WWII history test

[Widewing]

Neville Chamberlain? Although he wasn't Prime Minister at the time.

Excellent! Although Chamberlain made his initial proposals while he was still Chancellor of the Exchequer, he continued to press for this after becoming Prime Minister in 1937. Japan's continued aggression against China made it impractical to get any real cooperation from Parliament. The  growing strength of Germany forced him to refocus on issues far closer to home.

My regards,

Widewing

[Captfish]

What meeting of world powers near the end of World War II is often said to mark the beginning of the Cold War?

[Cthulhu]

What meeting of world powers near the end of World War II is often said to mark the beginning of the Cold War?

Potsdam

[Yossarian]

What meeting of world powers near the end of World War II is often said to mark the beginning of the Cold War?

Yalta Conference in 1945?  But I think it's sort of open to debate between Potsdam and Yalta - from what I learned for my exams and what I just read on Wikipedia, I'd have to say the Yalta Conference, as I think it laid the basis for the Cold War.  For example, whilst it was agreed that the original governments would be restored to all of the liberated/invaded countries, Stalin did not do this, and IMO thus started off the mistrust etc.

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Yossarian

[Captfish]

 
The Yalta Conference, a wartime meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin from February 4 to 11, 1945, is considered by many experts to mark the beginning of the Cold War. Among the issues discussed at the Yalta Conference were German war reparations, the division of Germany into zones of occupation, and the repatriation of all Soviet soldiers who had joined American and British troops whether they were willing to return or not. It is believed that many of these soldiers were put to death upon their return to Soviet control.

[DEAR98]

I got one. What was the most produced US aircraft in WW2?

[Widewing]

I got one. What was the most produced US aircraft in WW2?

B-24....


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Widewing

[Banshee7]

I got one. What was the most produced US aircraft in WW2?

F22

[toetoe31]

What a load...

[ridley1]

Then again....at Potsdam,
is when Trueman told Stalin that the US had the A-bomb

Stalin never trusted the west (never trusted anybody, actually)  hearing about the bomb the way (and when) he did didn't help.

But, then again, when the cold war started is pretty subjective

[Old Sport]

But, then again, when the cold war started is pretty subjective

Yeah, I imagine the German high command would guess around November of 1941.

[DPQ5]

I got one. What was the most produced US aircraft in WW2?

hmmm... p47?

[LLogann]

Laugh OUT Loud!

[Captfish]

Then again....at Potsdam,
is when Trueman told Stalin that the US had the A-bomb

Stalin never trusted the west (never trusted anybody, actually)  hearing about the bomb the way (and when) he did didn't help.

But, then again, when the cold war started is pretty subjective

Potsdam did play a huge role but it was not until July '45 where as Yalta was in Feb '45

....There was severe disagreement between the Allies about how Europe should look following the war. Both sides, moreover, held very dissimilar ideas regarding the establishment and maintenance of post-war security. The Americans tended to understand security in situational terms, assuming that, if US-style governments and markets were established as widely as possible, countries could resolve their differences peacefully, through international organizations. Soviet leaders, however, tended to understand security in terms of space. This reasoning was conditioned by Russia's historical experiences, given the frequency with which the country had been invaded over the last 150 years.

At the Yalta Conference in February 1945, the Allies attempted to define the framework for a post-war settlement in Europe but could not reach a firm consensus. Following the Allied victory in May, the Soviets effectively occupied Eastern Europe, while strong US and Western allies' forces remained in Western Europe. In occupied Germany, the US and the Soviet Union established zones of occupation and a loose framework for four-power control with the ailing French and British.

At the Potsdam Conference, starting in late July, serious differences emerged over the future development of Germany and Eastern Europe. At this conference Truman informed Stalin that the United States possessed a powerful new weapon. "Stalin’s only reply was to say that he was glad to hear of the bomb and he hoped [the United States] would use it." One week after the end of the Potsdam Conference, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to further conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. Shortly after the attacks, Stalin protested to US officials when Truman offered the Soviets little real influence in occupied Japan.......