Churchill and International diplomacy Dates

Question 1

Losses of the USSR during the war

Answer 1

9 million soldiers killed, 13 million civilian deaths

Question 1

Atlantic Charter

Answer 1

1941
Pledge signed by US president FDR and Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII and to work for peace after the war

Question 2

Total British deaths during the war

Answer 2

452,000

Question 3

Total US deaths during the war

Answer 3

420,000

Question 4

How many deaths in Stalingrad?

Answer 4

1 million

Question 5

When did the USA repeal the Neutrality Act?

Answer 5

November 1939
-It allowed Britain to purchase American arms.

Question 6

USA declared a neutral zone along the coast of the USA and South America, which their navy patrolled to prevent sinking of merchant ships by the Germans.

Answer 6

October 1939

Question 7

When and What was the Lend-Lease Act?

Answer 7

March 1941

Led to $31.6 billion of assistance going to the UK by 1945

Question 8

In ________________, _______ old US destroyers were exchanged with Britain for leases to _____ British naval bases.

Answer 8

September 1940
50
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Question 9

When did Roosevelt use the phrase ‘arsenal of democracy’ to defend the sale of arms to Britain?

Answer 9

December 1940

Question 10

In _________, US troops occupied Greenland and, on _________, Iceland, in order to stop Germany using either of them as a military base.

Answer 10

April 1941
1st July 1941

Question 11

When and where was the first meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt?

Answer 11

In Placentia Bay in Canada in August 1941. This is where the Atlantic Charter was formed.

Question 12

When did the USA enter the war?

Answer 12

On the 7th December 1941, Japan attacked the US pacific fleet in Pearl Harbour, and Hitler made his greatest mistake of declaring war on the USA.

Question 13

Meetings between Churchill and Roosevelt in New York and Washington

Answer 13

June 1942
There he persuaded the USA against ‘Operation Sledgehammer’, an invasion of France to take pressure of the Russians

Question 14

Tehran Conference

Answer 14

1943
- regarded Britain as a junior partner

Question 15

Yalta

Answer 15

4 February 1945

Question 16

Meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt in Casablanca

Answer 16

• January 1943
• Roosevelt approved the British strategy for invading Sicily and then Italy.

Question 17

US pressure forced a date for the invasion of Northern France, May 1944.

Answer 17

In Washington, in May 1943

Question 18

In the beginning of January 1942, how many troops came to Britain?

Answer 18

Over 1 million US troops came to Britain before being shipped to North Africa and Italy.

Question 19

Meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in Quebec

Answer 19

• 1943
• The USA favoured an attack on Southern France which Churchill did not
• Churchill favoured an attack on the Balkans

Question 20

Chinese leader

Answer 20

Jiang Jieshi

Question 21

When was the second meeting with Churchill and Roosevelt in Quebec

Answer 21

September 1944

Question 22

Hitler Invades USSR

Answer 22

June 1941

Question 23

when did churchill go to Moscow and what happened

Answer 23

He went to Moscow in August 1942 but there were disagreements about opening up a second front.

Question 24

When was the Percentages Agreement?

Answer 24

October 1944 (4th Moscow Conference)

Question 25

Details of the Percentages Agreement (3)

Answer 25

• Romania: 90% to Russia, 10% to others
• Greece: 90% to Great Britain, 10% to Russia
• Yugoslavia: 50% to Russia, 50% to Britain

Question 26

Red army defeats Germany in Stalingrad

Answer 26

February 1943

Question 27

Churchill bombs French Fleet to prevent them falling into German hands

Answer 27

1940
5 ships were sunk, killing 1300 French servicemen.

Question 28

How many conferences were attended by world leaders?

Answer 28

Churchill: 16
Roosevelt: 12
Stalin: 7

Shows churchill’s determination and belief that Britain should be the forefront when making decisions

Question 29

When was Zurich Speech?

Answer 29

1946
Churchill made a major speech in Zurich that added to his reputation as a major figure in the European movement.

Question 30

Council of Europe

Answer 30

1949
800 influential Europeans meeting to establish a forum for co-operation.

Question 31

When and what was the Iron Curtain speech?

Answer 31

• March 1946
• Churchill delivered a speech in Fulton, Missouri, during a visit to America.
• The speech was called ‘The Sinews of Peace’ but was seen as initiating the Cold War.