Real WW2 Quiz

1. What event is considered the beginning of WW2?

2. Who was the General nicknamed "The Desert Fox"?

3. What city produced more tanks then any other city, and more tanks then most nations during WW2?

4. What nation manufactured the most aircraft during WW2 making more then double the next closest nation?

5. Which US carrier did the Japanese believe they had sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea and again at the Battle of Midway, but stayed afloat both times?

6. When did Germany officially surrender?

7. Who were the two Presidents of the United States of America during WW2?

8. What was the largest tank battle of WW2?

9. What is the name of the non-aggression pact made between Germany and the Soviet Union on August 23, 1939, which secretly split up Poland and defined the spheres of influence of Europe between those two major powers?

10. Which of the following nations was never invaded during WW2?

11. What was the name of the first atomic bomb ever dropped?

12. What was the name of the French State that formed a collaborative government with the German Reich after the capitulation of France in 1940?

13. How many beaches in Normandy did the combined Allied Forces land on during D-day?

14. Which battle is known as the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

15. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WW2?

16. What Soviet city was surrounded by German forces on September 8, 1941, but was never captured?

17. What was the name of the first Nazi concentration camp?

18. Who was the emperor of Japan during WW2?

19. Who was the Chief Propaganda Officer and Reich Minister of Propaganda for the Nazi Party during WW2?

20. What was the Army bomber that the US launched from carriers to bomb mainland Japan during the Doolittle Raid?

21. When did WW2 start?

22. What nation had the highest number of military casualties during WW2?

23. Which WW2 US Military Commander was put in charge of the US forces in the Philippines and was also made the Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific?

24. Which WW2 US Military Commander was made Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and commanded the US Forces during the Invasion of Normandy and beyond?

25. What was the codename for the first atomic bomb's test site?

26. Who was the British leader that gave the famous "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech?

27. What was the name of the massive French line of fortifications along the German border that were believed to be near impenetrable?

28. What days did the Japanese announce their surrender, and then sign their surrender?

29. Which German city did the US and UK conduct large scale fire bombing raids against destroying huge portions of the city and killing up to 25,000 people?

30. What was the name of the secret German plan to naval invade the United Kingdom that never ended up happening?