| Hint | Term | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese suicide pilot | Kamikaze | 95%
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| German submarine | U-boat | 92%
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| The nations fighting against the Allies | Axis | 79%
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| German "lightning war" | Blitzkrieg | 77%
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| Powered projectile that travels underwater | Torpedo | 74%
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| An area where Jews were forced by the Nazis to live | Ghetto | 72%
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| Secret effort by the Allies to make the first atomic bombs | Manhattan Project | 72%
|
| Political system in Italy and Germany from 1920s and 1930s | Fascism | 69%
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| A small bomb thrown or fired from a rifle | Grenade | 69%
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| Soldiers that fight mostly on foot | Infantry | 69%
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| Political system based on state ownership | Communism | 67%
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| The mass murder of Jews and other minorities by Nazis | Holocaust | 67%
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| Marksman with a rifle, shooting from a distance | Sniper | 64%
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| German tanks and other armored vehicles | Panzers | 62%
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| Code name for Allied invasion of Normandy | D-Day | 59%
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| The German air force | Luftwaffe | 59%
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| Use of radio waves to detect aircrafts | Radar | 59%
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| Armored land vehicle with a large cannon | Tank | 59%
|
| The Nazi secret police | Gestapo | 56%
|
| Small group of soldiers often 20 or so. | Platoon | 56%
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| A stabbing knife fitted to the barrel of a riffle | Bayonet | 54%
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| Hand-held weapon that fires and explosive missile | Bazooka | 54%
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| Very large warship with big guns | Battleship | 51%
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| Members if the National Socialist German Workers party | Nazis | 51%
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| Britain's Royal Air Force | RAF | 51%
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| Sound-echo device for detecting submarines | Sonar | 49%
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| Name for Germany under Nazi rule | Third Reich | 46%
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| An explosive device that detonates when struck | Mine | 44%
|
| A country not involved in war | Neutral | 44%
|
| German machine for encoding secret messages | Enigma | 41%
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| A large military unit | Battalion | 38%
|
| Army unit with about 15,000 soldiers, guns and vehicles | Division | 36%
|
| Commander of an army and highest rank in US army | General | 36%
|
| The highest award for members of British forces | Victoria Cross | 36%
|
| The German army in North Africa | Afrika Korps | 33%
|
| Disguise, such as mottled paint or clothing | Camouflage | 33%
|
| French forces in exile after 1940, led by De Gaulle | Free French | 33%
|
| US agency for spies and sabotage | OSS | 33%
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| Fighters opposing an enemy who has occupied their country | Resistance | 33%
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| Highest rank in the navy | Admiral | 31%
|
| B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb | Enola Gay | 31%
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| Soldiers trained to land from ships | Marines | 31%
|
| Vehicle able to travel on water and land | Amphibious | 28%
|
| Highest army rank in British and German armies | Field marshal | 28%
|
| Deliberate damage to equipment or transport links | Sabotage | 26%
|
| Soldiers specially trained to carry out surprise attacks | Commandos | 23%
|
| Artillery gun that fires shells high in the air | Howitzer | 21%
|
| Rifle with a short barrel | Carbine | 18%
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| A war fought by people not part of regular armed forces | Guerrilla war | 18%
|
| Small warship used to hunt submarines | Corvette | 15%
|
| The Resistance in Nazi-occupied France | Maquis | 8%
|
| Soldiers who dropped from planes by parachute | Paratroops | 8%
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