According to Churchill, he had nothing to offer in 1940 but what?
Blood, toil, tears, and sweat
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Which great evacuation of 1940 was called Operation Dynamo?
Dunkirk
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What was the popular name for pilotless bombs, V-1s?
Doodle-bug or buzz bomb
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Who commanded the Allied forces that invaded Europe on D-Day?
General Dwight Eisenhower
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In which French city did Germany surrender in World War II?
Reims
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Who was president when the USA entered the first World War?
Coolidge
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On the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941, who said: 'Our enemies have performed a brilliant feat of deception, perfectly timed and executed whit great skill'?
President Franklin D Roosevelt
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Which war ended in 1902 with the treaty of Vereeniging?
The Boer War
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Who was president of the USA throughout World War One?
Woodrow Wilson
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The Treaty of Panmunjom ended which war?
Korean war
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In 1940, who did Hitler make marshal of the Reich, or Reichmarshal, the first and only holder of that rank?
Hermann Goering
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Who was the war commissar who led the Red Army to victory in the Russian civil war of 1918 to 1920?
Trotsky
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Richard III died at which battle?
Bosworth Field
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Which country did Britain fight in the War of Jenkins' Ear?
Spain
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At the Siege of Mafeking who led the British forces?
Robert Baden-Powell
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Which two countries are joined by the Bridge of No Return?
North and South Korea
It was used for prisoner exchanges at the end of the Korean War
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ANZAC was a First World War army corps featuring soldiers from which two countries?
Australia and New Zealand
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According to UNICEF, which African country has the most landmines in the world?
- Angola
- Egypt
- Somalia
Egypt
with an estimated total of 23,000,000
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Which country is nicknamed 'The Cockpit of Europe' because of the number of battles throughout history fought on its soil?
Belgium
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Which chemical mixture used by the US military as part of its herbicidal warfare program during the Vietnam War is named for the colour of the barrel in which it was shipped?
Agent Orange
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Do atomic bombs work by nuclear fusion or nuclear fission?
Nuclear fission
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