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World War II: Our Tragic Legacy
1. Who invaded Poland at the beginning of World War II?
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World War II: Our Tragic Legacy
1. Who invaded Poland at the beginning of World War II?
2. Which two leaders personified the evil that was vanquished?
2. Which two leaders personified the evil that was vanquished?
3. What war toppled the Russian czars?
3. What war toppled the Russian czars?
4. What proved a historic blessing for communism?
4. What proved a historic blessing for communism?
5. Which two governments provided aid for the Soviet Union?
5. Which two governments provided aid for the Soviet Union?
List the nine countries that became Soviet controlled satellites after
World War II:
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List the nine countries that became Soviet controlled satellites after
World War II:
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15. Who launched a persecution of Christianity?
15. Who launched a persecution of Christianity?
16. Which two countries invaded Poland?
16. Which two countries invaded Poland?
17. What opened the door to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe?
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18. Who did not declare war on USSR after the invasion of Poland in
1939?
19. How did the Roosevelt administration refer to Joseph Stalin?
17. What opened the door to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe?
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18. Who did not declare war on USSR after the invasion of Poland in
1939?
19. How did the Roosevelt administration refer to Joseph Stalin?
20. How many billions of dollars did the Soviet Union receive in aid
from the United States under the Lend-Lease Act?
20. How many billions of dollars did the Soviet Union receive in aid
from the United States under the Lend-Lease Act?
21. Who became a more powerful enemy to the west?
21. Who became a more powerful enemy to the west?
22. Who helped build up this enemy?
22. Who helped build up this enemy?
23. How many people were killed in World War II?
23. How many people were killed in World War II?
24. What did Stalin do to 35,000 of his own military officers?
24. What did Stalin do to 35,000 of his own military officers?
25. What two war crimes trials were in violation of civilized law?
25. What two war crimes trials were in violation of civilized law?
26. Who used the policy of firebombing Berlin and Tokyo?
26. Who used the policy of firebombing Berlin and Tokyo?
27. Who were stripped of their rights and were incarcerated by
President Roosevelt?
28. Which country was never invaded or touched by the foot of an
enemy soldier?
29. What united the country?
27. Who were stripped of their rights and were incarcerated by
President Roosevelt?
28. Which country was never invaded or touched by the foot of an
enemy soldier?
29. What united the country?
30. What centralized power and commandeered the national
economy on a fascist-socialist model because of the war?
30. What centralized power and commandeered the national
economy on a fascist-socialist model because of the war?
31. What subverted the principle of federalism and laid the
foundations of today’s limitless and lawless government?
31. What subverted the principle of federalism and laid the
foundations of today’s limitless and lawless government?
32. What consumed vast American resources?
32. What consumed vast American resources?
33. What did the American people become accustomed to beyond
that which King George III had imposed on our ancestors?
33. What did the American people become accustomed to beyond
that which King George III had imposed on our ancestors?
34. What term did John Lukacs use to refer to post war America?
34. What term did John Lukacs use to refer to post war America?
35. What two aspects of Americanism were dealt a blow with the
terrible tragedy of World War II?
35. What two aspects of Americanism were dealt a blow with the
terrible tragedy of World War II?
“Britain went to war with Germany to save Poland. She did not save
Poland. She did lose the empire. And Joseph Stalin, whose victims
outnumbered those of Hitler 1,000 to one as of September 1939, and
who joined Hitler in the rape of Poland, wound up with all of
Poland, and all the Christian nations from the Urals to the Elbe. The
British Empire fought, bled and died, and made Eastern and Central
Europe safe for Stalinism.”
-Patrick J. Buchanan
“Britain went to war with Germany to save Poland. She did not save
Poland. She did lose the empire. And Joseph Stalin, whose victims
outnumbered those of Hitler 1,000 to one as of September 1939, and
who joined Hitler in the rape of Poland, wound up with all of
Poland, and all the Christian nations from the Urals to the Elbe. The
British Empire fought, bled and died, and made Eastern and Central
Europe safe for Stalinism.”
-Patrick J. Buchanan