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World War II Leaders and Commanders

What do you know about World War II leaders and military commanders?
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1. In what year Adolf Hitler's attack on Poland started World War II?
1941
1939
1940
1942
2. Where did Allied leaders Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet in 1945 to plan the final defeat of Germany?
Ghent
Yalta
Versailles
Nuremberg
3. With whom did Joseph Stalin sign the "non-war" pact to divide Poland?
Winston Chuchill
Adolf Hitler
Harry Truman
Josip Broz Tito
4. Which fact is not true about Winston Churchill?
Served as Navy minister
Worked as war reporter
Known for "V for Victory" hand sign
Died in 1955
5. In what year Benito Mussolini took Italy to war?
1940
1939
1943
1942
6. Who was Japan's emperor during World War II?
Hirohito
Yoshihito
Yamamoto
Naruhito
7. From 1925 who led the Chinese Nationalist government and fought Japanese and Chinese communists?
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
Sun Yat-Sen
Tomoyuki Yamashita
8. When did Mao Zedong die?
1956
1976
1966
1996
9. Which WWI general was known as "The Desert Fox?"
Erwin Rommel
Douglas MacArthur
Bernard Montgomery
Hermann Goernig
10. Who promised Hitler that his air force (Luftwaffe) could defeat Britain?
Hermann Goering
Franz Halder
Heinz Guderan
Erwin Rommel
11. Who was the Commander of British bombers attacking Germany?
George S. Patton
Chester Nimitz
Arthur Harris
Omar Bradley
12. Who was accused of plotting to kill Hitler?
Erwin Rommell
Heinrich Himmler
Friedrich Paulus
Hermann Goering
13. Which fact is not true about Isoroku Yamamoto?
He fought in Russo-Japanese war
He led the attack on Pearl Harbor
He was son of Emperor Yoshihito
He died when his plane was shot
14. Who was Chester Nimitz?
Soldier who won Victoria Cross twice
Commander of US Pacific Fleet
British Air Marshall
American President
15. Where did US general Douglas MacArthur fight in World War II?
Europe
South America
North Africa
Pacific
16. How was Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita also called because of his victories?
"The Lion of Singapore"
"The Tiger of Singapore"
"The Tiger of Malaya"
"The Lion of Malaya"
17. Who was famous Russian general who led the armies to defeat Germans at Stalingrad and Kursk?
Leonid Govorov
Vasily Zaitsev
Ivan Konev
Georgi Zhukov
18. What units German commander Heinz Guderian led in World War II?
Aircrafts
Artillery
Tanks
Watercrafts
19. Which fact is not true about Dwight Eisenhower?
Served as US president
Ordered D-Day invasion of France
Commanded Allies landings in North Africa
Ordered atomic bombs to be dropped
20. Who commanded Allied ground forces in the D-Day landings?
Arthur Harris
Edward Kenna
Bernard Montgomery
Douglas MacArthur
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