At the start of the European theatre in 1939, there were already two countries at war. What were the two countries?
The offensives in Poland and France taught the English-speaking world a new word called "Blitzkrieg." What does it mean?
Panzer Assault
Mechanized War
Lightning War
Which country denied much needed border access to the Soviets, thus finding itself at war against the Red Army?
Germany turned its aggression on its old foe France. Even with Allied help, France fell easily, leaving Britain to be the next target. A massive air battle soon followed. What was this battle called?
Battle of Dover
Battle of Gibraltar
Battle of Britain
Italy decided to join Hitler's march of conquest in June 1940. Which Italian dictator was calling the shots?
De Gasperi
Umberto II
Mussolini
German U-boat attacks threatened Britain's fragile economy by concentrating on shipping tonnage along which vital supply route?
Atlantic
English Channel
North Sea
Japan's day of infamy came with the attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. In which year did this attack take place?
Which German general was sent to Tripoli ahead of his army to stem considerable Italian losses?
Which two British ships (one a battleship, the other a battlecruiser) were sent to Singapore to provide artillery support and to help prevent the Japanese invasion of Malaya (now Malaysia)?
HMS Repulse and HMS King George V
HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse
HMS King George V and HMS Churchill
Who was the British commander of the Allied forces in Malaya and Singapore?
Vice Admiral Phillips
General Brett
General Percival
In a surprise attack, three miniature Japanese submarines sneaked into which harbor sinking the HMAS Kuttabul?
British Admiralty knew the havoc the new German battleship Bismarck could inflict on allied shipping if it were to escape into the open sea. They therefore threw every available ship and plane into the hunt. The first engagement with the Bismarck would prove devastating to the Royal Navy when she sent which capital ship to the bottom?
HMS Hood
HMS King George V
HMS Royal Oak
Guadalcanal was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. In which group of islands is Guadalcanal found?
Indonesia
The Philippines
The Solomon Islands
Which of the following was NOT a Nazi death camp?
Majdanek - Poland
Auschwitz - Poland
Berchtesgaden - Germany
June 6, 1944, D-Day: The longest day in WWII. What was the code name for the Allied landings in Normandy?
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Bismarck
On which beach did the Americans run into a firestorm of resistance during the D-Day landings?
Which significant 1942 naval battle thwarted Japanese attempts to land troops in New Guinea, sunk one carrier and badly damaged another?
Battle of Santa Cruz
Battle of Truk
Battle of the Coral Sea
It was the largest battleship ever built. It was a symbol of Japanese supremacy, not only on the sea but also as a race. The characteristics of this super battleship brought naval power to a new level. What was it named?
Military deaths in World War II: What country suffered the most military deaths in the war?
Germany
USSR
Great Britain
Civilian deaths in World War II: Which country suffered the largest number of civilian deaths?
For hundreds of years of naval warfare, large battleships dominated the seas. In one single battle these giants of the sea were to become largely redundant and a new style of naval warfare was unveiled. What was the location of the first naval battle ever fought where opposing fleets never actually came in contact with each other?
Iwo Jima
Coral Sea
Midway
Two nations were able to bring fully operational jet fighters into the war before it ended. Britain's Gloster Meteor showed promise when it shot down a V1 Flying Bomb in July 1944. On the other side of the English Channel, Germany were about to mass-produce 1400 of which infamous jet aircraft?
Dornier Do335
Messerschmitt Me 262
Junkers Ju-88
Which American general was nicknamed "Blood and Guts"?
Bradley
Eisenhower
Patton
The scale of loss sustained in the invasion of Okinawa was so high that it lent weight for which action to bring the war to a speedy conclusion?
Full-scale Marine landings in Japan
The use of the atomic bomb
Massive bombing runs on Tokyo
Where did the signing of the Japanese surrender take place, bringing the close to the long and costly war?
Parliament House, Tokyo
Aboard the USS Missouri
The War Centre, London
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I got 13 out of 25!
From Patton to the Manhattan Project, you know your World War II history! Though some of these questions were obviously quite easy, it takes real keen memory and knowledge base to be able to pass this quiz as a true WWII Historian – and you did! World War II was a terrible, terrible time in the history of our world, but it also set the stage for what became a time of great prosperity, technological advancement, and progress. We can only hope that the leaders of our world do everything in their power to prevent such an international atrocity from ever happening again.
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I got 19 out of 25!
From Patton to the Manhattan Project, you know your World War II history! Though some of these questions were obviously quite easy, it takes real keen memory and knowledge base to be able to pass this quiz as a true WWII Historian – and you did! World War II was a terrible, terrible time in the history of our world, but it also set the stage for what became a time of great prosperity, technological advancement, and progress. We can only hope that the leaders of our world do everything in their power to prevent such an international atrocity from ever happening again.
Think your friends and family know their WWII trivia? Share this quiz and let’s see how well they do!
25/25 historian!!!