World War II Difficult Quiz

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Chinese Nationalist capital city that was brutally sacked in 1937
Nanking
German-speaking region of Czechoslovakia that Hitler wanted
Sudetenland
Site of consequential 1938 conference
Munich
"Free" international city on the Baltic that Hitler claimed in 1939
Danzig
Norwegian port controlling the flow of Swedish iron ore where both British and German forces landed
Narvik
Site of mass execution of Polish officers by the Soviets
Katyn Wood
Original French Army Commander in Chief
Maurice Gamelin
His replacement
Maxime Weygand
Fort that was keystone of Belgian defence strategy
Eben Emael
Town of German breakthrough in the Ardennes in May 1940
Sedan
Town where the Germans first reached the English Channel in 1940
Abbeville
British Admiral in charge of the Mediterranean fleet at Alexandria
A.B.C. Cunningham
Commander of the RAF's Fighter Command in 1940
Hugh Dowding
Site of British attack on the French navy in 1940
Mers-El-Kebir
British carrier that the Taranto raid was launched from
HMS Illustrious
Where the majority of the Italian fleet was moved to after the raid
Naples
Names of the three original Gloster Gladiator biplanes stationed on Malta
Faith, Hope, and Charity
British carrier sunk by a U-Boat in 1941
HMS Ark Royal
Egyptian village where the original Italian advance in North Africa was repelled
Sidi Barrani
British battlecruiser sunk while pursuing the Bismarck
HMS Hood
Greek island invaded by paratroopers following the evacuation of the mainland by British and ANZAC troops
Crete
Site of huge Soviet military base on the Crimean Peninsula
Sevastopol
First U.S. ship lost to enemy action in WWII (Hint: before Pearl Harbor)
USS Reuben James
Territory occupied by Japan that precipitated US embargoes
French Indochina
Admiral Nagumo's flagship for the Pearl Harbor raid
Akagi
U.S. battleship that capsized during the raid
USS Oklahoma
U.S. carrier sunk in the Battle of Coral Sea
USS Lexington
Japanese light carrier sunk in the same battle
Shoho
Last U.S. holdout in the Philippines before surrender
Corregidor
The Japanese diversion for the Midway operation was concentrated on this island chain
Aleutians
Northern Australian city bombed by the Japanese
Darwin
Name of General Montgomery's army at El Alamein
8th
Codename of German operation towards the Caucasus
Blue
City on the Volga river where the operation stalled
Stalingrad
Site of disastrous Canadian raid in France
Dieppe
Port where the majority of the French fleet was scuttled in 1942
Toulon
General Hitler promoted to Field Marshal in the hopes of him committing suicide (It didn't work)
Friedrich Paulus
What German army Paulus commanded (at Stalingrad)
6th
Island Admiral Yamammoto was killed over
Bougainville
Island of the largest amphibious invasion in history
Sicily
Site of amphibious landing designed to bypass the Gustav line (it didn't really work)
Anzio
D-Day beach that was closest to Cherbourg
Utah
U.S. escort carrier that was the first victim of a kamikaze attack
USS St. Lo
First Allied power to liberate Paris
France
Allied General who proposed Operation Market Garden
Bernard Montgomery
U.S. General who led the return to the Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
The Admiral who wanted to invade Formosa instead
Ernest King
Codename of huge Soviet offensive through Belarus and into Poland in 1944
Bagration
Name of militia Hitler created in Germany's final months
Volkssturm
U.S. General who favored a drive on Vienna
George Patton
Name of Admiral who took power in Germany after Hitler's death
Karl Donitz
Name of B-29 that dropped the second atom bomb
Bock's Car
U.S. battleship where the Japanese surrender formally took place
USS Missouri
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