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World History: World Wars and the Cold War
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- Which agreement of September 1938 let Germany annex the Sudetenland?
- Which crisis began with the Wall Street crash of October 1929?
- Which two Japanese cities were hit by atomic bombs in August 1945?
- On which date did the Allied landings in Normandy begin?
- Which military alliance was founded in 1949?
- Which government ruled unoccupied France from 1940 to 1944?
- Which revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power in 1917?
- Which international organisation was created in 1920 after the First World War?
- Who became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933?
- Which crisis of October 1962 brought the world close to nuclear war?
- Which wall began to divide Berlin in 1961?
- Which organisation was founded in 1945 to maintain international peace?
- In which year did the First World War begin?
- Which speech of 18 June 1940 called on the French to continue the fight?
- Which event of December 1991 ended the Soviet Union?
- Which treaty of 1919 formally ended the war with Germany?
- Which American programme supported European reconstruction from 1947?
- In which year did the Second World War begin in Europe?
- In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
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