Modernity Lessons 20-24

British fisherman, navy, and the RAF helped rescue a million soldiers from where?

Who became Prime Minister after Chamberlain?

When was Kristallnacht?

What battle involved the iconic raising of the American flag?

Which is: You have two cows, you sell one and buy a bull?

Which work of Chesterton's had a great influence on Lewis and Waugh?

When did the Cold War begin and end?

What project figured out how to weaponize atomic power?

What was the Anschluss?

What does Tolkien's word "Eucatastrophe" mean?

Who was Stalin's evil right hand man?

What trials held the Nazis accountable for the horrors they committed?

What concentration camp was the most infamous and killed 2 million people?

Who was the Communist leader that Stalin opposed?

What year did Hitler take Austria and the Sudetenland?

German general in North Africa known as the "Desert Fox"

Which author was the great lover of paradoxes?

When was Victory Europe day?

Initially, Japan decided to invade and conquer what area?

What Pacific battle lasted 35 days and was the bloodiest in Marine Corps history?

Germany first declared war on the USA.

What conscientious objector saved 75 men at Hacksaw Ridge?

How far did the Stock Market fall when the Crash happened?

Who is generaly known as Q?

What two cities did America drop the atomic bomb on to end the war with Japan?

Who was killed in the executions following the assassination attempt on Hitler?

Which economic school of thought said companies should be allowed to fail?

Chamberlain eventually resigned amid WWII.

The Battle for Fortress Europe began with what main campaign?

Who made Hitler Chancellor and then died in 1934?

What was the personal army of Hitler?

Hitler's plan to conquer Great Britain was called:

What was also known as "the final solution" or "sending someone east"?

Hitler was from which country?

Who makes up the unholy trinity?

Which economic school of thought believed in spending and consumption?

Who became President of the US in 1928?

Neville Chamberlain did not know Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles

The Battle for France -- how long did it take Germany to conquer France?

The USA declared war on Germany the same day as Pearl Harbor.

One of Herbert Hoover's big mistakes was raising tariffs on imports.

What day did the USA officially enter into war with Germany?

What is the German air force?

What amphibious branch of the US military carried the most of the Pacific Battles?

What does RAF stand for?

In what year did Hitler begin to re-arm Germany?

What does C.S. stand for in Lewis's name?

What battle happened from 1942-1943 and was the largest in modern history?

What day did Japan give unconditional surrender to the US and Allies?

Which is: You have two cows, the gov't takes one and gives to your neighbor?

Which British general pushed the Germans back in North Africa?

What was the name of Hitler's plan to invade the Soviet Union?

What fighter did the US develop to match the Japanese Zero?

Which is: you have two cows, gov't takes both and shoots you?

What happened on Sept. 1, 1939?

The Germans surprised and dominated the French.

Japan entered into war against which three nations at once?

When Hindenburg died, what did Hitler's position become?

When and how did Hitler die?

What happened on Sept. 3, 1939?

What was Churchill's famous speech that rallied the British?

What was Operation Valkyrie?

What American general became the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces for D-Day?

Who wrote Brideshead Revisited?

Chamberlain met with Hitler to condemn his actions.

According to Karl Marx, what is the chief end of man?

According to Q, the real goal of education is ...

Tolkien believed education ought to be what?

What was the US's unbreakable code based on?

Who wrote The Cost of Discipleship?

What was the Japanese method of suicidal flights into US ships?

Which President declared war on Japan?

The French trusted in what to protect them from German invasion?

Why did Hitler fail to conquer the Soviet Union?

Hoover decided to let the market correct itself and did not intervene.

The French signed a(n) _______ with Germany in the same railway car used for this purpose in WWI.

Who was the longest serving President of the USA?

What was the name of the literary club formed by Lewis and Tolkien?

What was Operation Barbarossa?

What is the name of the Russian Army

The Twenties saw a rise in ...

Which country was the head of the Empire of the Rising Sun?

What Pacific battle took 3 months, starting on April 1, 1945 and was a very bloody hand to hand combat?

Who gave the great speech, "The Lost Tools of Learning"?

According to Nietzsche, what is the chief end of man?

When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

What did Chamberlain tell Great Britain they would have instead of war?

What is the first area that Hitler began to occupy?

What machine did the Allies use to break codes?

What Pacific battle in June 1942 was a great turning point against Japan?

What city did Hitler target in the Battle for Britain?

Who was greatly influenced by Q?

What day did the Allies invade the beaches of Normandy?

Which Pacific Campaign was called Operation Watchtower and took 6 months?

Which is: You have two cows, the gov't takes both and sells you milk?

What do we call October 24, 1929?

Who was the hero of the Battle for Britain?

What was FDR's major series of projects and programs?

What battle involved Blitzkrieg through the Ardennes?

What beach was the hardest to take on D-Day?