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?
Nuremberg
Versailles
Ghent
Yalta
3. With whom did Joseph Stalin sign the "non-war" pact to divide Poland?
Winston Chuchill
Adolf Hitler
Harry Truman
Josip Broz Tito
4. Which fact is not true about Winston Churchill?
Served as Navy minister
Died in 1955
Worked as war reporter
Known for "V for Victory" hand sign
5. In what year Benito Mussolini took Italy to war?
1942
1939
1943
1940
6. Who was Japan's emperor during World War II?
Yamamoto
Naruhito
Yoshihito
Hirohito
7. From 1925 who led the Chinese Nationalist government and fought Japanese and Chinese communists?
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Sun Yat-Sen
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
8. When did Mao Zedong die?
1966
1996
1976
1956
9. Which WWI general was known as "The Desert Fox?"
Bernard Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Hermann Goernig
Douglas MacArthur
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
Arthur Harris
George S. Patton
Chester Nimitz
12. Who was accused of plotting to kill Hitler?
Friedrich Paulus
Hermann Goering
Erwin Rommell
Heinrich Himmler
13. Which fact is not true about Isoroku Yamamoto?
He died when his plane was shot
He fought in Russo-Japanese war
He was son of Emperor Yoshihito
He led the attack on Pearl Harbor
14. Who was Chester Nimitz?
Soldier who won Victoria Cross twice
Commander of US Pacific Fleet
American President
British Air Marshall
15. Where did US general Douglas MacArthur fight in World War II?
Europe
South America
Pacific
North Africa
16. How was Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita also called because of his victories?
"The Tiger of Malaya"
"The Lion of Malaya"
"The Tiger of Singapore"
"The Lion of Singapore"
17. Who was famous Russian general who led the armies to defeat Germans at Stalingrad and Kursk?
Georgi Zhukov
Leonid Govorov
Ivan Konev
Vasily Zaitsev
18. What units German commander Heinz Guderian led in World War II?
Tanks
Aircrafts
Artillery
Watercrafts
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?
Arthur Harris
Bernard Montgomery
Edward Kenna
Douglas MacArthur
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