World War II - Further Study Resources
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Which German military formation was destroyed by the Soviet Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944?
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Which German military formation was destroyed by the Soviet Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944?
Army Group Centre
The 1939 invasion of Poland is considered the first implementation of which German military tactic?
Blitzkrieg
According to Alan F. Wilt, what significant operational decision did Hitler make during the late summer of 1941?
To halt offensive operations
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World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 1: Who is the author of the 1991 book titled *Recreating Japanese Women, 1600–1945*?
- Gail Lee Bernstein (correct)
- Margaret Mead
- John Dower
- Emiko Ohnuki‑Tierney
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 2: Which German battleship’s final operations and sinking are chronicled in the 2009 work by Zetterling and Tamelander?
- Bismarck (correct)
- Tirpitz
- Scharnhorst
- Gneisenau
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 3: Who is the author of the 1996 study that describes the Soviet Operation Bagration?
- Steven J. Zaloga (correct)
- John Keegan
- William L. Shirer
- Richard Overy
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 4: Who are the authors of *Currents in American History: A Brief History of the United States*?
- Terry D. Bilhartz and Alan C. Elliott (correct)
- Herbert P. Bix and Jeremy Black
- Martin J. Brayley and Martin J. Collier
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 5: Which organization produced the detailed study of Germany’s Balkans campaign in the spring of 1941?
- United States Army (correct)
- British War Office
- Soviet Archive Committee
- German Wehrmacht Historical Division
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 6: What is the title of Herbert P. Bix's 2000 book?
- Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (correct)
- World War Two: A Military History
- The Logic of Political Survival
- The Strategic Air War Against Germany, 1939–1945
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 7: Which work, published in 2003, is titled "World War Two: A Military History"?
- Jeremy Black (correct)
- Martin Blinkhorn
- Richard Bosworth
- Tom Buchanan
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 8: What is the title of Martin Blinkhorn's 2006 book (3rd edition)?
- Mussolini and Fascist Italy (correct)
- The Cambridge History of the Second World War Volume 2
- Europe's Troubled Peace, 1945–2000
- The Avoidable War: Pierre Laval and the Politics of Reality, 1935–1936
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 9: Which work focuses on the British Army in the Far East during 1939–45?
- The British Army 1939–45, Volume 3: The Far East (correct)
- The Strategic Air War Against Germany, 1939–1945
- Germany 1919–45
- The Second World War (4): The Mediterranean 1940–1945
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 10: What is the title of the 1998 publication by the British Bombing Survey Unit?
- The Strategic Air War Against Germany, 1939–1945 (correct)
- The Avoidable War: Pierre Laval and the Politics of Reality, 1935–1936
- The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World II
- Europe's Troubled Peace, 1945–2000
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 11: What is the title of the 2005 work by Martin J. Bull and James L. Newell?
- Italian Politics: Adjustment Under Duress (correct)
- The Oxford Companion to World II
- Germany 1919–45
- A Concise History of Greece (2nd edition)
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 12: Which 1990 book by Alan Bullock is titled “Hitler: A Study in Tyranny”?
- Hitler: A Study in Tyranny (correct)
- The Story of the Second World War
- Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas
- The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World II
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 13: Which 2006 book by Luciano Canfora bears this title?
- Democracy in Europe: A History (correct)
- The Cambridge History of the Second World War Volume 2
- The Avoidable War: Pierre Laval and the Politics of Reality, 1935–1936
- Italy's Fascist Italy (3rd edition)
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 14: What is the title of the 1940 article by Hadley Cantril?
- America Faces the War: A Study in Public Opinion (correct)
- Rape (Red Army in World II)
- Greece
- The United States, the Cold War, and the colour line
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 15: Which 2006 work by Thomas R. Christofferson and Michael S. Christofferson examines France during World II?
- France During World II: From Defeat to Liberation (correct)
- The Logic of Political Survival
- German 1919–45
- Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 16: Which book edited by Hsi‑Sheng Ch'i covers China’s war with Japan?
- China's Bitter Victory: War with Japan, 1937–45 (correct)
- The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World II
- Europe's Troubled Peace, 1945–2000
- America Faces the War: A Study in Public Opinion
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 17: Which 2002 book by Richard Clogg provides a concise history of Greece?
- A Concise History of Greece (2nd edition) (correct)
- Greece (entry in The Oxford Companion to World II)
- Europe's Troubled Peace, 1945–2000
- The Logic of Political Survival
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 18: In which reference work does Richard Clogg contribute the entry “Greece”?
- The Oxford Companion to World II (correct)
- The Cambridge History of the Second World War Volume 2
- Atrocities, Massacres and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia Vol. II, M–Z
- The Strategic Air War Against Germany, 1939–1945
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 19: Which book by Martin Collier and Philip Pedley covers German history from 1919 to 1945?
