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WWII Trivia
These are 15 questions about WWII, all 4 multiple choice.
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1. What year do most people state WWII started?
1937
1941
1939
1935
2. What was the name of the German Air Force?
Reichswehr
Heer
Kriegsmarine
Luftwaffe
3. What country's invasion by Germany officially started WWII?
Poland
France
Austria
Czechoslovakia
4. What attack caused the US to enter WWII?
Invasion of France
Invasion of Poland
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Britan
5. What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
The Enola Gay
Lonesome Lady
The Great Aristotle
Bockscar
6. What was the name for the German tactic of "lightning war"?
Sitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
Stosstrupp
Weltkrieg
7. Which allied power suffered the most casualties?
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
USA
China
UK
8. Which major battle involved the largest engagement of tanks in history?
The Battle of Kursk
The Battle of France
The Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of the Bulge
9. What was the codename of the Battle of Normandy?
Operation Overlord
Operation Market Garden
Operation Torch
Operation Barbarossa
10. Who was the commanding general of the German Afrika Korps, nicknamed "The Desert Fox"?
Erich von Manstein
Walther von Brauchitsch
Heinz Guderian
Erwin Rommel
11. What was the Nazi code name for the plan of invading the United Kingdom?
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Weserübung
Operation Citadel
Operation Barbarossa
12. What was the name of the research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during the war?
The Atomic Project
The Alamogordo Project
The Trinity Project
The Manhattan Project
13. During the Battle of France, how did the Germans successfully bypass the French-built Maginot Line?
They used a new technology to breach the fortifications.
By sailing around it from the coast.
They were let in by collaborators.
By attacking through the Ardennes forest in Belgium.
14. Which battle in the Pacific gave the United States naval supremacy against Japan?
The Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Iwo Jima
15. Which German general attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944?
Claus von Stauffenberg
Erich von Manstein
Alfred Jodl
Friedrich Paulus
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