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The Warsaw Uprising Trivia Quiz

The Warsaw Uprising was both a tragedy and triumph. It showed the world what horrors the Nazis were capable of and what the Soviets' true intentions were. It also showed the world that there are always people who will rise up and challenge tyranny.

A multiple-choice quiz by beterave. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
beterave

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
335,801

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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348

Last 3 plays: PDAZ (7/10), hellobion (9/10), Guest 172 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Warsaw was under Nazi occupation for about five years. When the Red Army was approaching Warsaw, who urged them to start an armed insurrection? Hint

German agents

Polish partisans

Radio Moscow

MI6

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Polish Government in Exile thoroughly distrusted and disliked the Russians. Which discovery, in particular, inflamed this? Hint

their persecution of the Jews

Stalin's promise of free 'elections' in a liberated Poland

Communist sympathizers confirmed Soviet intentions

the Katyn Massacre

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the Polish Committee of National Liberation? Hint

the Allied backed government

a splinter group of the legitimate government

the German backed government

the Soviet backed government for Poland

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Home Army started the uprising at 5:00PM, 1 August 1944. Why was this time badly chosen? Hint

there would not be enough daylight remaining

the insurgents had little training in daylight operations

enemy guard positions were strongest then

there was no time to mobilize enough troops

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Question 5 of 10

5. In order to oppose the uprising, the Germans brought in the Kaminsky Brigade and the Dirlewanger Brigade. What was the official 'speciality' of these two formations? Hint

demolitions and engineering

they were regular combat troops

they were concentration camp guards

anti-partisan warfare

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Question 6 of 10

6. When members of the Polish Home Army were apprehended or offered to surrender, what was the German's official policy in handling these men? Hint

there was no policy official or otherwise

take them as prisoners

execute them on the spot

detain them then question them

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Question 7 of 10

7. How did the Home Army obtain firearms and equipment as the battle wore on? Hint

they were unable to resupply themselves

they were able to improvise what they needed all the time

the Russians sent sent them everything they needed

they used captured German arms and equipment

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which means of travel was the safest used by the Home Guard during the Warsaw Uprising? Hint

the sewers

the alleys

the roof tops

the streets

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Question 9 of 10

9. SS Obergruppenfuher Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski was in command of the German forces during the Warsaw Uprising. What became of him for his role in the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising? Hint

he was executed for war crimes

he avoided capture by fleeing to Argentina

he served a long sentence in prison

he was never charged with any war crime

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Question 10 of 10

10. What became of Warsaw after the Uprising ended? Hint

it was used as a ghetto

it was left intact

it was looted and burned

it was turned into a fortress

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Warsaw was under Nazi occupation for about five years. When the Red Army was approaching Warsaw, who urged them to start an armed insurrection?

Answer: Radio Moscow

As the Red Army approached Warsaw, Radio Moscow urged an armed uprising to free the city of German control. Leaders in the Polish Home Army and the Government in Exile did not support this action initially.

2. The Polish Government in Exile thoroughly distrusted and disliked the Russians. Which discovery, in particular, inflamed this?

Answer: the Katyn Massacre

The discovery of a mass grave in the Katyn Forest of executed Polish officers who disappeared in the Soviet sector early in the war, severely strained relations between the Government in Exile and Moscow. Stalin insisted the slain officers had been killed by the Germans and that the 'discovery' was Nazi propaganda.

3. What was the Polish Committee of National Liberation?

Answer: the Soviet backed government for Poland

The Polish Committee of National Liberation was the Soviet backed government for a 'liberated' Poland. This political movement later co-operated with the Soviet Union in making Poland become a Soviet satellite state.

4. The Home Army started the uprising at 5:00PM, 1 August 1944. Why was this time badly chosen?

Answer: the insurgents had little training in daylight operations

The decision to commence operations at 5:00PM was a bad idea because the insurgents were not trained soldiers able to take on the Germans in a pitched battle in the daylight hours. This mistake cost them many lives and left the Germans in control of several vital facilities.

5. In order to oppose the uprising, the Germans brought in the Kaminsky Brigade and the Dirlewanger Brigade. What was the official 'speciality' of these two formations?

Answer: anti-partisan warfare

The Kaminsky Brigade or RONA, were ill-disciplined Russian turncoats, and the Dirlewanger's men were from an SS 'penal battalion' composed of criminals, including robbers, rapists and psychopaths. (Dirlewanger himself had been convicted of sexually assaulting a minor and jailed). Officially, their speciality was anti-partisan warfare.

These two units were responsible for many the most heinous abuses and atrocities during the suppression of the uprising.

6. When members of the Polish Home Army were apprehended or offered to surrender, what was the German's official policy in handling these men?

Answer: execute them on the spot

The official policy was to execute them on the spot without trial or mercy. This policy failed to weaken their resolve; in fact it only strengthened it.

7. How did the Home Army obtain firearms and equipment as the battle wore on?

Answer: they used captured German arms and equipment

The Home Army used captured German arms and equipment as the battle wore on. This included an armoured car and a Panther tank. They were able to improvise some explosives and some booby traps, but for the most part they used German arms.

8. Which means of travel was the safest used by the Home Guard during the Warsaw Uprising?

Answer: the sewers

The sewers were the safest way to travel. All the other means could and did draw fire from the Germans. (The highly acclaimed 1956 Polish film "Kanal", directed by Andrzej Wajda, which is based on the uprising, is set in the sewers).

9. SS Obergruppenfuher Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski was in command of the German forces during the Warsaw Uprising. What became of him for his role in the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising?

Answer: he was never charged with any war crime

Bach-Zelewski was never punished for his role in the Warsaw Uprising, which left countless numbers of Polish civilians murdered. He died in prison for other crimes - committed before the start of World War II, and he was never charged with any crime relating to his monstrous role in Warsaw (or for his part in systematic massacres in Latvia and Belarus).

According to the Wikipededia article on him (accessed on 7 March 2011): 'In exchange for his testimony against his former superiors at the Nuremberg Trials, von dem Bach-Zelewski never faced trial for any war crimes. Similarly, he never faced extradition to Poland or to the USSR'.

10. What became of Warsaw after the Uprising ended?

Answer: it was looted and burned

The fighting lasted till 2 October 1944. After the fighting ended, the Germans systematically looted the city and razed over 85% of the buildings. The majority of the remaining inhabitants were shipped to concentration camps and forced labor camps.

Source: Author beterave

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