WWI
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
German military plan that aimed to quickly defeat France by invading through Belgium at the start of the war.
What is the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
This 1939 pact between Germany and the Soviet Union included a secret protocol to divide Eastern Europe.
What is the Popular Front?
This political coalition united left-wing groups to oppose Franco's Nationalists.
What is Yan'an?
This city served as the wartime capital of the CCP during the Chinese Civil War.
What is Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong?
This text, also known as the "Little Red Book," became a symbol of Maoist ideology.
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
This battle, fought in 1914, marked the first significant Allied victory on the Western Front and stopped the German advance into France.
What is Blitzkrieg?
This German military strategy emphasized rapid, surprise attacks using tanks and aircraft.
What is the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT)?
This Spanish trade union played a crucial role in organizing workers during the Republican effort.
What is the Second United Front?
This agreement in 1937 temporarily united the GMD and CCP to resist Japanese invasion.
What is the "Hundred Flowers Campaign"?
This 1957 speech by Mao encouraged open criticism but resulted in the persecution of dissenters.
What is the Battle of Jutland?
This 1916 naval battle between Germany and Britain was the largest of World War I.
What is Operation Barbarossa?
This was the codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Who is Francisco Largo Caballero?
This socialist Prime Minister led the Republican government at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
What is the New Fourth Army?
This faction of the Kuomintang (GMD) army defected to the CCP during the civil war, contributing to the Communist victory.
What are the Red Guards?
This faction of young radicals played a major role in enforcing Mao's policies during the Cultural Revolution.
What is the League of Nations?
This post-war international organization was created to maintain peace but failed to prevent WWII.
This city endured a 900-day siege by German forces during World War II.
What is Leningrad?
What is the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)?
This political party, the largest left-wing force in Spain, provided much of the leadership for the Republican government during the war.
What is guerrilla warfare?
his CCP military strategy involved avoiding direct conflict and targeting isolated enemy forces.
What famouse quote did Mao say about the peasants?
The guerrilla must move among the people as a fish swims in the sea.
What is the Gallipoli Campaign?
This military campaign aimed to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles but ended in Allied failure.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This American project developed the first nuclear weapons used in warfare.
Who is King Alfonso XIII?
This monarch abdicated the Spanish throne in 1931, paving the way for the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic.
What is the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance?
This treaty signed in 1945 gave the USSR control over Manchurian railways and Port Arthur, influencing the Chinese Civil War's outcome.
What is the Four Pests Campaign?
This policy during the Great Leap Forward attempted to eliminate sparrows, with disastrous ecological consequences.