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