Cold War to 1945

Question 1

COLD WAR TO 1945

Answer 1

COLD WAR TO 1945

Question 2

What did the Soviet Union think about the capitalist powers of Great Britain and the USA?

Answer 2

They wanted communism to be overthrown

Question 3

How many American soldiers died in the Russian Civil War?

Answer 3

279

Question 4

How many British soldiers died in the Russian Civil War whilst fighting for the Whites?

Answer 4

359

Question 5

Who did France give Renault tanks to in a war vs Russia in 1920?

Answer 5

Poland

Question 6

What did Churchill say about stopping communism?

Answer 6

‘Strangle Bolshevism in the cradle’

Question 7

What did the USSR sign with Nazi Germany on the 23rd August 1939, stunning the West?

Answer 7

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Question 8

What was a potential reason for the USSR signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?

Answer 8

They feared that the West would come to an understanding with Germany and not help the USSR in the event of an invasion

Question 9

When did the USSR invade Poland?

Answer 9

17th September 1939

Question 10

When did Stalin invade the Baltic States?

Answer 10

Summer of 1940

Question 11

When did Operation Barbarossa begin?

Answer 11

June 1941

Question 12

When did the USA join the Grand Alliance?

Answer 12

December 1941

Question 13

How many tanks and aircraft did Churchill agree to send to the USSR in September 1941?

Answer 13

2250 tanks and 1800 fighter aircraft

Question 14

What did Stalin ask Churchill for in July 1941?

Answer 14

For a British invasion of France and the opening of a second front

Question 15

What was the reason for tension in the Grand Alliance?

Answer 15

The issue of the Second front

Question 16

What did FDR promise in 1942?

Answer 16

An invasion

Question 17

What did Stalin question Churchill about in Moscow in 1942?

Answer 17

Whether the British troops were afraid of the Germans

Question 18

How many Germans divisions were fighting the USSR when the Grand Alliance was formed?

Answer 18

180 divisions

Question 19

How many Germans divisions were fighting the British in North Africa when the Grand Alliance was formed?

Answer 19

3 divisions

Question 20

What did Stalin fear Western Allies were doing?

Answer 20

Allowing the Red Army to be weakened so the the USSR would unable to influence post-war Europe

Question 21

When was Italy invaded by a joint Anglo-American force?

Answer 21

July 1943

Question 22

When did Stalin, FDR and Churchill meet in Tehran?

Answer 22

November 1943

Question 23

What did FDR promise Stalin in Tehran?

Answer 23

There would be a landing in May 1944

Question 24

What question was significant at the Tehran conference?

Answer 24

The Polish Question

Question 25

What was agreed at the Tehran Conference in regards to an invasion of France?

Answer 25

Anglo-American forces would invade France in May 1944

Question 26

What was it agreed at the Tehran Conference the USSR would join after Germany was defeated?

Answer 26

The war against Japan

Question 27

What was it agreed the USSR would receive at the Tehran Conference?

Answer 27

Polish territory

Question 28

What did the Allies agree at the Tehran Conference they would only accept from Germany?

Answer 28

An unconditional surrender

Question 29

When was D-Day?

Answer 29

6th June 1944

Question 30

When did Hitler commit suicide?

Answer 30

30th April 1945

Question 31

What did Stalin want to create after the war?

Answer 31

A buffer zone to protect Russia from the West

Question 32

Who mistrusted the West after the Munich Agreement of 1938, which meant that they must surrender to Germany?

Answer 32

Czchoslovakia

Question 33

Who mistrusted the West after the Munich Agreement of 1938, which meant that they must surrender to Germany?

Answer 33

Czechoslovakia

Question 34

What did Czechoslovak President Benes sign with the USSR in December 1943?

Answer 34

The Treaty of Friendship

Question 35

What did the Treaty of Friendship between Hungary and the USSR guarantee?

Answer 35

That the Communist party would have a position of primary importance after the war

Question 36

What had Hungary participated in in 1941?

Answer 36

Operation Barbarossa

Question 37

When did the Red Army enter Hungary?

Answer 37

September 1944

Question 38

What % of the vote did the Communists win in Hungary in November 1945?

Answer 38

17%

Question 39

How many key roles in government did the Communists receive in Hungary?

Answer 39

3

Question 40

How many Polish Army officers were executed in the Katyn Forest Massacre?

Answer 40

22,000

Question 41

When was the Yalta Conference?

Answer 41

February 1945

Question 42

What was agreed at the Yalta Conference in regards to Germany?

Answer 42

Germany would be divided into 4 zones

Question 43

What did Stalin promise at the Yalta Conference?

Answer 43

Free elections would be held in the countries occupied by the Red Army

Question 44

What did Stalin agree to the formation of at the Yalta Conference?

Answer 44

The United Nations

Question 45

How much was it agreed at Yalta that Germany had to pay in reparations?

Answer 45

$20 billion over 5 years

Question 46

When did Germany formally surrender to the Allies?

Answer 46

7th May 1945

Question 47

When was the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 47

17th July 1945 to the 2nd August 1945

Question 48

What did Truman tell Molotov at the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 48

The Soviets had to stick to agreements - relations were no longer a 'one way street'

Question 49

When was the USA's first successful atomic bomb test?

Answer 49

16th July 1945 - day before Potsdam

Question 50

What did the West recognise at the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 50

That Eastern Europe would be in the Soviet sphere of influence

Question 51

Why did Churchill storm out the room in a meeting with Stalin at the Tehran Conference?

Answer 51

Stalin 'joked' that 50,000 - 100,000 German officers should be executed so that they could not start another war

Question 52

At what conference was the Percentages Agreement drawn up?

Answer 52

4th Moscow Conference October 1944

Question 53

How was it agreed that Romania would be divided?

Answer 53

USSR got 90%, others 10%

Question 54

What happened to 16 representatives of Poland when they were invited by the USSR to discuss the future of Poland?

Answer 54

They were arrested and put on show trials in Moscow where they were forced to confess to collaboration with the Nazis

Question 55

What was the USSR by nature?

Answer 55

Expansionist

Question 56

What did Stalin annex in 1940?

Answer 56

The Baltic States

Question 57

What were countries liberated by the Red Army forced to adopt?

Answer 57

Communist regimes

Question 58

How many Soviets died fighting in WW2?

Answer 58

25 million

Question 59

What policy did Truman adopt in 1945?

Answer 59

A containment policy

Question 60

What allowed the USA to be aggressive when dealing with the Soviets?

Answer 60

They had an atomic bomb