The official AHF Allies & Neutral States quiz thread

[Ironmachine]

No, he is not Neville Chamberlain. He is not a British citizen, in fact.
Regards.

[Ironmachine]

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time...

[Ironmachine]

and so he could not return to his country until about mid-1942.

[Rob Stuart]

Joseph Grew, US Ambassador to Japan.


Rob

[Ironmachine]

Correct answer.
Over to you.
Regards.

[Rob Stuart]

Okay.

Which was the first country to declare war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor?


Rob

[Polar bear]

hi,

it´s either Canada (but Japan had declared war on Canada before) or Panama.

greetings, the pb

[Rob Stuart]

It was Canada. The Cabinet met on the afternoon or evening of 7 December and passed an Order in Council declaring war on Japan and this was announced that evening. The King did not approve it until the next day but that was only a formality. See http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/timeline/411208bwp.html. Earlier in the day Canada had declared war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.

According to http://www.wintersonnenwende.com/script ... tions.html, Panama was one of a bunch of countries which declared war on Japan on 8 December.

Your turn, Polar Bear.


Rob

[Polar bear]

hi,

close to Canada, a question in accord with the time of the year: which incident on Holy Eve 1941 disturbed Allied relations ?

greetings, the pb

[Rob Stuart]

The occupation of St Pierre and Miquelon by Free French forces.

Rob

[Polar bear]

hi, Rob,

quite right, of course.

the torch goes back to you ...

greetings the pb

[Rob Stuart]

Thanks PB.

Okay, here goes: what colony was occupied on the authority of an ambassador who acted without the agreement of his government?


Rob

[Polar bear]

hi, Rob,

If I`m right, I had put the same question already here, but phrased differently ...

my proposal: Greenland (to Denmark), the ambassador was Henrik Kauffman.

greetings, the pb

[Rob Stuart]

Absolutely correct. Well done.

Back to you again.


Rob

[Polar bear]

hi,

There were only a few states who remained (officially) neutral in WW II.

Which of them had common borders with two other neutral states ?

greetings, the pb