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What man was the King of the United Kingdom during World War Two?
George III
George VI
Charles I
Henry IX
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Before the full outbreak of World War Two, what Prime Minister of the U.K. became infamous for appeasing Hitler and offering him extra territory to avoid war?
Neville Chamberlain
Henry Purcell
Pitt the Elder
Ogden Braithwaite
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Early into World War Two, U.K. soldiers in France found themselves stranded for days on what beach after the Nazis conquered Paris?
Nice
Perra
Normandy
Dunkirk
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As the U.K. quickly began shoring up its stock of arms, it agreed to what program with the U.S. where American manufacturers (though technically neutral) would ship weapons and war machines to the British Isles?
The Cobblestone Road Program
The Rainbow Bridge Program
The Allied Powers' Relief Program
The Lend-Lease Program
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What name is generally given to the Battle of Britain where German planes bombed the U.K. until they were repelled by localized resistance?
The Blitz
The Troubles
The Warp
The Madness
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What man succeeded Neville Chamberlain to become the Prime Minister of the U.K.?
Charles Watson-Wentworth
Henry Addington
Winston Churchill
William Cavendish
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On June 4th, 1940, Churchill gave what famous speech before Parliament where he declared the U.K. would combat Nazi Germany unfailingly?
"Love Lies Bleeding"
"We Shall Fight on the Beaches"
"This Eternal Empire"
"Live for Something; Die for Something"
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What is the name of the U.K.'s aerial combat division whose members became lauded heroes during the Battle of Britain?
The Royal Air Force
The British Flying Corps
The Middle Wing Division
The Aerial Aces of Britain
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True or False: Germans dropped many leaflets during the Blitz that urged the U.K. to surrender and ally with the Axis Powers.
True
False
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What British musical darling became especially famous during World War Two thanks to songs like, "We'll Meet Again" and "The White Cliffs of Dover"?
Connie Francis
Maude Cristal
Vera Lynn
Ethel Merman
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The Second Great Fire of London happened during the Blitz and destroyed part of what famous cathedral?
St. Paul's
St. Peter's
Canterberry Cathedral
St. Gibson's
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During World War Two, the U.K. underwent an extreme rationing campaign. How were ration coupons distributed to the public?
They were passed out in books.
They were printed on punch cards
They were sewn onto cross-stitch hoops.
They were able to be cut out from the newspaper.
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What 1939 social operation saw the U.K. government perform a mass evacuation of children from London to the countryside?
Operation Pied Piper
Operation Road Rage
Operation Mother Goose
Operation Kindergarten
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The U.K. entered World War Two because Germany invaded what country in 1939?
Italy
The Soviet Union
Ethiopia
Poland
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What proclamation in the U.K. essentially created the Allied Powers by uniting the involved nations in opposition to the Axis Powers?
The Declaration of St. James's Palace
The Declaration of St. Riennes
The Declaration of St. Peter's Cathedral
The Declaration of St. Benjamin
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During World War Two, British shipping lanes were consistently attacked by German U-boats. What term was used by the German naval officers to describe periods where Britain wasn't able to fight against these attacks?
Happy Times
The Fishing Barrel
Powder Blue and Honeycups
Aquarium Days
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What is the name of the U.K. operation where the nation's armed forces invaded North Africa to drive out the German and Italian presence there?
Operation Kingmaker
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
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During the Blitz, Royal Air Force leaders fought internally about whether or not they wanted to adopt what strategy where they fought Luftwaffe bombers with massive formations of fighters?
The Five-To-One Strategy
The Bees' Knees Strategy
The Big Wing Strategy
The Iron Eyes Strategy
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U.K. politicians caused what monstrous famine in Asia during World War Two that left millions starving?
The Punjabi Famine
The Bengal Famine
The Indochina Famine
The Manchukuo Famine
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The U.K. exacerbated the Bengal Famine through what series of official policies that refused any food aid to India?
Victory Abroad Policies
Armada Policies
Wonderwall Policies
Denial Policies
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Which of the following nations DID NOT have a government-in-exile based in the U.K. during World War Two?
The Soviet Union
Greece
Poland
France
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The British computer genius Alan Turing greatly helped the Allied war effort by cracking what complicated Axis code?
The Enigma
The Puzzle
The Riddle
The Mystery
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During what military operation did U.K. armed forces invade The Netherlands to try and capture a bridge over the Rhine?
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Longinus
Operation Spirit Bomb
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What famous British commander of the Eighth Army went down in history for liberating North Africa, especially El Alamein and Tunisia?
Douglas Haig
Alex Fielding
James Doolittle
Bernard Montgomery
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The bombing of what North Irish city led to the resignation of North Ireland's Prime Minister J. M. Andrews?
Glasgow
Cork
Belfast
Dublin
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U.K. forces conquering the Mareth Line led to them being able to retake what African country from Axis Forces?
Morocco
Egypt
Tunisia
Algeria
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill united the U.K. and America in World War Two by negotiating the Atlantic Charter with what U.S. president?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
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William Temple became an influential figure in the WWII-Era United Kingdom for preaching Christian socialism as a new direction for the country to take during and after the war. Temple held what position as the head of the Church of England?
The Archbishop of St. Peter's Cathedral
The Archbishop of Canterbury
The Magna Regna
The Pontiface
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The U.K. was a major player in what Normandy invasion that began the end for the Axis Powers?
J Day
V Day
I Day
D Day
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William Beveridge and his Labor Party came to power over the U.K. toward the end of World War Two on the platform of eliminating the Five Giant Evils. Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Giant Evils?
Idleness
Intolerance
Ignorance
Squalor
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