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Question 1: With the ultimate defeat of Axis forces in North Africa in spring 1943, ________, who always had a deep interest in the region, turned his sights on the islands.
Winston ChurchillJoseph StalinHarold MacmillanMargaret Thatcher

Question 2: The Germans bombed Samos with ________ (I.
Junkers Ju 52Dornier Do 17Junkers Ju 88Junkers Ju 87

Question 3: Despite this setback, however, the British High Command pressed ahead with the occupation of the other islands, especially the three larger ones, ________, Samos and Leros.
TilosDodecaneseRhodesKos

Question 4: This was done in accordance with ________'s order of 11 September to execute captured Italian officers.
Nazi GermanyAdolf HitlerNazi PartySchutzstaffel

Question 5: [15] The Allies lost six destroyers sunk and two cruisers and two destroyers damaged, between September 7th and ________ 1943.
July 20March 4November 1November 28

Question 6: The Dodecanese island group lies in the south-eastern ________, and had been under Italian occupation since the Italo-Turkish War.
Aegean civilizationsSamos IslandAegean SeaGreece

Question 7: ________, the largest of the islands, was a major military and aerial base.
TilosDodecaneseRhodesKos

Question 8: At the same time, the inherent range limitations of ________ HMS Aldenham and RHN Pindos and RHN Themistoklis prevented them from intercepting the German invasion convoy headed for Kos.
G and H class destroyerC class destroyer (1943)E and F class destroyerHunt class destroyer

Question 9: On 8 September, the Italian garrison on the island of ________ surrendered to a British detachment, which was reinforced during the following days by ships of the Allied navies.
DodecaneseKosKarpathosKastelorizo

Question 10: The island of Leros, with its excellent deep-water port of Lakki (Porto-Lago), was transformed into a heavily fortified aeronautical base, "the ________ of the Mediterranean", as Mussolini boasted.
CorregidorPhilippinesManilaPhilippines Campaign (1941–1942)
















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