Knowledge
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Which country did Germany invade to start World War II?
A) France
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Poland
D) Austria
Which major city did the Soviet Red Army encircle and eventually capture in January 1943, marking a turning point on the Eastern Front?
A) Warsaw
B) Berlin
C) Stalingrad
D) Kiev
Which British intelligence project intercepted and decrypted messages from the German Enigma machine?
A) Project Mercury
B) Operation Minerva
C) Bletchley Park
D) Operation Ultra
Which country was known as the "Arsenal of Democracy" due to its industrial contribution to the Allied war effort?
A) United States
B) Soviet Union
C) United Kingdom
D) Canada
Which World War II battle is often referred to as the "last great German offensive"?
A) Battle of Kursk
B) Battle of the Bulge
C) Battle of Berlin
D) Siege of Leningrad
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
What was the Japanese term for the suicide pilots who flew their explosive-laden planes into Allied warships?
A) Samurai
B) Bushido
C) Shogun
D) Kamikaze
Which of the following ships was NOT sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack?
A) USS Arizona
B) USS Oklahoma
C) USS Nevada
D) USS West Virginia
Which crucial battle was fought between the Soviet Union and Finland in the winter of 1939-1940?
A) Siege of Leningrad
B) Battle of Narva
C) Winter War
D) Continuation War
Which Japanese city was the second to be attacked with an atomic bomb?
A) Hiroshima
B) Tokyo
C) Yokohama
D) Nagasaki
What was the main aircraft used by the British in the Battle of Britain?
A) P-51 Mustang
B) Messerschmitt Bf 109
C) Focke-Wulf Fw 190
D) Supermarine Spitfire
Which battleship was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941, leading to a major turning point in the war for the British?
A) HMS Hood
B) HMS Prince of Wales
C) HMS Repulse
D) HMS King George V
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 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
What was the name of the U.S. strategy in the Pacific, hopping from island to island to reach Japan?
A) Blitzkrieg
B) Attrition Warfare
C) Scorch Earth
D) Island Hopping
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
Which country declared war on Germany just before the war ended in 1945?
A) Ireland
B) Spain
C) Turkey
D) Argentina
What was the main Japanese fighter plane used during World War II?
A) Mitsubishi A6M Zero
B) Nakajima Ki-43
C) Kawasaki Ki-61
D) Kawanishi N1K
What was the codename for the development of the atomic bomb by the Allies?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Dynamo
C) Manhattan Project
D) Operation Paperclip
In which French town did the Allies establish a beachhead in 1944 after the Normandy invasion?
A) Calais
B) Cherbourg
C) St. Malo
D) Bordeaux
