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World War One
Spanish Civil War
Second World War
Single Party Leaders
Wild Card
100
German, Austro-Hungry, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
What is central powers?
100
Guernica
What is the name of the city bombed by German forces that was also the first example of systematic carpet bombing?
100
Germany
What is Axis?
100
Black Shirts
What was the name given to Mussolini's paramilitary force?
100
Maus
What is the name given to the super-heavy tank constructed by German forces in 1944?
200
This geographical region sought independence from European and Eurasian powers over a long period of time, however during the period leading up World War One the independence movement became more widespread and at times violent.
What is the Balkan Crisis?
200
The government's policy was non intervention. However, oil companies supported the Nationalists.
Who is the United States?
200
The tactic of avoiding islands that offered no strategic value
What is Island Hopping?
200
Hundred Flowers
What is the name of the period in 1956 where people were encouraged to openly give their opinion about the communist regime in China?
200
He was elected Chairman of Petrograd Soviets in 1917
Who is Trotsky?
300
The First World War saw a rapid growth in industry as the countries tried to keep up with the demands that a total war put upon the society and its resources. In Britain, France and Germany this meant women joining the workforce to fill the empty space left by the men leaving to fight the war. By 1917, one of four of the workers were women and Joseph Joffre claimed that "if the women in the war factories stopped for 20 minutes, we would lose the war".
How was World War One a 'Total War'?
300
Groups of people from other nations who joined the Spanish Civil War to assist the Republicans.
Who are the International Brigades?
300
A period of economic recession that allowed extremist political parties in Europe to rise to prominence.
What is the Great Depression?
300
1930 - 1933 (In Russia)
When was Stalin's first purge?
300
16th April 1917
When did Lenin give his April Theses?
400
The French fortifications installed on the German borders in the 1930s as a result of World War One.
What was the Maginot Line?
400
It was wealthy and powerful. It used is influence to support social, economical and political conservatism. The aristocracy had also close bonds to it as they funded it. Consequently, the it defended the interests of the upper class. This led to resentment among the poor and urban workers.
What is influence did the church have in Spain prior to the Spanish Civil War?
400
Resentment over the terms imposed on their country. The terms were views as "dictated peace".
What impact did the Treaty of Versailles have on the population of Germany
400
It aimed to improve agriculture to increase grain production so that foreign import was no longer needed.
What is the Battle for Grain (1925)
400
20th April 1889
When was Hitler born?
500
Decline of Europe, rise of America: the European powers were indebted to America, who saw her share of world trade increase significantly in this period.
What was the economic outcome of World War One?
500
The polarizing nature of the foreign intervention led to more support for appeasement as it seemed that the opposing forces could exhaust each other without democracies being dragged into the conflict. The apparent weakness of two European nations over Spain and their wider policy of appeasement led to Hitler changing his perception of this country.
What impact did the Spanish Civil War have on Britain and France?
500
Stalin, Churchill, Attlee and Truman were all in attendance.
Who attended the Potsdam Conference?
500
Both leaders awarded medals and prizes to women who had multiple children. They viewed giving birth as doing a national service
What similarities did Mussolini and Hitler have in regards to their policies towards women?
500
Appel Quay
What was the street Franz Ferdinand's motorcade turned off before his assassination?