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