| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Benito Mussolini was its leader | Italy | 99%
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| It was invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939 – often considered to be the official beginning of the war | Poland | 93%
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| Suffered about 10 million military deaths, the most of any country | Soviet Union | 91%
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| Produced the greatest number of vehicles, airplanes, and ships of any country | United States | 89%
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| Its leader said they would fight "on the beaches" if necessary | United Kingdom | 84%
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| Where Anne Frank and her family sought refuge in an attic | Netherlands | 83%
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| Annexed by Germany in the "Anschluss" of 1938 | Austria | 82%
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| Its Sudetenland region was ceded to Germany at the 1938 Munich Conference | Czechoslovakia | 67%
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| Country which the Soviets invaded, but failed to conquer, during the Winter War of 1939–1940 | Finland | 67%
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| Some soldiers from this country continued to hide in the jungle and fight long after the war ended. The last one didn't surrender until 1974. | Japan | 67%
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| Island country which was occupied by the UK, US, and Canada to prevent it from falling into German hands | Iceland | 58%
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| Where Rommel's tanks were turned back for good at the Second Battle of El Alamein | Egypt | 56%
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| Produced the first jet fighter plane ever to see action | Germany | 51%
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| Island country under British rule which the Nazis tried, but failed, to bomb into submission | Malta | 43%
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| General MacArthur fled this country in 1942 but returned in 1944 | Philippines | 40%
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| Asian country which hosted the first meeting of the "Big Three" Allied leaders in 1943 | Iran | 35%
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| Although officially neutral, volunteers from this country's "Blue Division" fought with the Germans | Spain | 34%
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| A famous land route through this country allowed the Allies to supply China | Burma | 24%
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| Where 80,000 British and allied troops surrendered to the Japanese in 1942 despite being ordered to fight to the last man | Singapore | 24%
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| Site of Allied invasions during Operation Torch in late 1942 | Algeria / Morocco | 17%
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