| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The invasion of this country is often called the September Campaign | Poland | 82%
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| A major battle of World War II that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 | Stalingrad | 77%
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| The word used to describe the ‘pure’ German race by the Nazis | Aryan | 74%
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| The number of Japanese aircraft carriers sunk at Midway | 4 | 72%
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| The name of the Japanese emperor in WW2 | Hirohito | 72%
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| Only 20% of the men born in this country during 1923 survived the war | Soviet Union | 49%
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| Appointed the head of the Luftwaffe in 1935 | Hermann Goering | 44%
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| The largest armoured battle of all time | Kursk | 44%
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| The last Japanese soldier to surrender did it in this year | 1974 | 41%
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| US general that was selected for the first modern pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics | George Patton | 33%
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| Norwegian commandos destroyed a plant that produced this, preventing Germany from making plutonium (used in nuclear weapons) | Heavy water | 33%
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| This country was awarded the George Cross in 1943 for bravery and endurance | Malta | 23%
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| With the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history, the fall of this country was labelled as the "worst disaster" in British military history | Singapore | 23%
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| The first German fatality of the war was killed by a soldier from this country | Japan | 21%
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| The name of a famous German cipher machine | Enigma machine | 18%
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| The name of the massacre in which nearly 22,000 Polish officers were executed by the NKVD | Katyn | 18%
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| The name of the plane that dropped 'Fat Man' on Nagasaki | Bock's Car | 10%
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| What was the operational codename for the Normandy aquatic landings | Neptune | 10%
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| What did the above create in 1933 | Gestapo | 5%
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| The name of the operation more commonly known as ‘The Dambusters’ | Chastise | 3%
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| The nickname for British special operations units that were officially known as the Long Range Penetration Groups | Chindits | 3%
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| Wehrmacht Major who worked closely with Austrian resistance and died fighting alongside American troops at Castle Itter | Josef 'Sepp' Gangl | 3%
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| The main rifle used by the German army | K98 | 3%
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| The name of the German general who commanded the 20th Mountain Army | Eduard Dietl | 0%
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| The name of the battle fought between 2nd February and 10th August 1944 on the Eastern front | Narva | 0%
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