ROUND 4: History - World War II Resistance

1. A BBC radio broadcast on June 18, 1940, is sometimes said to be
   the opening call for underground resistance against Nazi
   Germany. Who made this broadcast?

A. Charles de Gaulle


2. An armed revolt against militarized SS units lasted -
   astonishingly - from April 19 to May 16, 1943. Where did 
   this event take place?

A. the Warsaw Ghetto [if "Warsaw" is given, say "more specific"]


3. Name the country in which SS deputy leader Reinhard Heydrich 
   was assassinated by guerrillas in 1942. In retaliation, the
   Germans destroyed the town of Lidice [LEE dee tse] and its
   inhabitants.

A. Czech Republic OR Czechoslovakia 
   (also accept the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia)


4. A group of over 100 German generals, diplomats and other
   notables nearly succeeded in assassinating Hitler in his bunker
   on July 20, 1944. Name the officer who planted the bomb and
   then flew to Berlin to proclaim a coup d'etat.

A. Claus Graf von Stauffenberg


5. This man was an aviator, art critic and novelist. He escaped
   from a prisoner of war camp, joined the French Resistance, and
   was captured and tortured by the Gestapo. Later he became de
   Gaulle's culture minister. What is his name?

A. André Malraux


6. Name either one of the two partisan leaders who fought inside
   occupied Europe and then formed internationally recognized
   national governments after the war.

A. Josip Broz (a.k.a. Tito) OR Enver Hoxha [HO-ja]

 

7. Three days before Hitler's suicide, a band of communist
   partisans captured this man disguised in a German private's
   uniform and reportedly carrying a collection of African crown
   jewels. They shot him the next day. Who was he?

A. Benito Mussolini


8. The BBC encouraged people in occupied Europe to display a
   certain symbol to show support for the Allies. The symbol became
   so popular that German counter-propaganda adopted it, too - the
   Nazis even put it up on the Eiffel Tower. What is this symbol?

A. the "V" (for victory)


9. In one European country, competing partisan armies fought a
   vicious civil war from 1944 to 1949 with one interruption, when
   a truce was brokered by the British. The British-backed side
   finally won. What country is this?

A. Greece


10. Stepan Bandera led a self-proclaimed government and a partisan
    army in one part of occupied Europe, sometimes allied with
    Germany and sometimes fighting Germany. The remnants of his
    army kept fighting until they were wiped out in the 1950s. 
    Where did these events take place?

A. Ukraine