Wartime Relations

Question 1

When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Answer 1

1939

Question 2

When was the Katyn massacre?

Answer 2

1940

Question 3

How many were killed in Katyn?

Answer 3

4,253

Question 4

When did the USSR join the war?

Answer 4

June 1941

Question 5

When was the first conference between Churchill and Stalin?

Answer 5

1942

Question 6

How many casualties did the USSR suffer by 1943?

Answer 6

8-10 million

Question 7

How many Russians troops fought in the Battle of Kharkov?

Answer 7

2 million

Question 8

What was the % agreement?

Answer 8

Set up spheres of influence after WW2

Question 9

When was the % agreement?

Answer 9

1944

Question 10

What was the British reaction to the Katyn Massacre?

Answer 10

Covered it up

Question 11

How did Stalin show support for Britain early on?

Answer 11

Did not send aid to Greek communists

Question 12

Which act did the US repeal?

Answer 12

Neutrality Act in 1939

Question 13

What was the destroyers for bases deal?

Answer 13

50 US destroyers traded for 8 UK bases

Question 14

When was Lend-Lease introduced?

Answer 14

1941

Question 15

How much was given in Lend-Lease?

Answer 15

$31.6 billion

Question 16

What was agreed in 1941?

Answer 16

Atlantic Charter

Question 17

When did the US join WW2?

Answer 17

December 1941

Question 18

What operation did Churchill persuade Roosevelt against in 1942?

Answer 18

Operation Sledgehammer - proposed invasion of France
(replaced by Operation Torch)

Question 19

How many US troops were sent to Britain?

Answer 19

1 million

Question 20

How many casualties did the US suffer by 1943?

Answer 20

400,000

Question 21

How did Churchill personally feel about France?

Answer 21

• Admired it
• Spoke French

Question 22

When were the Dunkirk evacuations? How many were evacuated?

Answer 22

• May 1940
• 300,000

Question 23

How did Churchill support France after Dunkirk

Answer 23

Promised air forces (opposed by Dowding)

Question 24

How many ships were sunk by Britain? How many French were killed? When?

Answer 24

1) 5
2) 1297
3) July 1940

Question 25

Who did De Gaulle refuse to work with?

Answer 25

Former Vichy leaders in North Africa

Question 26

What were Churchill's relations with De Gaulle?

Answer 26

- Uncompromising - Tense

Question 27

Where did US troops occupy?

Answer 27

- Greenland - Iceland

Question 28

Which conference was in August 1942?

Answer 28

Moscow Conference - Churchill & Stalin - Good impression - Only a promise of a second front

Question 29

Which conference was in August 1943?

Answer 29

Quebec Conference - Second Front agreed upon - Set dates - Churchill & Roosevelt

Question 30

Which conference was in November 1943?

Answer 30

Tehran Conference - All 3 -

Question 31

Which conference was in October 1944?

Answer 31

2nd Moscow Conference - % agreement - Churchill & Stalin

Question 32

What happened to Lend-Lease?

Answer 32

Churchill had to beg for an extension in 1944

Question 33

Who did Roosevelt meet with?

Answer 33

- Only met with Stalin in private - Met the Chinese without Churchill's knowledge