- Germany 1919–45 (correct)
- The Strategic Air War Against Germany, 1939–1945
- The Cambridge History of the Second World War Volume 2
- Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 20: What is the title of Henry Steele Commager’s work on World War II?
- The Story of the Second World War (correct)
- Europe's Troubled Peace, 1945–2000
- The Logic of Political Survival
- Hitler: A Study in Tyranny
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 21: Who authored the 1981 study of Hitler’s late‑summer pause in 1941?
- Alan F. Wilt (correct)
- Steven J. Zaloga
- Jeremy Black
- Martin Blinkhorn
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 22: Which historian wrote the 2002 analysis of Poland’s 1939 invasion as the first blitzkrieg?
- Steven J. Zaloga (correct)
- Alan F. Wilt
- Martin J. Bull
- Thomas Borstelmann
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 23: What is the title of the second‑edition volume that contains Borstelmann’s chapter on the United States and the colour line?
- Origins of the Cold War: An International History (correct)
- The Early Cold War: Global Perspectives
- Cold War Beginnings: A Comparative Study
- International Origins of the Post‑War Order
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 24: Which work, published in 2015, is titled *The Cambridge History of the Second World War Volume 2*?
- Politics and Ideology (correct)
- Military Strategies and Campaigns
- Economic Mobilization and Production
- Social Change and Civilian Life
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 25: Which 2006 publication examines Europe’s post‑war order from 1945 to 2000?
- Europe's Troubled Peace, 1945–2000 (correct)
- Europe After Victory: Reconstruction and Reform
- The Continental Shift: Politics in the Late Twentieth Century
- Post‑War Europe: Economic and Social Transformations
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 26: What is the title of the 2003 MIT Press book co‑authored by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and colleagues?
- The Logic of Political Survival (correct)
- The Theory of International Conflict
- Strategic Decision‑Making in World Politics
- Power, Institutions, and Policy Outcomes
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 27: What is the title of Donald F. Busky’s 2002 publication covering communist movements in three continents?
- Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas (correct)
- The Avoidable War: Pierre Laval and the Politics of Reality, 1935–1936
- Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and Post‑Soviet Eras
- Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 28: What is the title of Iris Chang’s 1997 book about the Nanking massacre?
- The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World II (correct)
- The Second World War (4): The Mediterranean 1940–1945
- Atrocities, Massacres and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia Vol. II, M–Z
- Communism in History and Theory: Asia, Africa, and the Americas
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 29: What is the title of Alexander Chubarov’s 2001 history of the Soviet and post‑Soviet eras?
- Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and Post‑Soviet Eras (correct)
- The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World II
- The Avoidable War: Pierre Laval and the Politics of Reality, 1935–1936
- Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures
World War II - Further Study Resources Quiz Question 30: What is the title of Paul Collier’s 2003 Osprey Publishing work on the Mediterranean theatre?
- The Second World War (4): The Mediterranean 1940–1945 (correct)
- The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World II
- The Avoidable War: Pierre Laval and the Politics of Reality, 1935–1936
- Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and Post‑Soviet Eras
Who is the author of the 1991 book titled *Recreating Japanese Women, 1600–1945*?
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Key Concepts
World War II Events
Operation Bagration
Blitzkrieg
Bismarck (battleship)
Rape of Nanking
Strategic bombing
Key Figures
Hirohito
Mussolini
World War II
Post-War Dynamics
Cold War
Italian politics
Definitions
Operation Bagration
The 1944 Soviet offensive that destroyed German Army Group Centre and turned the tide on the Eastern Front.
Blitzkrieg
A rapid, coordinated military tactic combining air power and mechanized ground forces, first used by Germany in the 1939 invasion of Poland.
Bismarck (battleship)
Germany’s most famous World War II battleship, whose final sortie and sinking in 1941 became a legendary naval episode.
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989, whose reign encompassed World War II and Japan’s post‑war transformation.
Mussolini
Italian dictator and founder of Fascism, who ruled Italy from 1922 to 1945 and allied with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Rape of Nanking
The 1937–1938 mass murder and sexual violence perpetrated by Japanese troops in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
Cold War
The geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from the late 1940s to the early 1990s.
Strategic bombing
The aerial campaign targeting an enemy’s industrial and civilian infrastructure, notably employed by the Allies against Germany in World II.
Italian politics
The political system and party dynamics of Italy, especially during the Fascist era and its post‑war adjustments.
World War II
The global conflict from 1939 to 1945 involving most of the world’s nations, marked by massive military operations and profound social change.