7 World War II

Question 1

What was happening when the move Casablanca was released?

Answer 1

Churchill and Roosevelt were meeting in Casablanca.

Question 2

Who was controlling the ME&NA in 1939?

Answer 2

Question 3

What mandates were given after WWI?

Answer 3

France - Syria and Lebanon
Britain - TransJordan, Iraq and Palestine

Question 4

How did France and Britain treat those territories?

Answer 4

Like colonies.

Question 5

What did these mandates make Britain?

Answer 5

The largest empire ever. 1/4 of the globe

Question 6

How secure were Britain and France?

Answer 6

Not as much as 20 years earlier because of uprisings.

Question 7

Who was uprising under the British?

Answer 7

Egyptians, Iraquis, Berbers, Jews

Question 8

What did the Berbers win?

Answer 8

A temporary establishment of the Republic of the Rif in northern Morocco.

Question 9

What was the Great Druze Revolt?

Answer 9

Against the French in Syria between 1925 and 1927.

Question 10

Who won?

Answer 10

The French.

Question 11

How long did fighting last in North Africa during WWII?

Answer 11

About 36 months.

Question 12

When did it start?

Answer 12

Italy’s invasion of British-occupied Egypt in June 1940.

Question 13

When did it end?

Answer 13

The surrender of 250,000 German and Italian troops in Tunisia in May 1943.

Question 14

What triggered WWII?

Answer 14

Germany’s invasion of Poland in September1939.

Question 15

When did Germany invade France?

Answer 15

May 1940.

Question 16

What did this embolden Mussolini to do?

Answer 16

To declare war against the Allies in June 1940.

Question 17

What did Vichy France include?

Answer 17

Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and possibly Lebanon and Syria

Question 18

What happened 4 days after Italy entered the war?

Answer 18

Britain entered Libya from Egypt.

Question 19

Why was this worrisome?

Answer 19

The Italian forces in the region outnubered British by 6 to 1 [although they were spread out]

Question 20

How did the fighting in North Africa go?

Answer 20

Back and forth because each side’s tank could do well in the desert.

Question 21

What did this do to dupply lines?

Answer 21

It stretched them thin.

Question 22

How did Arab forces respond?

Answer 22

Britain was so hated in Iraq that they joined with Hitler.

Question 23

What did they do?

Answer 23

Siezed British military bases in Iraq. But they never fully took them.

Question 24

What was Operation Exporter?

Answer 24

The Syria-Lebanon campaign of 1941.

Question 25

What happened?

Answer 25

Britain realized it could not count on Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon.

Question 26

What did Churchill do?

Answer 26

Invaded Syria from Iraq and Palestine.

Question 27

What did they fear that Germany would do if it controlled Syria?

Answer 27

Use it as a base to invade Egypt.

Question 28

Who won?

Answer 28

The British.

Question 29

What was Operation Countenence?

Answer 29

British/Russian invasion of Iran.

Question 30

Who was the leader of Iran then?
What were his loyalties?

Answer 30

Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Loyal to Germany.

Question 31

What happened?

Answer 31

Iraq surrenderd.
Oil supply lines to the Soviet Union were secure.

Question 32

What happened to Reza Shah?

Answer 32

He was forced to abdicate and his son was put on the throne - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.

Question 33

What was the difference in the impact of WWI and WWII on the region?

Answer 33

Many of the countries in the region were created after WWI but did not become independent until after WWII.

Question 34

Who replaced Britain and France in the world order?

Answer 34

US and Soviet Union

Question 35

What did the Arabs do in 1945?

Answer 35

Created the Arab League.

Egypt, Iraq, TransJordan Lebanon, Syria ad Saudi Arabia

Question 36

How many members are there today?

Answer 36

22