Questions and Answers
World War II
1.
Leader of National Socialist party and Dictator of the German Empire
Adolf Hitler
2.
Which countries joined the Allied Powers?
Soviet Union, Great Britain, United States of America
3.
How many Americans died in WWII?
405,400
4.
Who was a member of Axis Alliance?
Japan, Italy, Germany
5.
A WWII battle fought only in the air was?
Battle of Britain
6.
A Fascist dictator of Italy, called Il Duce
Benito Mussolini
7.
A method of warfare whereby an attacking force, spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorised or mechanised infantry formations with close air support, breaks through the opponent's line of defence by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to encircle them with the help of air superiority.
Blitzkrieg
8.
Who led the Free French and backed the underground Resistance movement in France?
Charles de Gaulle
9.
What is the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945?
Enola Gay
10.
Operation Overlord also known as DDay started on:
6 June, 1944
11.
What was the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
7 December, 1941
12.
Who was a Commander of the Allied forces on the Philippine islands?
Douglas MacArthur
13.
Prime minister of Japan during World War II
Hideki Tojo
14.
Germany started the WWII by invading:
Poland
15.
WWII started on:
1 September, 1939
16.
The death of President Roosevelt
12 April, 1945
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Which Japanese cities were bombarded with atomic bombs during WWII?
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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Largest Japanese battleship deployed during WWII?
Yamato
19.
German air force is called:
Luftwaffe
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Japanese suicidal pilots:
Kamikaze
21.
Organized killing of European Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII
Holocaust
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Most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II
M4 Sherman
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Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Europe
Final Solution
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Called The Desert Fox. A Commander of the Afrika Korps in North Africa. Tried to assassinate Hitler.
Erwin Rommel
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German general during World War II who commanded the 6th Army. He attained the rank of field marshal two hours before the surrender of German forces in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Friedrich Paulus