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During the Korean War of 1950, under whom was the anti-communist government of South Korea formed?

Syngman Rhee & Rhee Syngman. He wanted an alliance with Chiang Kai Shek of China who fled away to Formosa (now Taiwan).

When the Potsdam conference was concluded it was decided to divide Germany and Poland by a border. What was that border known as?

Oder Neisse Line. It was named after the two rivers that formed the frontier.

During the Vietnam War a prolonged attack was mounted by the Vietcong against Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) and other South Vietnamese cities and hamlets (including the US Marine base at Khe Sanh), which began on 30th January, 1968. What was it known as?

Tet Offensive.

What name was given to the unsuccessful attempt that was made to assassinate the German dictator Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime?

July plot. Colonel von Stauffenberg planted a bomb under the conference table at Hitler's headquarters at Rastenburg, East Prussia.

In World War II, what name was given to the escape of three German warships through British and French waters to Germany in 1942?

Channel Dash.

What codename was given to the plan made by the Germans to invade USSR that was launched on 22nd June, 1941?

Operation Barbarossa. The plan was initially successful but by the end of 1941, the German advance had stalled. Large sections of the USSR, particularly the Ukraine,remained in German hands until 1944 and fighting continued elsewhere until then, notably the sieges of Leningrad and Stalingrad.

What name did the Soviet Union give to WWII from 1941-45?

The Great Patriotic War. For the Soviet Union, much of the war was desperate and the troops had to resort to a policy of burning and destroying everything that might be of use to an invading army, especially the crops in the fields. It had been used to great effect by the Russians in 1812 against the invasion of the French emperor Napoleon and again during World War II to hinder the advance of German forces in 1941.

At which conference was the demand for the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan issued by the Allied?

Casablanca. This conference took place early in 1943.

Between whom was the Battle of Midway fought?

USA and Japan.

At which conference were the draft proposals of UNO drawn by the Allied powers?

Dumbarton Oaks.

German financier and banker, he helped halt post-WWI inflation in Germany (in 1923) and was finance minister (1934-37) and Reichsbank president. Conflict with Goering and Hitler led to imprisonment in a concentration camp. He was acquitted at the Nuremberg trials (1946). Who?

Hjalmar Schacht & Schacht.

During the Cold War the Arms Race was justified by the two doctrines of Nuclear Deterrence and MAD. What does MAD stand for?

Mutual Assured Destruction & Mutually Assured Destruction.

Against whom did Lon Nol lead a military coup in Cambodia?

Prince Norodom Sihanouk.

In 1934 Chiang Kai-Shek along with other Guomindang (Kuomintang) activists made an attempt to kill Mao Tse-tung.What name was given to this incident?

Jiangxi incident. After this incident,Mao along with other CCP activists organized the Long March which was a journey of 10,000 km or 6000 miles from Jiangxi to Shanxi in NW China where he established his new military base.This incident made Mao a hero and since then CCP(Chinese Communist Party)gained momentum in China and ultimately he defeated Chiang Kai-Shek in the elections.As a result he fled away to Formosa(Taiwan).On October 1st 1949, The Peoples Republic of China was proclaimed under the presidency of Mao Tse Tung(Mao Zedong). Chou Enlai(Zhou Enlai)was the PM and foreign minister.

What name was given to the three battles fought between Allied and German forces in northern France during World War I?

Battles of Aisne.