Conscription

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Question 1

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Which country had the largest population in Western Europe in the early part of the period?
Answer
  • Russia
  • Britain
  • France
  • Prussia

Question 2

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Which Prussian King turned down a proposal for an army of popular liberation?
Answer
  • Wilhelm I
  • Frederick Wilhelm
  • Frederick III
  • Wilhelm II

Question 3

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Which battle of Napoleonic times prompted this attempt at reform?
Answer
  • Saalfeld
  • Eylau
  • Kolberg
  • Auerstadt

Question 4

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Which other country (not France) showed how effective a citizen/peasant army could be?
Answer
  • Spain
  • Russia
  • Britian
  • Italy

Question 5

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How many new men did Napoleon's Prefects provide him with just before his defeat at Liepzig?
Answer
  • None
  • 200,000
  • 10,000
  • 20,000

Question 6

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How many Frenchman who served under Napoleon became casualties?
Answer
  • 1/2
  • 1/5
  • 1/10
  • 1/3

Question 7

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Comparatively how big was the Allied army to the French at Leipzig?
Answer
  • Same size.
  • Half as much again.
  • Twice the size.
  • Three times the size.

Question 8

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When were the whiskey and biscuit loving monarchs restored?
Answer
  • 1816
  • 1818
  • 1820
  • 1815

Question 9

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At which battle of 1812 did Napoleon's troops refuse to perform a manoeuvre sur la derriere?
Answer
  • Austerlitz
  • Borodino
  • Liepzig
  • Gratz

Question 10

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Whose reforms did Bismarck successfully bully the Prussian Parliament into paying for?
Answer
  • Roon
  • Bismarck
  • Gneisenhau
  • Clausewitz

Question 11

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After the reforms that followed the defeat of Prussia in 1806, only two generals remained in their positions by the Sixth Coalition. Who were they? TICK TWO
Answer
  • Boyer
  • Gneisenau
  • Blucher
  • Tauentzein
  • Scharnhorst

Question 12

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In which year was the length of military service in Prussia reduced from 3 to 2 years?
Answer
  • 1865
  • 1903
  • 1888
  • 1893

Question 13

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What size was the German army limited to after the Treaty of Versailles?
Answer
  • 10,000
  • 20,000
  • 50,000
  • 100,000

Question 14

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When did Hitler announce the re-introduction of conscription?
Answer
  • 1937
  • 1939
  • 1935
  • 1940

Question 15

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How big was the German Allied army at the start of Operation Barbarossa?
Answer
  • 1.8 million
  • 6.2 million
  • 3.6 million
  • 2.5 million
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