WW2 Knowledge Quiz

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World War II started when Germany invaded which country?	Poland
Early in the war, in his first address to the British House of Commons, Prime Minister Winston Churchill said, “I have nothing to offer but…”	Blood, toil, tears and sweat.
After World War I, France built the Maginot Line, a string of border fortifications considered impenetrable. How did the German army overcome the Maginot Line in World War II	Went around it
Which technology helped the U.K. defeat Germany’s months long air offensive against it in the Battle of Britain?	Radar
Which fortuitous circumstance helped reduce U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor?	No American aircraft carriers were in port.
when Japan conquered the Dutch East Indies what good where first rationed	Tires
Japan launched an attack on the U.S. mainland by using which curious method	Helium balloons
what was key to U.S. success at the Battle of Midway	cracking Japanese naval communications code
Based on the year they were first produced, which name was given to one of Japan’s most highly effective fighter planes?	Zeroes
Which city was the site of a 900-day siege during World War II?	Leningrad
Which Allied nation faced the most causalities during the war	USSR

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