| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What attack caused the US to enter WWII? | Attack on Pearl Harbor | 100%
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| What was the name for the German tactic of "lightning war"? | Blitzkrieg | 100%
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| What was the name of the research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during the war? | The Manhattan Project | 100%
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| What year do most people state WWII started? | 1939 | 96%
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| What was the name of the German Air Force? | Luftwaffe | 96%
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| What country's invasion by Germany officially started WWII? | Poland | 96%
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| Which allied power suffered the most casualties? | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) | 96%
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| During the Battle of France, how did the Germans successfully bypass the French-built Maginot Line? | By attacking through the Ardennes forest in Belgium. | 87%
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| Who was the commanding general of the German Afrika Korps, nicknamed "The Desert Fox"? | Erwin Rommel | 87%
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| What was the codename of the Battle of Normandy? | Operation Overlord | 87%
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| What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima? | The Enola Gay | 87%
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| Which battle in the Pacific gave the United States naval supremacy against Japan? | The Battle of Midway | 83%
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| What was the Nazi code name for the plan of invading the United Kingdom? | Operation Sea Lion | 78%
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| Which major battle involved the largest engagement of tanks in history? | The Battle of Kursk | 57%
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| Which German general attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944? | Claus von Stauffenberg | 52%
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