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World War II in Europe

The largest military conflict in the history
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1. When did World War II begin?
1939
1914
1945
1918
2. What event happened on November 9, 1938 when many Jewish homes and businesses were burnt down or vandalized by Nazis?
Bloody Sunday
Blitzkrieg
Kristallnacht
Spring Offensive
3. What pact was signed between Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1940?
Axis Pact
Tripartite Pact
Friendship Pact
Treaty of War
4. What was Adolf Hitler’s regime called?
The Third Reich
The First Reich
The Fourth Reich
The Second Reich
5. How did Adolf Hitler die?
gun shot
bomb
hanging
fire
6. Which nation was not the part of the Allies during World War II?
Italy
British Empire
USA
USSR
7. Which nation was not the part of the Axis Powers during World War II?
USA
Italy
Japan
Germany
8. The Nazi invasion of what country triggered World War II in Europe?
France
Poland
England
Denmark
9. Which British Prime Minister announced the declaration of war on Germany in 1939 following the invasion?
Clement Attlee
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Stanley Baldwin
10. Who established the first European fascist state?
Francisco Franco
Adolf Hitler
Miklós Horthy
Benito Mussolini
11. What was the first Nazi concentration camp in WWII?
Chelmno
Dachau
Auschwitz
Ravensbruck
12. Who was Eva Braun?
German chancellor
Nazi camp prisoner
US First lady
Hitler's wife
13. Which WWII Nazi concentration camp did Anne Frank die in shen she was 15?
Buchenwald
Auschwitz
Dachau
Bergen-Belsen
14. What country became the fourth member of the Tripartite Pact and later played a large role in the invasion of Russia in WWII?
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Finland
15. In which battle German commander Freidrich Paulus lost to Soviet forces?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Kursk
16. Where did Stalin's "Winter War" take place?
Switzerland
Finland
Austria
Sweden
17. Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and member of the Nazi Party. What is he famous for?
saving a thousands of Jews
inventing nuclear bomb
planned Hitler's assassination
building war tanks
18. Where is the notorious WWII Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz located?
Yugoslavia
Poland
Austria
Germany
19. Who commanded the Gestapo police and was in charge of the concentration camps?
Hans Guderian
Heinrich Himmler
Erwin Rommel
Hermann Göring
20. The RAF prevented a German invasion of Britain in WWII. What does “RAF” mean?
Restricted Artillery Force
Regular Army Faction
Royal Air Force
Readily-Accessible Forts
21. Which of the following countries remained neutral during the WWII?
Italy
Spain
Soviet Union
France
22. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Tsar Nicholas II
Mihail Kutuzov
23. What English code breaker created a machine that helped to decrypt Nazi messages in WWII?
Gordon Welchman
William Thompson
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
24. In which country is the city of Dunkirk where evacuation of British army occurred in 1940?
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
25. Which WWII operation was code named Operation Sea Lion?
Inventing nuclear bomb
Battle of Stalingrad
Allied landings in Normandy
German invasion of Britain
26. Which WWII operation was code named Operation Dynamo?
German mutiny to kill Hitler
German invasion of Russia
Allied landings in Normandy
Dunkirk evacuation
27. Who won the Battle of Stalingrad?
Poland
Germany
Soviet Union
France
28. What is the name of the German winter offensive of 1944–45 during WWII?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Tobruk
Battle of Moscow
29. What was not one of code names for the landing beaches on D-Day in Normandy in WWII?
Silver
Juno
Utah
Omaha
30. What forces did not land on five beaches on the coast of Normandy during D-Day in 1944?
Spanish
American
Canadian
British
31. Which battle involved the largest engagement of tanks in history?
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
32. What are the rules of war called that many leaders broke during World War II?
Rules of War
Geneva Convention
Bill of Rights
United Agreement
33. Which was the first Axis Power to surrender in WWII?
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Bulgaria
34. What was the alliance of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc of communist nations called?
Pact of Steel
Communist Group
Warsaw Pact
Iron Union
35. Where were the most famous war trials held after World War II for Nazi officials who survived the war?
Munich
Berlin
Nuremberg
Hamburg
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