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