp Berlin
B) Camp Madrid
C) Camp Gurs
D) Camp London
  • 2. What military unit did many Spanish refugees join to improve their conditions in France?
A) French Foreign Legion
B) Italian Blackshirts
C) Spanish Blue Division
D) German Wehrmacht
  • 3. Approximately how many Spaniards joined the French Resistance?
A) 10,000
B) 5,000
C) 60,000
D) 100,000
  • 4. Which military unit was the first Allied unit to enter Paris during its liberation?
A) 9th Armoured Company
B) General Leclerc's Second Division
C) The Durruti Column
D) 13th Demi-Brigade
  • 5. How many Spanish Republicans served in the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion?
A) 500
B) 2,000
C) 1,000
D) 700
  • 6. Who was the Spanish double-agent known by the code name GARBO?
A) General Leclerc
B) Juan Pujol García
C) Francisco Franco
D) Enrique Líster
  • 7. How many Spanish Republicans are cited by Beevor as serving in the Red Army?
A) 1,000
B) 700
C) 2,000
D) 200
  • 8. What was the purpose of the bribes authorised by Winston Churchill to Spanish generals?
A) To support the Spanish Republican government
B) To influence Franco against entering the war
C) To assist the Soviet Union
D) To fund the French Resistance
  • 9. How much money, in today's equivalent, did MI6 spend on bribes to keep Spain out of the war?
A) Exactly $50 million
B) Less than $10 million
C) Over $1 billion
D) More than $200 million
  • 10. When did the 9th Armoured Company enter Paris?
A) August 1944
B) May 1940
C) September 1945
D) June 1941
  • 11. Which communist General joined the Red Army after the German invasion of the Soviet Union?
A) Juan Pujol García
B) Enrique Líster
C) General Leclerc
D) Francisco Franco
  • 12. What role did the majority of the 60,000 Spaniards in the French Resistance play?
A) Tank commanders
B) Intelligence analysts
C) Guerrillas
D) Naval officers
  • 13. What was the official wartime policy of the Spanish State under Francisco Franco during World War II?
A) Active belligerence
B) Neutrality
C) Support for the Allies
D) Full integration into the Axis
  • 14. Which event in June 1940 prompted Spain to shift from strict neutrality to non-belligerence?
A) The Battle of Britain
B) The invasion of the Soviet Union
C) The attack on Pearl Harbor
D) The Fall of France
  • 15. Where did Franco meet with Adolf Hitler to discuss Spain's possible accession to the Axis?
A) Berlin
B) Hendaye
C) Bordighera
D) Madrid
  • 16. What military unit was formed by Spanish volunteers to fight against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front?
A) The Iberian Volunteers
B) The Falangist Guard
C) The Blue Division
D) The Spanish Legion
  • 17. Which minister of foreign affairs replaced the Anglophile Juan Luis Beigbeder in 1940?
A) The Duke of Alba
B) Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa
C) Ramón Serrano Suñer
D) General Juan Vigón
  • 18. What caused Spain to eventually yield to Allied pressure regarding tungsten exports in 1944?
A) An oil embargo
B) The collapse of the Falangist party
C) A direct military invasion
D) A naval blockade of Madrid
  • 19. Why did Spain remain reluctant to enter the war despite ideological sympathy with the Axis?
A) Reliance on imports from the UK and the US
B) Opposition from the Spanish Catholic Church
C) Lack of interest from Hitler
D) A secret alliance with the Soviet Union
  • 20. What was the main outcome of the meeting between Franco and Hitler in Hendaye?
A) No agreement was reached
B) Franco agreed to allow German troops in Spain
C) Hitler promised Spain the entire African continent
D) Spain joined the Axis
  • 21. Which Allied nation's military power did Franco fear most regarding the defense of the Canary Islands and Spanish Morocco?
A) The Soviet Union
B) France
C) The United States
D) The United Kingdom
  • 22. What did the United States and the United Kingdom use to keep Spain neutral in 1940?
A) Diplomatic recognition of the Franco regime
B) Economic inducements
C) Threats of atomic warfare
D) Promises of postwar colonial expansion
  • 23. Which German leader advised Franco to keep Spain out of the war?
A) Hermann Göring
B) Joseph Goebbels
C) Wilhelm Canaris
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 24. In 1945, why did Francoist Spain break relations with the Empire of Japan?
A) Pressure from the Soviet Union
B) Japanese massacres of Spanish citizens and missionaries
C) To gain entry into the League of Nations
D) Japan's invasion of Spanish Morocco
  • 25. When was Spain finally admitted to the United Nations?
A) 1945
B) 1950
C) 1955
D) 1948
  • 26. What did Hitler want in the Canary Islands for his planned naval war with America?
A) Control of mineral mines
B) Naval and air bases
C) Agricultural land for food
D) A satellite launch site
  • 27. Which pro-British minister replaced the Germanophile Serrano Suñer in 1942?
A) General Juan Vigón
B) Juan Luis Beigbeder
C) Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa
D) The Duke of Alba
  • 28. Where was most of the Spanish Army initially stationed in 1940 and 1941?
A) The Balearic Islands
B) The Pyrenees
C) Southern Spain
D) North Africa
  • 29. To which area did Franco eventually redeploy his troops to defend against a potential German invasion?
A) The Portuguese border
B) The Mediterranean coast
C) The Pyrenees
D) The Atlantic coast
  • 30. When was the Ministry of the Air Force established in Spain?
A) 1940
B) 1943
C) April 1939
D) 1945
  • 31. How many Army Corps were based in the peninsula after the reorganization at the end of the Civil War?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Ten
D) Eight
  • 32. What event in 1942 prompted Franco to order a partial mobilization of the army?
