Knowledge
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Which U.S. General famously said, "I shall return" after leaving the Philippines?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Omar Bradley
C) George Patton
D) Douglas MacArthur
Which city was devastated by the first atomic bomb used in warfare?
A) Nagasaki
B) Tokyo
C) Hiroshima
D) Kyoto
Which country was Adolf Hitler born in?
A) Germany
B) Poland
C) Austria
D) Hungary
Which of the following was NOT a major conference between the Allied leaders during WWII?
A) Yalta Conference
B) Potsdam Conference
C) Tehran Conference
D) Geneva Conference
Who was the British Prime Minister at the start of World War II?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Clement Attlee
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Anthony Eden
Which World War II battle is also referred to as "The Battle of the Bulge"?
A) Battle of Anzio
B) Battle of Monte Cassino
C) Battle of Ardennes
D) Battle of Stalingrad
What was the Japanese strategy of conducting multiple, simultaneous offensives against Allied positions known as?
A) Kamikaze
B) Bushido
C) Hara-kiri
D) Nanshin-ron
What was the German defensive line on the Italian peninsula called?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Maginot Line
C) Siegfried Line
D) Gothic Line
What was the name of the series of fortifications built by France along its German border before WWII?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Maginot Line
C) Siegfried Line
D) Alpine Line
Which group primarily constituted the French Resistance fighters during WWII?
A) Maquis
B) Free French Forces
C) Vichy Military
D) Normandie-Niemen
Which country was Adolf Hitler born in?
A) Germany
B) Poland
C) Austria
D) Hungary
Which World War II conference was the last meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin?
A) Tehran Conference
B) Potsdam Conference
C) Yalta Conference
D) Casablanca Conference
What was the German project name for their atomic bomb research during WWII?
A) Projekt Uran
B) Heisenberg Device
C) V-Rocket
D) Operation Valkyrie
Which of the following conferences involved the leaders of the United States, the UK, and the Soviet Union discussing post-war Europe?
A) Yalta Conference
B) Munich Conference
C) Tehran Conference
D) Berlin Conference
Which major WWII battle took place in Belgium during the winter of 1944-1945?
A) Battle of Anzio
B) Battle of the Bulge
C) Battle of Berlin
D) Battle of Monte Cassino
What was the codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Overlord
B) Operation Barbarossa
C) Operation Weserübung
D) Operation Sea Lion
Which aircraft was the main heavy bomber used by the Royal Air Force and other British Commonwealth air forces?
A) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
B) Lancaster Bomber
C) B-29 Superfortress
D) Short Stirling
Which ship was the flagship of Admiral Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) IJN Musashi
B) IJN Akagi
C) IJN Yamato
D) IJN Nagato
Who was the Prime Minister of Japan at the end of WWII?
A) Emperor Hirohito
B) Hideki Tojo
C) Kantaro Suzuki
D) Isoroku Yamamoto
Which British general was known as the "Desert Fox"?
A) Bernard Montgomery
B) Archibald Wavell
C) Harold Alexander
D) None, the "Desert Fox" was a nickname for the German general Erwin Rommel
