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The Second World War Quests |Page %p| Times New Roman Times New Roman Times New Roman Times New Roman Times New Roman Times New Roman Times New Roman Arial Times New Roman Times New Roman Which are the main international blocs in the immediate eve of World War Two?x Nazi Germany is isolated in its aggressive thrust against all the other European countries: from France to USSR to Italy Europe is divided in two opposite blocs: on one hand the totalitarian countries (Germany, Italy and USSR), on the other France and England[ Germany and Italy on one hand, France and England on the other and USSR in waiting position The two blocs loomed clearly on the occasion of the Spanish civil war. The "caudillo" Francisco Franco entered Barcelona as a winner thanks to the determining contribution of the Nazi Germany and of the Fascist Italy.In the opposite bloc instead a serious split was being created between France and England on one hand and USSR on the other. On the problem of the support to provide to the socialist democratic republic of Spain, in fact, the two western powers hesitated, showing that the anguishes provoked by the ghost of the Bolshevik revolution were greater than the fear that the nazi-fascism aroused. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 011000 Which event officially started World War Two and when?I The occupation and the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia by Hitler in 1939K Anschluss of Austria to Germany on 12th March 1938 made by force by HitlerT Poland invasion by German troops on 1st September 1939 to claim the Danzig Corridor On 1st September 1939 Hitler started Poland invasion, alleging as pretext the claim of Danzig Corridor to join East Prussia to the rest of the German territory. War was really inevitable at last for the firm Hitler's will to realize his expansionist projects on Europe. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 000000 Which countries were the first ones to declare war upon Germany? USSR, England and France Japan and France USA, France and England France and England Failed negotiation with USRR, France and England were the only countries who offered a support to Pole government and they had to react accordingly to Nazi aggression. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 100100 What is the so-called Blitzkrieg?N The conviction, shared by all the participants, that war would have been quick A new kind of strategy based on surprise attack which characterizes Hitler's actions and victories in the first phase of the war| The attack rapidity of English airplanes with which Churchill manages to face German bombardments winning England air battle Military operations of the Nazi army in Poland revealed a new kind of strategy based on blitzkrieg. The neuralgic centers of the Pole defensive system were struck and destroyed before Pole forces were used deep in the fight against the enemy. Poland capitulated in the course of three weeks. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 000000 Owing to which episode USA declare war upon tripartite powers?0 The sinking of "Lusitania" by German submarines; USA rivalry towards USSR who was holding out against HitlerE Churchill's appeal to Roosevelt in the name of the common democratic. Japan attack to the USA fleet at Pearl Harbor Rivalry between Japan and USA loomed clearly already during World War One and exploded in the second one because they were fighting for the Pacific supremacy. USA in fact did not bear the increasing expansion of Japan. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 000000 Which event officially puts end to war in Europe? Hitler's suicide& Unconditioned surrender of German army% The arrival of the Red Army to Berlin# The sudden withdrawal of USA troops The arrival of the Soviet army in Berlin represented a moment of serious uncertainty for the Nazi General Staff. Hitler committed suicide (or was killed) together with Eve Braun and other exponents of the regime, while the Doenitz admiral signed the unconditioned surrender on 7th May 1943. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 000000 Which event compels Japan to surrender? Truman's appeal The death of emperor Hiro Hito0 The atomic bombardment of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The USSR war declaration After a tenacious resistance to the American advanced in the Pacific islands, in which the desperate heroism of the Kamikaze distinguished itself, Japan was forced to surrender from the bombardments of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 000000 When and against who Italy enters into war?0 On 1st September 1939 against France and England, On 10th June 1940 against France and England. On 1st June 1940 against Greece and Yugoslavia2 On 28th October 1940 against Greece and Yugoslavia The clamorous German victories induced Mussolini to declare war upon France and England on 10th June 1940. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 000000 What is the Resistance?O The political and military fight of Italian people against Germans and Fascists_ The Fascist fight guided by Mussolini, freed by the Germans, to resist to the Allied occupation= The resistance opposed by Jews to Nazi and Fascist mopping up The Resistance was a European phenomenon that occurred mainly because of the defeat of Nazism and Fascism. In Italy it was able to create in most of the regions a unity between political and social forces of different origins with the common purpose of the fight against Nazism and Fascism. MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif MS Sans Serif 000000 What is the Republic of Sal It's a government of national unity constituted on the Garda lake shores with anti-German functionz It's the Italian-German republic founded by Mussolini just after he was freed by Germans and brought in the North of Italy It's a government constituted in the North of Italy from the republican parties in opposition to the monarchic forces that operated in the South The Italian Social Republic was founded in the September 1943, after Mussolini's liberation from his imprisonment on Gran Sasso. Mussolini announced on radio from Monaco the formation of a fascist republican government in the Italian territories still occupied by the Nazi. Formally Mussolini was the absolute leader of republic of Sal , but he was really a hostage of the Germans. 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