World War II Multiple Choice

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Agree with Tom, primarily because it's just incorrect. The Soviets signed the nonagression pact in order to carve up Poland, without interference from Germany. Germany signed in order to focus on other fronts, with the full intention of attacking the Soviets later. The latter is cynical, the former is not.

I'm pretty sure if the Germans had known the messages were being decrypted by the Allies, they wouldn't have felt it was "successful."

I agree. The encryption was very successful for most of the war, until it wasn't.

I'd remove the (unsuccessfully) remark

Lucky, I got three worng

*Somebody* knows.

Hitler is doing a talk show. He's a big fan of Christian Slater.

Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide shortly before the fall of Berlin. He gave orders that he and his new wife's bodies were to be burned after their deaths. The Soviet army found two charred corpses thought to be the couple and retained custody of them throughout the Cold War. Decades later Russia allowed Western scientists to inspect parts of the remains who confirmed that they did in fact belong to Hitler (using dental records), and that it was likely he died of cyanide poisoning (or poisoning followed by gunshot as is believed). Personal accounts from several people who handled or saw the remains in the interim have been recorded, and no other sightings or alternative/conspiracy theories have ever been corroborated.

That would be funny if the messages kept coming out as the originals after going through that complicated machine.

"Dammit, it encrypted back to itself again!"

Yes.

I agree. Apart from this, I'd like to request a complete change in the option. JetPunk does not have people stupid enough to even guess Bombay. Unless we're being run by a flat-earther.

Lower than my apparent high score of 10

Got it the previous time tho lol

Look it up m8y.

Interesting comment

I would say it's just an American thing. I got 12 / 15 and missed the Pearl harbor question, Churchill and the Japanese cities. In school here (Germany) the fighting outside of Europe didn't get as much attention in high school I would say.

Must be an American thing, I only knew that one from Jetpunk. Or maybe it's a German thing to find Goebbels and Barbarossa much easier.

WW2 is still a massive topic in European schools. As Nicolas states, it often focuses on the things that happened on European soil, because the traces are still visible in many locations (former concentration camps, remembrance stones, cemeteries, monuments) Most Europeans will know details about Pearl Harbor rather because of the movie than from history classes.

I teach 20th century history and am not American. I always point out that there were no carriers in port at Pearl Harbor because it is important to understand why the attack did not really affect America's Pacific naval capabilities.

Ireland wasn't exactly "neutral" and the question doesn't ask that. It asks which country didn't fight. Ireland certainly didn't fight, and although their stated position was neutrality, they helped the Allies where they could do so without drawing too much attention from the Nazis. For example, Ireland provided the Allies with the weather report that helped the Allies decide to proceed with the D-Day invasion. Less honorably, Ireland dismissed in disgrace several thousand Irish soldiers who took it upon themselves to join the British army and fight the Nazis. Irish leadership was probably more upset that they joined the British army (as Britain was still seen as an occupying force in Northern Ireland and the Easter Rising was fresh on everyone's mind) than that they fought, but either way, the soldiers were branded "deserters" and treated accordingly on their return. It was only about ten years ago that the Irish government finally pardoned those who chose to join the fight.

You are so right, Erik! Not a place to forget, particularly Buchenwald.