Countries in World War II Quiz

Wasn't newfoundland an independent country before in 1939?

Slovakia's independent role in WW2 could be questioned, as they were not recognized as a state by anyone besides the axis and were basically a German province with more autonomy.

Slovakia during WW2 was part of Czechoslovakia

What? I'm pretty sure North Korea is fully recognised and Kosovo is recognised by a majority of countries.

Your quiz is still kind of incorrect. Poland was invaded at the start of the war. same with hungary

Hungary wasn't occupied by Germany until 1944.

You're contradicting yourself, mate. Poland was invaded "at the start of the war", hence it existed at that time. So, it counts.

Plus they fought

make sure you fix the mistakes

What mistakes? (if you see any mistakes, wouldn't it be helpful and useful to say what you think they are?)

He included albania even though italy took them over in april of 1939

Thanks QM!

You eliminated Czechoslovakia and Austria because they had already been taken over by Germany. Wasn't Poland also overrun?

They were technically overrun before the war actually started. Poland majorly fought back.

Norway & Denmark are still missing

umm there are a lot of mistakes here like ,Denmark is not on here nither is norway, and you dont add Czechoslovakia or Austria but you add Australia and new Zealand?!?!?! so you might wanna fix some things up here....

That's because Denmark and Norway had less than 10,000 military casualties.

Crap, totally overlooked the Baltic countries, I thought they were probably part of the USSR at that point.

Yep, Me too... You're not alone my friend..

@gzx5 the reason the Baltic states were no longer independent after WW2 was because Soviet Union invaded them and took over Yes, Hitler did invade them but USSR was more powerful and controlled the 3 states until early 90s

me too!

Same. I thought the whole chunk south "all the -stans" and the whole chunk west "all the eastern european countries" belonged to USSR at one time.

The Winter War is an awkward one because the Finns ended up fighting against the Soviet Union, which was fine in 1940 when the Soviets weren't part of the Allies and not so ok when they did it again in 1941-44 alongside Germany and Operation Barbarossa. The reasons why were perfectly understandable - Finland only gained independence from Russia in 1918, and the Soviets considered them to be like Ukraine, Poland and various other parts of the historic Russian territory. It doesn't really fit into the Western narrative about WWII though, so it gets quietly ignored.

Also you're very confused about dates. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed March 3rd, 1918, between the German Empire and the Russian SFSR. The Russians ceded the Baltic states, Finland, Belarus and Ukraine. Some were made independent, some became part of the German Empire, and some weren't mentioned by name (Poland) but their territory was transferred. The Armistice was signed on Nov 11th 1918, which brought an end to the fighting on the Western Front. Versailles was signed the following year, 1919, and made de jure the independence of Poland (which had risen up against the Germans after Brest-Litvosk) and Czechoslovakia. East Prussia continued to exist in parts of what is now Poland and Lithuania until after WWII. This video explains things quite well: http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome03/Map-of-Europe-after-WW1-and-the-Versailles-Treaty.php

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no Slovakia??? seriously? was a sovereign country

The First Slovak Republic wasn't recognised by any of the Allies who considered it (rightly) to be a German puppet state, and the legitimate government to be the Czechoslovak government in place before the German invasion. Which was a bit rich since it was British and French treachery which destabilised Czechoslovakia in the first place, but there you go.

The Soviets weren't part of the Allies when they recognised it, and they derecognised it when Slovakia took part in Operation Barbarossa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945) If you're being literal, the Slovak Republic did exist for a few years during the period, but the idea that it was an independent sovereign nation is pretty strange. It was a German puppet which only a handful of countries recognised, and which only existed in any sense for the duration of the war.

Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia.

But, but Norway and Denmark:(

Aaa, didn't realize that the Baltic states were sovereign. Assumed they would have been USSR.

+1

if uk and usa work, nz should too

I forgot Germany...

What was used for the calculation for "Deaths" number? Most accepted statistics put Soviet casualties at over 20 million (if you include military and civilian).

Don't do it! You have so much to live for!

If Slovakia is a German puppet then why is Albania in this quiz when it was occupied by Italy before WW2 started?

The Statute of Westminster in 1931 effectively granted independence to Canada (and Australia, NZ, S Africa and Newfoundland).

canada, australia, new zealand and south africa were all part of the uk

Thank you benzeller, good history lesson. Why don't people know this already?

The death toll might still be less than 10,000, but Norwegians were in the Battle of Britain fighting as R.A.F. pilots.

denmark was not peacefully invaded. they just fell in 4 hours.

Albania was no longer an independent sovereign state on 1 Sept 1939, it had been invaded by Italy 5 months previously. Slovakia might not have been recognised as being a separate country but it was certainly more independent than Albania!

That's right about Albania.

What about the millions of Indians who were starved to death by churchill during the WWII? History is indeed written by the victors. Everybody thinks he is some hero in the West. He is no better than Hilter or Stalin.

churchill was the prime minister, not the royal head of the country...

they took it in 1935

Nope. 1939.

I genuinely have a question why Australia, New Zealand and Canada mentioned as separate countries whereas India was not mentioned, which also took part in WWII and lost a lot of soldiers.

Actually, it was the British Raj, a PUPPET of the UK

denmark was wiped out in 4 hours...no it wasnt peaceful

Funniest quiz I have done................I forgot one....................could not think of it.....................USA!!!..............because I assumed I had already included it :-)

happens to me every day

If we re including the Baltic states and Albania, then I think Slovakia should be in here, and maybe Croatia too.

What do you mean? All those countries are now independent. The Soviet Union recognized the independence of these countries in 1991. Estonia adopted the declaration of independence 20.8.1991 and Latvia the following day. Lithuania had issued a proclamation in the early spring of 1990. Lithuania and Russia, led by Yeltsin recognized each other in July 1991. Estonia and Latvia, the Russian Federation recognized the independence after the conservative coup attempt 24.8.1991.

they were separate states at the start of the war

i think

New Zealand was in it from Day 1. In December 1939, A British cruiser crewed by New Zealanders H.M.S. Achilles participated in the Battle of the River Plate. In 1940 New Zealand pilots fought in the Battle of Britain. In 1941 New Zealanders fought against the German invasion of Crete. Following that they were evacuated to Africa to join other New Zealanders fighting in the British 8th Army against Rommel. The Italians laid a minefield into which another New Zealand cruiser H.M.N.Z.S. Neptune sailed and sunk. In 1942 New Zealanders fought in the 1st Battle of El Alamein, bringing Rommel's advance to a stop, and then the 2nd Battle of El Alamein where he was forced to retreat. In 1943 New Zealand patrol boat H.M.N.Z.S. Moa was sunk by the Japanese in the Solomons. In 1944 New Zealand participated in the Battle of Cassino in Italy with heavy losses. My Grandmother's brother died a few months later in a botched river crossing near Ravenna. 11,000+ military deaths is accurate.

Loads of people said that

albania was conquered in 1935. You'd have to add other countries like ethiopia if it counts.

what about norway and denmark???

India had upwards of 80,000 deaths and is not included in the list. Nor is it a part of the British total death count. Yet, there's Latvia...

I guessed all (reasonable) Asian, European, North and South American countries. Not only that but I guessed all North African countries just to be disappointed in myself again. South. Africa....

Where is Denmark and Norway, they were both invaded and occupied in world war 2.

They were invaded by the USSR in 1940 (during world war II) and remained a part of it until 1991.

Forgot Germany... I feel dumb

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia were all part of the USSR during WWII. If you are going to have us put those countries then you need to split up Yugoslavia into Bosnia, Macedonia and Serbia.