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1. Sixty countries (3/4 of the
world population) fought in
World War II.  It is estimated
that 57 million people die,
and more than half of these
were civilians.  The Soviet
Union lost 21.3 million with
7.7 million of them being
civilians. WHAT was the
estimated loss from the
United States?

2. Of the 57 million
causalities, WHAT is the
percentage that came from the
Soviet Union, China, Germany,
and Poland?

3. Poison gas was first used
in World War I to break the
trench warfare stalemate.
During World War II, all the
powers had chemical weapons.
WHICH is NOT where it was used
during World War II?

4. In 1936, Germany hosted the
Olympic Games in Berlin.
Hitler wanted to prove the
superiority of pure Aryans.
However, an African American
won 4 gold medals. WHO was
this American?

5. Which country barred the
gates of Palestine to Jews
fleeing the Nazis?

6. During WWI, what was 'shell
shock' initially diagnosed as?


7. During WWI, when did
British troops 'stand to'
while in the trenches?

8. During WWI, what was the
best kept secret in the
French Army after the Nivelle
Offensive?

9. During WWI, what vermin
did both sides complain
bitterly about?

10. What was the major reason
trench periscopes were used?


11. What was the German plan
involved invading Belgium in
order to defeat France before
fighting Russia?

12. Which of the following was
NOT an Allied power?

13. Why did the United States
enter the war in 1917?

14. What brought World War
I to an end?

15. What was the name of the
battle that threw the
advancing German armies back
from Paris?

16. What triggered World
War I?

17. Which country helped
Serbia in the Balkan Wars?


18. What was the battle in
which the Germans surrounded
Russian troops?

19. On 30 September 1918
Ludendorff told the German
General Staff that Germany had
no realistic hope of winning
the war and would have to seek
an armistice. Who, according
to Ludendorff, was to sign it?


20. What name is generally
given to the claim by German
nationalists (including the
Nazis) that Germany had not
been militarily defeated in
World War I but had been
betrayed on the home front by
subsersives, especially
Socialists, Communists,
liberals and labour leaders?