World War II in the Mediterranean

What do you know about World War II in North Africa, Mediterranean sea and Balkans?

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1. What was the name of German army in North Africa?

Africa Corps ✓

Africa Troopers ✓

Africa Guards ✓

Africa Forces ✓

2. Who was the commander of German army forces in North Africa

Hermann Göring ✓

Erwin Rommel ✓

Friedrich Paulus ✓

Erich von Manstein ✓

3. In 1940 Mussolini began Italy's war in North Africa by sending troops from Libya to attack what country?

Egypt ✓

Morocco ✓

Tunisia ✓

Algeria ✓

4. Tired of Hitler's success in Europe, which country Mussolini's Italy invaded in October 1940?

Cyprus ✓

Greece ✓

Yugoslavia ✓

Malta ✓

5. What was the code-name of Hitler's attack on Yugoslavia in 1941?

Operation Torch ✓

Operation Shingle ✓

Operation Retribution ✓

Operation Market Garden ✓

6. Who was the leader of Yugoslav Resistance Communists?

Gavrilo Princip ✓

Josip Broz Tito ✓

Nikola Pašić ✓

Draža Mihailović ✓

7. Where is Tobruk, an Italian-held port in North Africa located?

Egypt ✓

Tunisia ✓

Algeria ✓

Libya ✓

8. Who was the leader of Allies in their victory in the Second Battle of El Alamein?

Ettore Bastico ✓

Bernard Montgomery ✓

Frederick Baker ✓

Claude Auchinleck ✓

9. What Italian port the British attacked in November 1940 and defeated Mussolini's navy?

Taranto ✓

Messina ✓

Bari ✓

Catania ✓

10. Whose naval base was the island of Malta during World War II?

French ✓

German ✓

Italian ✓

British ✓

11. Who led the first large amphibious invasion to drive the Axis out of North Africa?

Arthur Harris ✓

George S. Patton ✓

Dwight Eisenhower ✓

Audie Murphy ✓

12. Battle for what island in the Mediterranean forced Italians to surrender in 1943?

Sardinia ✓

Malta ✓

Sicily ✓

Corsica ✓

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