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  • 1. Where were many Republican refugees interned after the Spanish Civil War?
A) Camp Madrid
B) Camp Berlin
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) German Wehrmacht
C) Spanish Blue Division
D) Italian Blackshirts
  • 3. Approximately how many Spaniards joined the French Resistance?
A) 60,000
B) 100,000
C) 10,000
D) 5,000
  • 4. Which military unit was the first Allied unit to enter Paris during its liberation?
A) 13th Demi-Brigade
B) The Durruti Column
C) 9th Armoured Company
D) General Leclerc's Second Division
  • 5. How many Spanish Republicans served in the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion?
A) 2,000
B) 500
C) 1,000
D) 700
  • 6. Who was the Spanish double-agent known by the code name GARBO?
A) General Leclerc
B) Enrique Líster
C) Juan Pujol García
D) Francisco Franco
  • 7. How many Spanish Republicans are cited by Beevor as serving in the Red Army?
A) 1,000
B) 200
C) 700
D) 2,000
  • 8. What was the purpose of the bribes authorised by Winston Churchill to Spanish generals?
A) To assist the Soviet Union
B) To fund the French Resistance
C) To support the Spanish Republican government
D) To influence Franco against entering the war
  • 9. How much money, in today's equivalent, did MI6 spend on bribes to keep Spain out of the war?
A) More than $200 million
B) Over $1 billion
C) Exactly $50 million
D) Less than $10 million
  • 10. When did the 9th Armoured Company enter Paris?
A) May 1940
B) August 1944
C) June 1941
D) September 1945
  • 11. Which communist General joined the Red Army after the German invasion of the Soviet Union?
A) Enrique Líster
B) Juan Pujol García
C) General Leclerc
D) Francisco Franco
  • 12. What role did the majority of the 60,000 Spaniards in the French Resistance play?
A) Guerrillas
B) Tank commanders
C) Intelligence analysts
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) Full integration into the Axis
D) Support for the Allies
  • 14. Which event in June 1940 prompted Spain to shift from strict neutrality to non-belligerence?
A) The attack on Pearl Harbor
B) The Fall of France
C) The invasion of the Soviet Union
D) The Battle of Britain
  • 15. Where did Franco meet with Adolf Hitler to discuss Spain's possible accession to the Axis?
A) Berlin
B) Bordighera
C) Hendaye
D) Madrid
  • 16. What military unit was formed by Spanish volunteers to fight against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front?
A) The Spanish Legion
B) The Blue Division
C) The Iberian Volunteers
D) The Falangist Guard
  • 17. Which minister of foreign affairs replaced the Anglophile Juan Luis Beigbeder in 1940?
A) Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa
B) General Juan Vigón
C) The Duke of Alba
D) Ramón Serrano Suñer
  • 18. What caused Spain to eventually yield to Allied pressure regarding tungsten exports in 1944?
A) An oil embargo
B) A naval blockade of Madrid
C) A direct military invasion
D) The collapse of the Falangist party
  • 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) A secret alliance with the Soviet Union
D) Lack of interest from Hitler
  • 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 United Kingdom
B) The United States
C) France
D) The Soviet Union
  • 22. What did the United States and the United Kingdom use to keep Spain neutral in 1940?
A) Threats of atomic warfare
B) Promises of postwar colonial expansion
C) Economic inducements
D) Diplomatic recognition of the Franco regime
  • 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) Japan's invasion of Spanish Morocco
C) To gain entry into the League of Nations
D) Japanese massacres of Spanish citizens and missionaries
  • 25. When was Spain finally admitted to the United Nations?
A) 1955
B) 1950
C) 1948
D) 1945
  • 26. What did Hitler want in the Canary Islands for his planned naval war with America?
A) Control of mineral mines
B) Agricultural land for food
C) A satellite launch site
D) Naval and air bases
  • 27. Which pro-British minister replaced the Germanophile Serrano Suñer in 1942?
A) General Juan Vigón
B) Juan Luis Beigbeder
C) The Duke of Alba
D) Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa
  • 28. Where was most of the Spanish Army initially stationed in 1940 and 1941?
A) The Balearic Islands
B) North Africa
C) The Pyrenees
D) Southern Spain
  • 29. To which area did Franco eventually redeploy his troops to defend against a potential German invasion?
A) The Mediterranean coast
B) The Atlantic coast
C) The Pyrenees
D) The Portuguese border
  • 30. When was the Ministry of the Air Force established in Spain?
A) 1940
B) 1945
C) April 1939
D) 1943
  • 31. How many Army Corps were based in the peninsula after the reorganization at the end of the Civil War?
A) Six
B) Ten
C) Eight
D) Four
  • 32. What event in 1942 prompted Franco to order a partial mobilization of the army?
A) The invasion of Poland
B) The signing of the Tripartite Pact
C) Allied landings in North Africa
D) The fall of Paris
  • 33. Which military region was created in 1944 with its headquarters in Granada?
A) IX Military Region
B) First Military Region
C) VIII Military Region
D) X Military Region
  • 34. What was the main reason Franco had to restrain attempts to expand the Navy and Air Force?
