WW2 Trivia

The name of the German general who commanded the 20th Mountain Army

Wehrmacht Major who worked closely with Austrian resistance and died fighting alongside American troops at Castle Itter

The name of the massacre in which nearly 22,000 Polish officers were executed by the NKVD

The word used to describe the ‘pure’ German race by the Nazis

The name of the battle fought between 2nd February and 10th August 1944 on the Eastern front

What was the operational codename for the Normandy aquatic landings

The name of a famous German cipher machine

The largest armoured battle of all time

The invasion of this country is often called the September Campaign

A major battle of World War II that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943

The name of the operation more commonly known as ‘The Dambusters’

The number of Japanese aircraft carriers sunk at Midway

Appointed the head of the Luftwaffe in 1935

What did the above create in 1933

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

This country was awarded the George Cross in 1943 for bravery and endurance

The name of the Japanese emperor in WW2

The name of the plane that dropped 'Fat Man' on Nagasaki

The nickname for British special operations units that were officially known as the Long Range Penetration Groups

US general that was selected for the first modern pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics

The main rifle used by the German army

The first German fatality of the war was killed by a soldier from this country

Only 20% of the men born in this country during 1923 survived the war

The last Japanese soldier to surrender did it in this year

Norwegian commandos destroyed a plant that produced this, preventing Germany from making plutonium (used in nuclear weapons)