Darkest Hour Background quiz

He was Winston Churchill's primary rival for the position of Prime Minister after Neville Chamberlain stepped down.

• Clement Attlee

• Lord Halifax

• Anthony Eden

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

British statesman considered by many to be "a warmonger, an adventurer and an opportunist with poor judgement".

• Clement Attlee

• Lord Halifax

• Neville Chamberlain

• Winston Churchill

The British Prime Minister who signed the infamous Munich Agreement. He was also in office during the disastrous Norway campaign. He resigned after it had failed.

• Winston Churchill

• Clement Atlee

• Neville Chamberlain

• Lord Halifax

The British monarch at the outbreak of WWII. He was at first skeptical of Winston Churchill's appointment as Prime Minister.

• King Edward VIII

• King Edward VII

• King George VI

• King George IV

A British statesman nicknamed ‘The Holy Fox’ for his religious faith and political cunning. He was the clear favourite of both the King and the Conservative Party for the position of Prime Minister.

• Winston Churchill

• Clement Atlee

• Lord Halifax

• Anthony Eden

Winston Churchill called this British statesman "a modest little man with plenty to be modest about" and "a sheep in sheep’s clothing" :'-D

He eventually succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister as a result of the 1945 elections.

• Clement Atlee

• Lord Halifax

• Neville Chamberlain

• Anthony Eden

This British statesman was appointed Secretary of State for War in May 1940, and became one of the new Prime Minister’s closest political allies and confidants. He eventually became Prime Minister himself in 1955.

• Clement Atlee

• Lord Halifax

• Neville Chamberlain

• Anthony Eden

Winston Churchill's formidable wife.

• Clementine Churchill

• Florence Churchill

• Catherine Churchill

• Mary Churchill

The USA's Neutrality Acts issued during the 1930's can be seen as an example of

• Warmongering

• Empire Building

• Financial Exploitation

• Isolationism

The American President in office while the various Neutrality Acts were passed by Congress.

• Woodrow Wilson

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman