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