1. Manchester
   London
2. Warsaw
   Geneva

In mid-1944, the innocents of Warsaw had had enough. They initiated a major, coordinated rebellion. The Warsaw Uprising became one of the best-known resistance efforts of the war.

1. A week
   63 days
2. Three years
   15 minutes

The Warsaw Uprising was a cleverly calculated rebellion, one meant to catch the Germans at a weak moment. For 63 days, the uprising caused immense bloodshed throughout some of the city’s most vulnerable areas.

1. A Soviet encampment
   A huge German city
2. A death camp
   An atomic bomb

Treblinka. One word says it all for those who know their WWII history. It was a German death camp ... but prisoners created an historic moment.

1. They heard Hitler was paying a visit.
   They feared the Allies would bomb them by accident.
2. They figured the Germans would murder all of them and retreat.
   They actually weren’t worried at all.

In Treblinka, many prisoners got news of Allied gains ... and worried. Their fear? The Germans would murder every prisoner and then run for their own lives.

1. Almost no help
   A lot of help
2. Help from refugee children
   Aid, but only from America

The fighters in the occupied city figured that the Allies would jump to help them. They were wrong. The uprising’s warriors had very little help from outsiders.

1. Climbed the rooftops
   Threw meals on the floor
2. Broke into an arms room
   Burrowed underground

The prisoners in Treblinka forced their way into a weapons room. They grabbed guns and started their uprising in earnest knowing that the guards would be on them in seconds.

1. 0
   About 100
2. All 300
   Just 13

About three hundred prisoners revolted at Treblinka. Perhaps 100 survived. Many perished before they reached the prison fence.

1. Poland
   France
2. Mexico
   Yugoslavia

The Poles never gave up. In 1943, residents of the Białystok Ghetto rose up. It was sparked by a German declaration that many locals would be forcibly deported from the area.

1. 25 rifles
   100 machine guns
2. Mostly swords
   Roughly 25,000

They would’ve preferred a lot more. At the Białystok Ghetto uprising, hundreds of people revolted ... with just 25 rifles and a scattering of homemade firearms.

1. It made them fearful.
   It made them hopeful.
2. It put a stop to the idea of escaping.
   They decided to escape the next day.

The prisoners at Treblinka took much hope from the Warsaw Uprising. Their resolve stiffened ... and they followed through on their daring plan.

1. To get the Germans out of Warsaw
   To kill Hitler
2. To end the war
   To find atomic weapons

The people in Warsaw languished under German occupation. They wanted the Nazis gone ... no matter the price in blood.

1. Turned themselves in
   Killed themselves
2. Became Nazis
   Bombed a German HQ

The Białystok Ghetto uprising was much smaller than the Warsaw Uprising. It was no less dedicated. The leaders of the revolted killed themselves rather than be caught.

1. They captured a single arsenal.
   They failed at every turn.
2. They seized control of much of the central city.
   They burned three German generals.

With their cache of arms and intelligent coordination, the warriors of the Warsaw Uprising seized much of the central area of the city. Holding on to their gains was another matter.

1. France
   USA
2. Finland
   Philippines

The French Resistance became an iconic force against the Nazis in WWII. Cleverly, they undermined German efforts every second of every day.

1. They killed most of Paris.
   They took thousands of hostages.
2. They executed the French president.
   They outlawed the French language.

In 1941, fearing widespread revolt by the Resistance, the Nazis took thousands of French civilians hostage. It was an outrageous escalation.

1. It helped them.
   It sold them guns.
2. It hunted rebels.
   It stole their women.

The Milice was a Nazi-operated French militia. It found Frenchmen hunting their own kind ... and after the war, they too were hunted .. and executed by their countrymen.

1. Britain
   Australia
2. Iceland
   Norway

Winston Churchill felt the agony of the Polish fighters. Unable to convince the Allies to contribute, he sent British planes to drop supplies to the rebels in what became known as the Warsaw Airlift.

1. 30 minutes
   3 days
2. 3 weeks
   A month

Within 30 minutes, the Reich knew all about the Polish uprising in Warsaw. They were quite pleased about this development -- it gave Nazi leaders cause to destroy the city.

1. They were out of food.
   They were afraid of Russians.
2. They didn’t want to see the city leveled.
   All of them

If the Soviets arrived at Warsaw, a battle between the Red Army and the Nazis would destroy the city. The Poles resolved to revolt before that happened.