A) Shortage of raw materials
B) Fiscal reasons
C) Lack of qualified personnel
D) Allied pressure
  • 35. Which tank model used in the Spanish Civil War was considered out of date by 1940?
A) Tiger I
B) Sherman
C) Panther
D) Russian T-26
  • 36. How many cruisers were operational in the Spanish Navy during the war?
A) Eight
B) Four
C) Two
D) Six
  • 37. Which cruiser served as the flagship of the Spanish Navy?
A) Galicia
B) Méndez Núñez
C) Canarias
D) Navarra
  • 38. Which of the following aircraft was part of the Spanish Air Force inventory?
A) B-17 Flying Fortress
B) Supermarine Spitfire
C) P-51 Mustang
D) Messerschmitt Bf 109
  • 39. What was the codename for the planned German attack on Gibraltar?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Mediterranean
C) Operation Felix
D) Operation Hendaye
  • 40. Which leader did Franco meet in Hendaye in October 1940?
A) Benito Mussolini
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Wilhelm Keitel
D) Hermann Göring
  • 41. What was the amended version of Operation Felix called?
A) Operation Barbarossa-Felix
B) Operation Hendaye-Final
C) Operation Felix-Heinrich
D) Operation Mediterranean-West
  • 42. According to Wilhelm Keitel, what should Germany have done instead of attacking Russia?
A) Strangled the British Empire by closing the Mediterranean
B) Focused on the Eastern Front
C) Signed a peace treaty with Britain immediately
D) Invaded the United States
  • 43. What did Hermann Göring suggest offering Britain if Gibraltar had been captured?
A) Full independence for all colonies
B) Peaceful traffic through the Mediterranean
C) A seat in the Axis powers
D) Control over France
  • 44. How did the German plans for Spain change as the war progressed against the Axis?
A) They became progressively less aggressive
B) They were abandoned completely after 1940
C) They remained exactly the same
D) They became more 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) Vigo
C) Ferrol
D) Las Palmas
  • 47. Which German supply ship was the target of a limpet mine attack in Las Palmas in May 1940?
A) Thalia
B) Corrientes
C) Bessel
D) Max Albrecht
  • 48. When did Spanish troops occupy the Tangier International Zone?
A) 1 September 1939
B) 22 June 1941
C) 11 October 1945
D) 14 June 1940
  • 49. In what year were the international institutions of Tangier abolished by Spain?
A) 1944
B) 1941
C) 1952
D) 1940
  • 50. What material was supplied in the largest quantity to U-boats in Spanish ports?
A) Lubricants
B) Gas-oil
C) Heavy oil
D) Torpedoes
  • 51. What was the primary mineral exported from Spain to Germany for its armaments industry?
A) Wolfram
B) Copper
C) Aluminum
D) Nickel
  • 52. Which organization conducted intelligence operations in Spain during the war?
A) Kriegsmarine
B) Gestapo
C) Abwehr
D) SS
  • 53. What was the target of the sabotage attack in June 1943?
A) Madrid train station
B) Gibraltar dockyard
C) Barcelona harbor
D) Spanish parliament
  • 54. Who was the operations chief for the sabotage network in the Campo de Gibraltar?
A) Manuel Romero Hume
B) Luís Carrero Blanco
C) Eleuterio Sánchez Rubio
D) Emilio Plazas Tejera
  • 55. What was the name of the British auxiliary minesweeper destroyed by Spanish agents in 1942?
A) HMS Royal Oak
B) HMS Argus
C) HMT Erin
D) HMT Honju
  • 56. Which rail station served as a conduit for smuggling people out of Vichy France?
A) Irún
B) Hendaye
C) Canfranc
D) Portbou
  • 57. Who provided Spanish documentation to Hungarian Jews during the war?
A) Serrano Súñer
B) Ángel Sanz Briz
C) José María Finat y Escrivá de Romaní
D) Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa
  • 58. Which individual impersonated the Spanish Ambassador to continue protecting Jews in Budapest?
A) Giorgio Perlasca
B) Otto Skorzeny
C) Léon Degrelle
D) Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
  • 59. Who compiled a list of Jews in Spain to deliver to Himmler?
A) Hans Frank
B) Luís Carrero Blanco
C) José María Finat y Escrivá de Romaní
D) Francisco Franco
  • 60. Which organization operated openly in Barcelona to assist refugees?
A) The League of Nations
B) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
C) The Vatican Relief Service
D) The Red Cross
  • 61. In what year did Japan conclude the bilateral agreement with Spain regarding reparations?
A) 1957
B) 1960
C) 1945
D) 1954
  • 62. When was the reparation payment actually made to Spain?
A) 1945
B) 1957
C) 1955
D) 1954
  • 63. In which former Spanish colony did the destruction of Spanish property occur?
A) Puerto Rico
B) Cuba
C) Philippines
D) Guam
  • 64. How many bilateral agreements did Japan conclude in 1954 regarding reparations?
A) 1
B) 54
C) 10
D) 100
  • 65. What was the approximate number of Spanish citizens killed during the Japanese occupation?
A) Exactly fifty
B) Over a thousand
C) Less than ten
D) Over a hundred
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