Post-WWII World History Trivia

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4. Following their surrender in WWII, Germany was divided into how many zones controlled and administered by the Allies Answer

5. Four

6. This U.S. presidential doctrine promised economic aid to countries that were threatened by the spread of communism Answer

7. Truman Doctrine

8. The international organization that was formed after WWII with a specific purpose of fostering dialogue in order to prevent another world war Answer

9. United Nations

10. The first area of conflict between the Soviet Union and United States after WWII occurred in this region Answer

11. Eastern Europe

12. The conflicting political ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union that led to them being fierce rivals during the Cold War years Answer

13. Democracy vs. Communism

14. A major distinction and advantage that the United States had over other WWII participants when it comes to postwar economic success Answer

15. The war was not generally fought on U.S. territory

16. The turning point in the war on the Eastern Front between Germany and the Soviet Union was fought in this city Answer

17. Stalingrad

18. This army, considered Germany’s best, was lost in its entirety after being surrounded and captured in Stalingrad Answer

19. 6th Army

20. Germany occupied both of these Eastern European countries in 1938 without any opposition from either France or Great Britain Answer

21. Czechoslovakia & Austria

22. The leader of the Republican Nationalist forces in the Chinese Civil War Answer

23. Chiang Kai-Shek

24. The island to which the defeated Republican forces of Chiang Kai-Shek fled in 1949 Answer

25. Taiwan

26. The country that encouraged and militarily supported the North Korean offensive against the South in 1950 Answer

27. Soviet Union

28. Daily Double!!! The country that sent several hundred thousand troops into North Korea in response to a push by United Nations troops close to their border Answer

29. China

30. The Soviet Union agreed to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba if the United States promised not to do this Answer

31. Invade Cuba

32. The triumphant Chinese communist leader in the civil war that ended in 1949 Answer

33. Mao Zedong

34. Mao’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ called for collectivization of agriculture in order to freed up more people for this Answer

35. industry

36. The two islands that, if controlled, would allow the United States to fly planes that could reach the Japanese mainland Answer

37. Iwo Jima and Okinawa

38. The terms dictated for the surrender of Germany to the Allied forces to end WWII in Europe Answer

39. Unconditional surrender

40. Adolf Hitler gambled that the victorious Allies from WWI would not be willing to enforce any part of this treaty that he violated Answer

41. Treaty of Versailles

42. The military strategy adopted by the U.S. Army in the Pacific in order to circumvent islands that were heavy fortified by the Japanese Answer

43. Island-hopping

44. This massive economic plan was instituted by the United States after WWII because it was thought that communism could get a foothold in countries that faced economic uncertainty Answer

45. Marshall Plan

46. This American tried to improve relations with China by being the first president to visit the communist country in the early 1970s Answer

47. Richard M. Nixon

48. The fascist leader of Italy during World War II Answer

49. Benito Mussolini

50. The main reason for the building of the Berlin Wall Answer