| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Year WWII ended | 1945 | 82%
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| Germany, Italy and Japan during WWII | Axis | 82%
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| American naval base, site of surprise Japanese attack in WWII, led USA to join WWII | Pearl Harbor | 74%
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| UK Prime Minister in WWII, known for inspirational speeches | Winston Churchill | 74%
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| France, Britain, USA, Soviets | Allies | 72%
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| Japanese WWII pilots who intentionally crashed into American ships | Kamikaze | 72%
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| Japanese city- 2nd site of atomic bombing | Nagasaki | 72%
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| War begins with invasion of... | Poland | 72%
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| Leader of Soviet Russia from 1922 until 1953 | Stalin | 72%
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| Year WWII began | 1939 | 69%
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| Japanese city- 1st ever use of atomic bomb as a weapon | Hiroshima | 69%
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| Italian fascist dictator in WWII, ally to Hitler | Mussolini | 69%
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| Physicist, directed American atomic bomb program (Project Manhattan) | Robert Oppenheimer | 67%
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| Deadliest battle of WWII: Axis vs Soviet fight for control of the Soviet city named... | Stalingrad | 67%
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| Massive allied attack to free France from Nazi control- June 4, 1944. | D-Day | 64%
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| Nazi established thousands of these incarceration sites during the Holocaust. | Concentration Camp | 62%
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| US President at end of WWII | Harry Truman | 62%
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| Genocide of Jewish Europeans during WWII | Holocaust | 62%
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| German-born Jewish teen, kept a diary of her time hiding from Nazis in the Netherlands | Anne Frank | 59%
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| Deadliest battle of WWII for USA, turning point when German offensive ends | Battle of the Bulge | 59%
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| 5-star general, commander of Allied forces in Europe during WWII, 34th American President | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 59%
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| Meaning "Leader" in German, it's the term Hitler used for himself | Fuhrer | 59%
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| Japanese Emperor during WWII | Hirohito | 59%
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| secret US program to develop atomic bombs in WWII | Manhattan Project | 59%
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| French site of the D-Day invasion | Normandy | 59%
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| German "Lightning War" strategy of rapid attacks | Blitzkrieg | 56%
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| Hitler's autobiography | Mein Kampf | 56%
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| War ends when Japan... | surrenders | 56%
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| A weapon that uses nuclear power | Atomic Bomb | 54%
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| The division of Europe post-wwii (allies in the East, Soviet control in West) | Iron Curtain | 49%
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| US plan to provide aid to help European nations recover from WWII | Marshall Plan | 44%
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| Allied/British attempt to avoid war by giving in to Germany pre-war | Appeasement | 41%
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| Major and costly battle to secure an airbase near Japan WWII, memorialized as image of six Marines placing an American flag on a peak. | Iwo Jima | 41%
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| The language that was used to create an unbreakable code for the Allies in WWII | Navajo | 41%
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| Code name for D-Day | Operation Overlord | 41%
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| Victory in Europe Day, when the Allied forces celebrate victory | V-E Day | 41%
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| Trials held after WWII to punish Nazi leaders for war crimes | Nuremberg Trials. | 38%
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| Icon, represents women factory workers in WWII | Rosie the Riveter | 38%
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| Victory in Japan Day, when Japan surrendered in wwii | V-J Day | 38%
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| Military strategy of approaching Japan by approaching island-by-island in the Pacific | Island Hopping | 36%
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| The area of fighting between German and Russian held territory in WWII | Eastern Front | 33%
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| The area of fighting on the western edge of German-held land in WWII | Western Front | 33%
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| USA testing site for atomic bombs | New Mexico | 31%
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| Soldiers tasked with finding and preserving artworks | Monuments Men | 21%
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| Prussian room of amber and gold that was stolen and disappeared in WWII | Amber Room | 13%
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