A) Allied landings in North Africa
B) The invasion of Poland
C) The fall of Paris
D) The signing of the Tripartite Pact
  • 33. Which military region was created in 1944 with its headquarters in Granada?
A) IX Military Region
B) First Military Region
C) X Military Region
D) VIII Military Region
  • 34. What was the main reason Franco had to restrain attempts to expand the Navy and Air Force?
A) Lack of qualified personnel
B) Fiscal reasons
C) Allied pressure
D) Shortage of raw materials
  • 35. Which tank model used in the Spanish Civil War was considered out of date by 1940?
A) Russian T-26
B) Sherman
C) Panther
D) Tiger I
  • 36. How many cruisers were operational in the Spanish Navy during the war?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Two
D) Eight
  • 37. Which cruiser served as the flagship of the Spanish Navy?
A) Galicia
B) Canarias
C) Navarra
D) Méndez Núñez
  • 38. Which of the following aircraft was part of the Spanish Air Force inventory?
A) B-17 Flying Fortress
B) P-51 Mustang
C) Messerschmitt Bf 109
D) Supermarine Spitfire
  • 39. What was the codename for the planned German attack on Gibraltar?
A) Operation Mediterranean
B) Operation Felix
C) Operation Hendaye
D) Operation Barbarossa
  • 40. Which leader did Franco meet in Hendaye in October 1940?
A) Wilhelm Keitel
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Benito Mussolini
D) Hermann Göring
  • 41. What was the amended version of Operation Felix called?
A) Operation Mediterranean-West
B) Operation Felix-Heinrich
C) Operation Barbarossa-Felix
D) Operation Hendaye-Final
  • 42. According to Wilhelm Keitel, what should Germany have done instead of attacking Russia?
A) Signed a peace treaty with Britain immediately
B) Focused on the Eastern Front
C) Strangled the British Empire by closing the Mediterranean
D) Invaded the United States
  • 43. What did Hermann Göring suggest offering Britain if Gibraltar had been captured?
A) A seat in the Axis powers
B) Peaceful traffic through the Mediterranean
C) Full independence for all colonies
D) Control over France
  • 44. How did the German plans for Spain change as the war progressed against the Axis?
A) They became more aggressive
B) They were abandoned completely after 1940
C) They remained exactly the same
D) They became progressively less aggressive
  • 45. Between January 1940 and February 1944, how many cases of German U-boats being replenished in Spanish ports were recorded?
A) 25 or 26
B) 5 or 6
C) 45 or 46
D) 10 or 11
  • 46. Which Spanish port was used most frequently for U-boat replenishment?
A) Cádiz
B) Ferrol
C) Las Palmas
D) Vigo
  • 47. Which German supply ship was the target of a limpet mine attack in Las Palmas in May 1940?
A) Bessel
B) Thalia
C) Max Albrecht
D) Corrientes
  • 48. When did Spanish troops occupy the Tangier International Zone?
A) 22 June 1941
B) 11 October 1945
C) 14 June 1940
D) 1 September 1939
  • 49. In what year were the international institutions of Tangier abolished by Spain?
A) 1940
B) 1952
C) 1941
D) 1944
  • 50. What material was supplied in the largest quantity to U-boats in Spanish ports?
A) Lubricants
B) Heavy oil
C) Torpedoes
D) Gas-oil
  • 51. What was the primary mineral exported from Spain to Germany for its armaments industry?
A) Wolfram
B) Copper
C) Nickel
D) Aluminum
  • 52. Which organization conducted intelligence operations in Spain during the war?
A) Kriegsmarine
B) Gestapo
C) SS
D) Abwehr
  • 53. What was the target of the sabotage attack in June 1943?
A) Spanish parliament
B) Gibraltar dockyard
C) Barcelona harbor
D) Madrid train station
  • 54. Who was the operations chief for the sabotage network in the Campo de Gibraltar?
A) Luís Carrero Blanco
B) Emilio Plazas Tejera
C) Manuel Romero Hume
D) Eleuterio Sánchez Rubio
  • 55. What was the name of the British auxiliary minesweeper destroyed by Spanish agents in 1942?
A) HMS Argus
B) HMT Erin
C) HMT Honju
D) HMS Royal Oak
  • 56. Which rail station served as a conduit for smuggling people out of Vichy France?
A) Hendaye
B) Canfranc
C) Irún
D) Portbou
  • 57. Who provided Spanish documentation to Hungarian Jews during the war?
A) Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa
B) José María Finat y Escrivá de Romaní
C) Serrano Súñer
D) Ángel Sanz Briz
  • 58. Which individual impersonated the Spanish Ambassador to continue protecting Jews in Budapest?
A) Otto Skorzeny
B) Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
C) Giorgio Perlasca
D) Léon Degrelle
  • 59. Who compiled a list of Jews in Spain to deliver to Himmler?
A) Hans Frank
B) Luís Carrero Blanco
C) Francisco Franco
D) José María Finat y Escrivá de Romaní
  • 60. Which organization operated openly in Barcelona to assist refugees?
A) The League of Nations
B) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
C) The Red Cross
D) The Vatican Relief Service
  • 61. In what year did Japan conclude the bilateral agreement with Spain regarding reparations?
A) 1960
B) 1954
C) 1957
D) 1945
  • 62. When was the reparation payment actually made to Spain?
A) 1955
B) 1945
C) 1954
D) 1957
  • 63. In which former Spanish colony did the destruction of Spanish property occur?
A) Guam
B) Cuba
C) Philippines
D) Puerto Rico
  • 64. How many bilateral agreements did Japan conclude in 1954 regarding reparations?
A) 1
B) 10
C) 54
D) 100
  • 65. What was the approximate number of Spanish citizens killed during the Japanese occupation?
A) Exactly fifty
B) Over a thousand
C) Over a hundred
D) Less than ten
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