What was the Soviet campaign in Manchuria in August 1945 commonly called in the West?
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Operation August Storm
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What was the Soviet campaign in Manchuria in August 1945 commonly called in the West?
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Operation August Storm
What was the planned second stage of Operation Downfall, aimed at the Kantō Plain?
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Operation Coronet
What was the first stage of the proposed Operation Downfall invasion of Japan?
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Operation Olympic
Which Japanese emperor announced surrender terms in a radio broadcast on 15 August 1945?
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Emperor Hirohito
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a fellow and tutor from 1925?
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Pembroke College
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What was the planned second stage of Operation Downfall, aimed at the Kantō Plain?
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Operation Coronet
What was the first stage of the proposed Operation Downfall invasion of Japan?
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Operation Olympic
Which Japanese emperor announced surrender terms in a radio broadcast on 15 August 1945?
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Emperor Hirohito
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a fellow and tutor from 1925?
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Pembroke College
Which London publishing company first issued J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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George Allen & Unwin
What was the name of the World War I regiment in which J.R.R. Tolkien served?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
Which 1936 essay by J.R.R. Tolkien argued that Beowulf should be valued as a work of art?
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics