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Numbers and Dates

Question 1 of 24

1

When was the Levee en Masse first declared?

Select one of the following:

  • 1793

  • 1794

  • 1795

Explanation

Question 2 of 24

1

Prussian military reforms begin

Select one of the following:

  • 1805

  • 1806

  • 1808

  • 1810

Explanation

Question 3 of 24

1

Fourth Coalition defeat Napoleon

Select one of the following:

  • 1812

  • 1813

  • 1814

  • 1815

Explanation

Question 4 of 24

1

Greek War of Independence begins

Select one of the following:

  • 1819

  • 1821

  • 1824

  • 1826

Explanation

Question 5 of 24

1

Opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway

Select one of the following:

  • 1830

  • 1832

  • 1826

  • 1835

Explanation

Question 6 of 24

1

France's km of railway track in 1870

Select one of the following:

  • 15,000

  • 16,000

  • 17,000

  • 17,500

Explanation

Question 7 of 24

1

Germany's km of track in 1870.

Select one of the following:

  • 18,000

  • 18,500

  • 19,000

  • 19,500

Explanation

Question 8 of 24

1

Clausewitz's On War published.

Select one of the following:

  • 1831

  • 1832

  • 1833

  • 1834

Explanation

Question 9 of 24

1

Jomini's Summary of the Art of War published.

Select one of the following:

  • 1811

  • 1818

  • 1824

  • 1838

Explanation

Question 10 of 24

1

British army adopted the Minié rifle

Select one of the following:

  • 1849

  • 1851

  • 1856

  • 1861

Explanation

Question 11 of 24

1

Crimean War begins.

Select one of the following:

  • 1852

  • 1854

  • 1862

  • 1864

Explanation

Question 12 of 24

1

Bessemer developed method to produce cheap, strong steel.

Select one of the following:

  • 1856

  • 1848

  • 1838

  • 1861

Explanation

Question 13 of 24

1

Wars of Italian Unification begin.

Select one of the following:

  • 1852

  • 1856

  • 1857

  • 1859

Explanation

Question 14 of 24

1

American Civil War begins

Select one of the following:

  • 1864

  • 1863

  • 1861

  • 1865

Explanation

Question 15 of 24

1

Seven Weeks War aka the Austro-Prussian War

Select one of the following:

  • 1876

  • 1866

  • 1867

  • 1857

Explanation

Question 16 of 24

1

Cardwell reforms of the British army begin.

Select one of the following:

  • 1868

  • 1839

  • 1870

  • 1880

Explanation

Question 17 of 24

1

Russo-Turkish War begins

Select one of the following:

  • 1839

  • 1856

  • 1866

  • 1877

Explanation

Question 18 of 24

1

Introduction of the Mauser bolt-action rifle, Maxim automatic machine gun invented.

Select one of the following:

  • 1881

  • 1884

  • 1878

  • 1886

Explanation

Question 19 of 24

1

Second Boer War begins

Select one of the following:

  • 1898

  • 1899

  • 1900

  • 1901

Explanation

Question 20 of 24

1

First use of gas

Select one of the following:

  • 1914

  • 1915

  • 1916

  • 1917

Explanation

Question 21 of 24

1

First use of tanks

Select one of the following:

  • 1914

  • 1915

  • 1916

  • 1917

Explanation

Question 22 of 24

1

Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

Select one of the following:

  • 1928

  • 1929

  • 1930

  • 1931

Explanation

Question 23 of 24

1

Italian invasion of Abyssinia

Select one of the following:

  • 1935

  • 1936

  • 1934

  • 1933

Explanation

Question 24 of 24

1

First use of V1 and V2 rockets

Select one of the following:

  • 1941

  • 1942

  • 1943

  • 1944

Explanation

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