European history A-Z

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A) This eastern French town was captured by Germany in 1940. Allied victory battle

Alsace

B) This SW European ethnic group occupied northern Spain and SW France

Basques

C) Period of intense geopolitical tension between the US and the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991

Cold War

D) Mass evacuation of British troops from coastal France in 1941

Dunkirk

E) Historical Scottish castle, occupied since the 11th century

Edinburgh Castle

F) WW1 fort used to deflect German advances in the battle of Marne

Fort Troyon

G) Famous astronomer credited for discovering craters on the Moon and moons of Jupiter

Galileo Galilei

H) Carthaginian general who lead the sack of Rome from the North by crossing the Alps

Hannibal

I) Turkish historical port city founded by the Greeks

Izmir

J) the Holiest city in Christianity

Jerusalem

K) Mass attack on Jewish citizens in Nazi Germany in Nov 1938, also called "the night of broken glass"

Kristallnacht

L) British ship sunk by a German u-boat attack during WW1 off the coast of Ireland

Lusitania

M) Famous decree that kings and his government are subject to the law, signed by King John in 1215

Magna Carta

N) Famous French emperor who met his defeat at Waterloo in 1815

Napoleon Bonaparte

O) Name of the Allied operation during the battles of Normandy

Overlord

P) Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in Peru

Pizzaro

Q) Alliance formed by the great powers after the Napoleonic reign in Nov 1815

Quadruple Alliance

R) Period of enlightenment, art, and cultural rebirth from the 14th-17th centuries.

Renaissance

S) Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in this city in 1914

Sarajevo

T) Type of ground warfare used for cover and surprise attacks during WW1

trench

U) The practice of charging excessive interest on loans in favor of the lender, prohibited by the Catholic church

usury

V) Peace treaty signed in June 1919, ending WW1 between Germany and the Allied powers

Versailles

W) Collective term for the war between Finland and the Soviet Union during the cold months

Winter war

X) Ancient Greek philosopher who proposed the idea of one God

Xenophanes

Y) Crimean port city that held the post war conference between Allied powers in Feb 1945

Yalta

Z) 1917 telegram proposing that Mexico align with Germany against the US

Zimmermann Telegram

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2 Comments

Level 91

Sep 1, 2025

Alsace is NOT a town but a region.

Level 58

Sep 16, 2025

the name of the conquistador is pizarro, not pizzaro