1. Perhaps 1,000
   Perhaps 10,000
2. Perhaps 200,000
   2.9 million

This was WWII, after all, where casualty numbers were always high. Around 200,000 Polish civilians were killed in the uprising, many of them executed as a matter of revenge.

1. Triumphant Ones
   Home Army
2. Weapons Men
   Nazi Hunters

Poland was one of the first to fall to the Reich. But from start to finish the Armia Krawoja, or Home Army, made them pay in blood.

1. They rushed into the city.
   They did nothing.
2. They bombed the fleeing Germans.
   They called in airstrikes.

Polish fighters hoped that the Allies would join the fray once they made progress in Warsaw. But Soviet generals received their cries for help ... and did nothing.

1. Iceland
   Spain
2. Germany
   The Reich kind

Not all Germans liked the Nazis. "Werwolf" was an anti-Nazi group in Germany ... but it didn’t manage to accomplish much during the war.

1. Canada
   America
2. USSR
   Libya

Alexander Pechersky was a Soviet soldier — and a Jew — imprisoned at the Sobibor concentration camp. But he was no ordinary POW.

1. “Semper Fi!"
   “Hurrah, the revolt has begun!"
2. “Hitler is a very bad man!"
   “Let’s protest their faces!"

After exhaustingly detailed planning, the Sobibor uprising began with the stabbings of Nazi officers. Then, Pechersky screamed, "Hurrah, the revolt has begun!"

1. The uprising was poorly timed.
   The rebels had no real weapons.
2. The fighters were isolated from one another.
   There weren’t enough radios.

The rebels of the uprising captured most of the city. But they failed to clear paths to one another ... and were thus isolated. This turned out to be a problem.

1. Killed Hitler
   Stole Nazi nuke plans
2. Escaped from Auschwitz
   Killed 12 generals with a knife

Kazimierz Piechowski and three other prisoners of Auschwitz pulled off an incredible feat. They dressed in German SS uniforms, stole an SS car ... and drove unscathed from the notorious death camp.

1. They were rewarded with hot showers.
   They got three full meals.
2. They were executed.
   They were made German officers.

No, sometimes there is no justice. A few dozen Sobibor death camp rebels survived the war. Ironically, the prisoners who opted not to take part were all executed. On German leadership orders, the camp was immediately closed, destroyed ... and turned into a tree farm.

1. Poles mostly escaped retribution.
   The Germans destroyed the city.
2. The Germans retreated.
   A truce was signed.

After about two months of bitter fighting, the Germans put down the Warsaw Uprising. And then? They completely destroyed the city.

1. Pearl Harbor
   Trying to defeat winged demons
2. the Battle of Stalingrad
   Atomic warfare

Himmler witnessed the carnage of Warsaw and was taken aback. He compared the relentless fighting to the infamous Battle of Stalingrad.

1. During the holidays
   Within two hours of their arrival
2. On every other Saturday
   At midnight, every night

Treblinka was a literal slaughterhouse. Nine out of 10 prisoners were killed within two hours of their arrival.

1. Japan
   Canada
2. Germany
   USSR

As Germany regained control during the Warsaw Uprising, the Third Reich’s leaders ordered mass executions in retribution. In the infamous Wola massacre, German troops may have murdered as many as 100,000 people ... and then burned the bodies.

1. It was luxurious for many people.
   It was like a minimum security prison.
2. It was depressing but livable.
   It was a complete deathtrap.

The ghettos of Warsaw were utterly horrifying before the uprising. Starvation and diseases killed more than 100,000 people in the years before the revolt.

1. That even more starvation would occur
   That the rebels-to-be wouldn’t be able to speak Russian when the Red Army invaded
2. That the Soviets would kill everyone in the area
   That the Soviets would take control of the city

One reason the rebels pulled the trigger on the revolt as the Red Army approached Warsaw -- they feared that the Soviets would simply replace the Germans as occupiers. It was an unfathomable thought.

1. They were out of bullets.
   They were scared of the Germans.
2. To give the Germans time to run away
   So the Germans would destroy the Polish rebels

No one is precisely sure why the Red Army stopped its advance in Warsaw. But many historians speculate that Soviet leaders wanted the Germans and Polish rebels to destroy each other, making it easier for the communists to take over the area.