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1. On 30 November 1939 the Soviet Union entered a conflict with Finland because the Finns refused the Soviet Union's request for military access. The first battles were fought along the Mannerheim line and though these battles were hard fought the Soviets were eventually able to overpower the Finns. Soon after the Finns proclaimed defeat after the Red Army captured which city?
2. In July 1941 the Germans and the Finns began Operation Arctic Fox, they were attempting to capture the port of Murmansk and the railway at Kandalaksha. If successful the key supply route from the West to the Soviet Union would be have been cut off. However, despite initial success the operation was declared a failure. Which of these did NOT contribute to its failure?
3. The Norwegian campaign was a campaign fought between the Allies and Axis in Norway and in Norwegian territorial waters. This campaign would be a decisive victory for the Germans and both Denmark and Norway would become Nazi occupied. Following which event did the Nazis begin the campaign?
4. The First Vienna Award involved, among other things, the formal annexation of part of Czechoslovakia by Germany on November 2nd 1938, but two other countries also gained territory, too. Which of these countries did NOT receive any territory from the award?
5. The Bismarck-Class battleship Tirpitz was the only ship of its class, apart from Bismarck itself, to be completed. Following which operation was the RAF finally successful in wrecking the ship?
6. The Bismarck is famous for sinking the Hood. However, the ship's intended purpose was to participate in a wider operation to force Britain to surrender through starvation. The British were heavily dependent upon merchant ships to bring in food and raw materials and would have starved if these essentials had not been able to enter the country. What Operation was Bismarck involved in?
7. The Battle of Crete was the first battle in recorded history where what type of troops was mainly used?
8. For a period of time the Germans also planned to invade the neutral state of Switzerland. However after several revisions the invasion of Switzerland still had not happened. The final revision was codenamed what?
9. Which of the following sieges was the most destructive and costly (in terms of lives) in WWII?
10. Following the surrender of Italy in September of 1943 the British attempted to capture which islands in an attempt to invade the Nazi controlled Balkans?
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