World War II in the Mediterranean

What do you know about World War II in North Africa, Mediterranean sea and Balkans?
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1. What was the name of German army in North Africa?
Africa Guards
Africa Forces
Africa Troopers
Africa Corps
2. Who was the commander of German army forces in North Africa
Hermann Göring
Erwin Rommel
Friedrich Paulus
Erich von Manstein
3. In 1940 Mussolini began Italy's war in North Africa by sending troops from Libya to attack what country?
Morocco
Tunisia
Egypt
Algeria
4. Tired of Hitler's success in Europe, which country Mussolini's Italy invaded in October 1940?
Greece
Malta
Yugoslavia
Cyprus
5. What was the code-name of Hitler's attack on Yugoslavia in 1941?
Operation Market Garden
Operation Retribution
Operation Torch
Operation Shingle
6. Who was the leader of Yugoslav Resistance Communists?
Gavrilo Princip
Draža Mihailović
Nikola Pašić
Josip Broz Tito
7. Where is Tobruk, an Italian-held port in North Africa located?
Egypt
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
8. Who was the leader of Allies in their victory in the Second Battle of El Alamein?
Claude Auchinleck
Bernard Montgomery
Ettore Bastico
Frederick Baker
9. What Italian port the British attacked in November 1940 and defeated Mussolini's navy?
Catania
Messina
Taranto
Bari
10. Whose naval base was the island of Malta during World War II?
British
French
German
Italian
11. Who led the first large amphibious invasion to drive the Axis out of North Africa?
Dwight Eisenhower
Audie Murphy
George S. Patton
Arthur Harris
12. Battle for what island in the Mediterranean forced Italians to surrender in 1943?
Corsica
Malta
Sicily
Sardinia
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Aug 30, 2021
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