Q.1
Which prime minister announced the declaration of war on Germany in 1939 by radio to the British people?
  • Winston Churchill
  • Stanley Baldwin
  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Archibald Sinclair
Q.2
In March 1939 Hitler seized the provinces of Bohemia and Moravia. To which country had they belonged?
  • Poland
  • Hungary
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Yugoslavia
Q.3
Which Soviet foreign commissar urged Stalin in 1939 to conclude an agreement with Germany, arguing that Britain and France could not be relied upon to confront the dictators Hitler and Mussolini?
  • Litvinov
  • Molotov
  • Beria
  • Voroshilov
Q.4
Which Nazi minister flew to Moscow on the 23rd of August 1939 to sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
  • Hess
  • Goering
  • Von Ribbentrop
  • Goebbels
Q.5
Britain sent an army across the Channel to fight in France and Belgium. What name was given to this force?
  • British Expeditionary Force
  • British Field Force
  • British Task Force
  • British Military Contingent
Q.6
In 1939 Hitler took a formerly German city that had been seized by Lithuania from League of Nations control. What was the German name of this Baltic port?
  • Danzig
  • Riga
  • Memel
  • Soppot
Q.7
In May and June a joint Anglo-French diplomatic and military mission was visiting a potential ally against Germany. Which state was this?
  • The Soviet Union
  • Poland
  • Sweden
  • Romania
Q.8
Which Conservative backbencher (a former Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer) criticised the slow pace of British rearmament following Germany's breach of the Munich Agreement? He used information provided by serving military personnel.
  • Winston Churchill
  • Lord Halifax
  • Anthony Eden
  • Leslie Hore-Belisha
Q.9
Hitler invaded Poland on the 1st of September On which day did Britain and France formally declare war?
  • The 2nd of September
  • The 1st of September
  • The 4th of September
  • The 3rd of September
Q.10
Which politician was re-appointed to his old job as First Lord of the Admiralty on the outbreak of war?
  • Arthur Henderson
  • Winston Churchill
  • Ernest Bevin
  • Max Aitken
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