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World War II Leaders and Commanders

What do you know about World War II leaders and military commanders?
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1. In what year Adolf Hitler's attack on Poland started World War II?
1942
1940
1939
1941
2. Where did Allied leaders Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet in 1945 to plan the final defeat of Germany?
Versailles
Nuremberg
Ghent
Yalta
3. With whom did Joseph Stalin sign the "non-war" pact to divide Poland?
Winston Chuchill
Harry Truman
Adolf Hitler
Josip Broz Tito
4. Which fact is not true about Winston Churchill?
Died in 1955
Served as Navy minister
Known for "V for Victory" hand sign
Worked as war reporter
5. In what year Benito Mussolini took Italy to war?
1942
1939
1943
1940
6. Who was Japan's emperor during World War II?
Naruhito
Hirohito
Yoshihito
Yamamoto
7. From 1925 who led the Chinese Nationalist government and fought Japanese and Chinese communists?
Sun Yat-Sen
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
8. When did Mao Zedong die?
1996
1966
1956
1976
9. Which WWI general was known as "The Desert Fox?"
Hermann Goernig
Douglas MacArthur
Erwin Rommel
Bernard Montgomery
10. Who promised Hitler that his air force (Luftwaffe) could defeat Britain?
Heinz Guderan
Erwin Rommel
Franz Halder
Hermann Goering
11. Who was the Commander of British bombers attacking Germany?
Omar Bradley
Chester Nimitz
George S. Patton
Arthur Harris
12. Who was accused of plotting to kill Hitler?
Heinrich Himmler
Friedrich Paulus
Erwin Rommell
Hermann Goering
13. Which fact is not true about Isoroku Yamamoto?
He was son of Emperor Yoshihito
He died when his plane was shot
He fought in Russo-Japanese war
He led the attack on Pearl Harbor
14. Who was Chester Nimitz?
American President
Soldier who won Victoria Cross twice
British Air Marshall
Commander of US Pacific Fleet
15. Where did US general Douglas MacArthur fight in World War II?
Europe
Pacific
South America
North Africa
16. How was Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita also called because of his victories?
"The Lion of Singapore"
"The Tiger of Singapore"
"The Lion of Malaya"
"The Tiger of Malaya"
17. Who was famous Russian general who led the armies to defeat Germans at Stalingrad and Kursk?
Ivan Konev
Georgi Zhukov
Leonid Govorov
Vasily Zaitsev
18. What units German commander Heinz Guderian led in World War II?
Tanks
Watercrafts
Aircrafts
Artillery
19. Which fact is not true about Dwight Eisenhower?
Ordered atomic bombs to be dropped
Served as US president
Ordered D-Day invasion of France
Commanded Allies landings in North Africa
20. Who commanded Allied ground forces in the D-Day landings?
Bernard Montgomery
Edward Kenna
Arthur Harris
Douglas MacArthur
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