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What was the name of the women's movement for equality?
Suffragette
When did women get the right to vote?
1928
When did the WWI take place?
1914-1918
Which countries were allied to Britain in WWI?
France, Russia
What is conscription?
compulsory enrollment in the military
What was the women's role during WWI?
replaced conscripted men in the workplace
Why did Edward VIII abdicate?
He wanted to marry an American divorcee.
Who was King during WW II?
George VI
How did George VI raise morale during WWII?
He travelled to the frontlines (in secret)
Who was Prime Minister when WWII stared?
Neville Chamberlain
When did WWII began?
1 September 1939
What is the 'miracle of Dunkirk'?
more than 330 thousand soldiers were saved by British warships and civilian vessels
Who was Prime Minister during WWII?
Winston Churchill
What did Churchill win a Nobel Prize for?
Literature
What was the other name for Bletchley Park?
Station X
What fraction of the Blatchley Park workers were women?
about three fourth
