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Which was the final major offensive of the European Theater where German forces made a last effort to push the Allied front line?
A) Battle of Berlin
B) Battle of the Ardennes
C) Operation Market Garden
D) Battle of the Bulge
What was the codename for the development of the atomic bomb in the U.S.?
A) Project Manhattan
B) Operation Trinity
C) Operation Valkyrie
D) Project A-bomb
Which naval battle was considered the turning point in the Pacific war against Japan?
A) Battle of Coral Sea
B) Battle of Midway
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Leyte Gulf
Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Winston Churchill
C) Clement Attlee
D) Anthony Eden
Which strategic bombing campaign targeted German industrial and civilian areas?
A) Operation Pointblank
B) Operation Gomorrah
C) The Blitz
D) Battle of Britain
Which battle, fought between American and Japanese troops, is often considered the bloodiest of the Pacific War?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of Guadalcanal
C) Battle of Leyte Gulf
D) Battle of Okinawa
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 U.S. General famously said, "I shall return" after leaving the Philippines in 1942?
A) General Patton
B) General Eisenhower
C) General Bradley
D) General MacArthur
Which ship was the main target during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) USS Missouri
B) USS Arizona
C) USS Lexington
D) USS Enterprise
Which country was Adolf Hitler born in?
A) Germany
B) Poland
C) Austria
D) Hungary
Which country was Adolf Hitler born in?
A) Germany
B) Poland
C) Austria
D) Hungary
Which of the following countries remained neutral throughout World War II?
A) Belgium
B) Norway
C) Switzerland
D) Greece
What defensive line did France build along its border with Germany in the 1930s?
A) The Atlantic Wall
B) The Siegfried Line
C) The Hindenburg Line
D) The Maginot Line
Which of the following was NOT one of the Axis Powers during World War II?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Spain
D) Germany
What was the main goal of the German Blitzkrieg strategy?
A) Prolonged siege warfare
B) Quick and decisive victory
C) Guerrilla warfare
D) Naval blockade
Which city was devastated by the first atomic bomb used in warfare?
A) Nagasaki
B) Tokyo
C) Hiroshima
D) Kyoto
Which operation marked the beginning of the end for Hitler’s regime in 1944 with a massive Allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Market Garden
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Overlord
Which country did Germany first annex in the lead up to WWII?
A) Poland
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Austria
D) Hungary
Which Japanese city was the primary target for the "Little Boy" atomic bomb?
A) Nagasaki
B) Hiroshima
C) Tokyo
D) Yokohama
What was the last major offensive by the German Army on the Western Front?
A) Battle of Berlin
B) Battle of the Bulge
C) Siege of Bastogne
D) Battle of Monte Cassino
