| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Region of France where D-Day happened | Normandy | 94%
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| Headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet attacked on a day which will live in infamy | Pearl Harbor | 88%
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| The deadliest concentration camp | Auschwitz | 79%
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| Country that lost the highest % of its prewar population | Poland | 74%
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| Country invaded by the USSR in the Winter War | Finland | 67%
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| Town where British troops evacuated France in 1940 | Dunkirk | 66%
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| German city which was firebombed on February 13, 1945 | Dresden | 65%
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| Key strategic island in the Mediterranean which was long besieged by the Nazis but never captured | Malta | 65%
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| River on which the battle of Stalingrad was fought | Volga | 65%
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| Capital of unoccupied France | Vichy | 61%
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| Group of three countries annexed by the USSR in 1940 and again in 1944 | {Baltic} States | 60%
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| Former country which unified Germany under its leadership in 1871 and was known for its efficient military | Prussia | 59%
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| Pacific island where six marines were photographed raising an American flag | Iwo Jima | 58%
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| Hitler's chalet in the Bavarian Alps | The {Eagle}'s Nest | 54%
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| Line of fortresses meant to protect France from Germany | {Maginot} Line | 52%
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| Atoll where Japan lost four aircraft carriers in 1942 | Midway | 47%
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| Forest through which Germany invaded France | Ardennes | 45%
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| Place that General MacArthur promised to return to | Philippines | 45%
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| Area which the Germans remilitarized in 1936, breaking their treaty obligations | {Rhine}land | 45%
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| Town in Egypt that marked the furthest advance of Rommel's tanks | El Alamein | 31%
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| Road from Rangoon to Chongqing which was a key supply route for China | {Burma} Road | 18%
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