WWI
The assassination of this political figure is widely considered the beginning of WWI.
Who is Franz Ferdinand
This German man originally born in Austria became a German dictator who was appointed Chancellor in 1933.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This peninsula holds the nations of Spain and Portugal.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
This English poet wrote famous poems such as "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee."
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
This war is often called the "Forgotten war" in American politics and lead to the formation of two new nations.
What is the Korean War?
This kind of warfare is marked by soldiers staying in long dug-out areas for weeks on end.
What is trench warfare?
This surprise bombing by Japan brought the United States of America into WWII.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This canal was started in 1859 and ended in 1869 created by the British to connect the Medditeranean Sea and the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
This Greek poet is often credited with writing such epics such as "The Iliad" and "Odyssey"
Who is Homer?
This war was led by Napoleon Bonaparte and was a collection of Six wars, called the War of # Coalition.
What were the Napoleonic Wars?
This British Ocean Liner was sunk by the U-20 U-Boat where 1,100 people died.
What is the Lusitania?
This land was prohibited from being militarized in the Treaty of Versailles but was remilitarized in 1936, causing diplomatic condemnation from France and the UK.
What is the Rhineland?
This country used to include all of Pakistan, India and Myanmar.
What is the British Raj?
This Roman poet, a contemporary of Virgil, is known for his collection “Metamorphoses,” which has influenced Western literature and art for centuries.
Who is Ovid?
This war was a proxy war between western-aligned nations and the Soviet Union. It was a revolution in West Africa.
What was the Nigerian Civil War?
Signed in 1919, this peace treaty ended WWI and placed heavy losses on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
This is the official name of D-Day, which involved the largest naval operation, liberating western Europe from Germany.
What is Operation Overlord?
This country was known in ancient times as a place of great warrior culture and a holdout against the Persian Empire until ultimately falling.
What is Sparta?
This 14th-century Italian poet, known as the “Father of the Italian language,” wrote “The Divine Comedy,” an epic poem describing the soul’s journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
This General in the civil war ordered a near suicidal charge on the Union forces during the Battle of Gettysburg. This general also supported the nearly-avoided Pig War.
Who is general Pickett?
This 1917 British-led offensive on the Western Front, intended to break German lines before American forces arrived in full, resulted in over one million casualties and became a symbol of the war’s futility.
What is the third battle of Ypres?
This conference, held in February 1945, brought together Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to discuss the postwar reorganization of Europe and the final strategy against Germany.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This country is one of only two landlocked countries in South America with two capitals, Sucre and La Paz.
What is Bolivia?
This Persian poet of the 13th century is best known for his work “The Masnavi,” a six-book spiritual epic that blends Sufi mysticism, philosophy, and storytelling.
Who is Rumi?
This almost war was triggered by a land dispute between a few islands in between Canada and America and began when a British Colonist's pig on the disputed island was killed by an American Settler.
What was the Pig War?