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What was the name of the US military's strategy of capturing select Japanese-held islands in the Pacific and going around others?
A) Leapfrogging
B) Island Hopping
C) Pacific Push
D) Naval Dominance
Which country was the first to declare war on Germany in WWII?
A) United States
B) France
C) Poland
D) United Kingdom
What strategic narrow strait was the focus of a major campaign between Australian and Japanese forces in 1942?
A) Solomon Islands
B) Strait of Malacca
C) Bismarck Sea
D) Kokoda Track
Which concentration camp was the first to be liberated by Allied forces?
A) Auschwitz
B) Majdanek
C) Bergen-Belsen
D) Dachau
Who was the Prime Minister of Japan at the end of WWII?
A) Emperor Hirohito
B) Hideki Tojo
C) Kantaro Suzuki
D) Isoroku Yamamoto
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Clement Attlee
C) Winston Churchill
D) Anthony Eden
Which ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine, leading to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy?
A) USS Arizona
B) USS Missouri
C) USS Indianapolis
D) USS Lexington
What major project resulted in the development of the first atomic bombs during World War II?
A) Manhattan Project
B) Trinity Project
C) Operation Paperclip
D) Project A-bomb
What was the name given to the British fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain?
A) The Few
B) The Brigade
C) The Spitfire Aces
D) The RAF Elite
Which battle resulted in the first major defeat of Hitler's military?
A) Battle of Britain
B) Battle of Stalingrad
C) Battle of the Atlantic
D) Battle of Moscow
Which naval battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific against Japan?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of the Coral Sea
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Leyte Gulf
What was the main objective of Germany's Operation Sea Lion?
A) Capture Moscow
B) Invade Britain
C) Secure North Africa
D) Break the Atlantic blockade
Which ship was famously sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941, leading to the U.S. entry into WWII?
A) HMS Hood
B) USS Arizona
C) HMS Prince of Wales
D) USS Maine
Which battle is considered the largest tank battle in history?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of El Alamein
D) Battle of Berlin
What was the codename for the Germans' invasion of the USSR in 1941?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Weserübung
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Valkyrie
What was the primary German fighter aircraft during World War II?
A) Spitfire
B) P-51 Mustang
C) Bf 109
D) Zero
What was the major defensive line constructed by France along its border with Germany prior to WWII?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Siegfried Line
C) Maginot Line
D) Alpine Line
Which battle was considered the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front?
A) Battle of Moscow
B) Siege of Leningrad
C) Battle of Stalingrad
D) Battle of Kursk
Which German battleship was sunk by the Royal Navy off the coast of France in 1941?
A) Bismarck
B) Tirpitz
C) Scharnhorst
D) Graf Spee
Which battle, taking place from August to November of 1942, marked Germany's farthest advance into Soviet territory?
A) Battle of Stalingrad
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Siege of Leningrad
D) Battle of Moscow
