WW2

Question 1

What happened in June 1940?

Answer 1

Humiliation at Dunkirk

Question 2

When was the Humiliation at Dunkirk?

Answer 2

June 1940

Question 3

How many men did the British bring?

Answer 3

5 million

Question 4

Who bought 5 million men?

Answer 4

Britain

Question 5

Where did half of the 5 million men the British bought come from?

Answer 5

India

Question 6

When had Hong Kong fallen to Japan?

Answer 6

December 1941

Question 7

What happened in December 1941?

Answer 7

Hong Kong fell to Japan

Question 8

When had Japan invaded Malaya?

Answer 8

December 1941

Question 9

What happened in December 1941?

Answer 9

Japan invaded Malaya

Question 10

What was reported when Japan invaded Malaya in December 1941?

Answer 10

They didn’t lift a finger

Question 11

When was the fall of Singapore?

Answer 11

February 1942

Question 12

What happened in February 1942?

Answer 12

Fall of Sinhgapore

Question 13

How much did the British spend in 1939 building a naval base in Singapore?

Answer 13

£500 million

Question 14

In what year did the British spend £500 million building naval base in Singapore?

Answer 14

1939

Question 15

Where did the British build naval bases in 1939, costing £500 million?

Answer 15

Singapore

Question 16

What happened in the February 1942 Fall of Singapore?

Answer 16

23,000 Japanese soldiers attacked Singapore and then the British army surrendered

Question 17

How many Japanese soldiers attacked Singapore in February 1942?

Answer 17

23,000

Question 18

When had the British surrendered in the February 1942 fall of Singapore?

Answer 18

7 days later

Question 19

How many prisoners did the Japanese take as a result of the 1942 Fall of Singapore?

Answer 19

130,000 British and Indian Prisoners of War

Question 20

In what events were 130,000 British and Indian taken as Prisoners of War?

Answer 20

February 1942: Fall of Singapore

Question 21

What was the impact of the February 1942 Fall of Singapore?

Answer 21

Loss of British prestige, especially to a non-white enemy, encouraging nationalist uprisings

Question 22

What happened in May 1941?

Answer 22

Army rebellion against the British garrisons in Iraq

Question 23

When was there an army rebellion against the British garrisons in Iraq?

Answer 23

May 1941

Question 24

When had Russia and a Britain invaded Persia?

Answer 24

August 1941

Question 25

When had Russia and Britain invaded Persia?

Answer 25

August 1941

Question 26

What was the impact of the Anglo-Russia invasion of Persia in August 1941?

Answer 26

Secured their oil

Question 27

What was the impact of the Great Bengal Famine (1943-44)?

Answer 27

Discontent increased

Question 28

What did the British rely upon to survive the cost?

Answer 28

USA | Liquidating the oversea assets

Question 29

How much was the British overspending by?

Answer 29

£2000 million a year

Question 30

What was the fall in the value of exports as a result of the war?

Answer 30

Fell by 2/3

Question 31

What fell by 2/3 as a result of the war?

Answer 31

British exports

Question 32

What did Keynes say in August 1945?

Answer 32

Warned of a ‘financial Dunkirk’ facing peacetime Britain

Question 33

Who warned of a ‘financial Dunkirk’ facing peacetime Britain in August 1945?

Answer 33

Keynes

Question 34

When had Keynes warned of a ‘financial Dunkirk’?

Answer 34

August 1945

Question 35

Who won the July 1945 general election?

Answer 35

Clement Attlee’s Labour Party

Question 36

In what election had Clement Attlee’s Labour Party won?

Answer 36

General election in July 1945

Question 37

What was the February 1942 fall of Singapore described as?

Answer 37

‘The most shattering imperial military defeat since General Cornwalli’s surrender at Yorktown in 1871’

Question 38

Where were the British expelled from because of Japan?

Answer 38

Malaya Borneo Burma

Question 39

Why was it so embarrassing to be defeated by Japan?

Answer 39

It was in an age where imperial ideology hinged on claims of European racial superiority, therefore they had an idea of an invincible white man

Question 40

What had 30,000 Indian troops captured by the Japanese in Singapore do?

Answer 40

Joined the Indian national army (INA), which aimed to rid Asia of the British

Question 41

Who joined the INA, which aimed to rid Asia of the British?

Answer 41

30,000 Indian troops who were captured by the Japanese in Singapore

Question 42

When was the Burma Independence Army formed?

Answer 42

1941

Question 43

What army was formed in 1941?

Answer 43

Burma Independence Army

Question 44

What was the role of the Burma Independence Army?

Answer 44

Fought against the British

Question 45

Who was the leader of the Burma Independence Army??

Answer 45

Aung SAN

Question 46

When was the Battle of El Alamein?

Answer 46

November 1942

Question 47

What happened in November 1942?

Answer 47

Battle of El Alamein

Question 48

What happened in the November 1942 Battle of El Alamein?

Answer 48

British defeated the Germans in Egypt and cleared them out of Northern Africa and began to set their interests on Africa. Egyptian and Palestinians took advantage

Question 49

What was the vent where the British defeated the Germans in Egypt and cleared them out of Northern Africa and began to set their interests on Africa (Egyptian and Palestinians took advantage)?

Answer 49

November 1942 Battle of El Alamein

Question 50

What happened in the humiliation at Dunkirk in June 1940?

Answer 50

British troops were surrounded by German troops

Question 51

By mid June, who many American rifles were making their way to Britain?

Answer 51

Half a million

Question 52

When was Operation Barbarossa?

Answer 52

June 1941

Question 53

What happened in June 1941?

Answer 53

Operation Barbarossa

Question 54

What was the June 1941 Operation Barbarossa?

Answer 54

German invasion attempt of the Soviet Union

Question 55

When was there a German invasion attempt of the Soviet Union?

Answer 55

June 1941 Operation Barbarossa

Question 56

What was the impact of the June 1941 Operation Barbarossa?

Answer 56

Soviet Union joined the allies | push American alliance who were fascinated with decolonisation