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World War II

Leader of National Socialist party and Dictator of the German Empire
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Which countries joined the Allied Powers?
United States of America
Germany
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
United States of America
Soviet Union
Great Britain
How many Americans died in WWII?
390,200
522,600
404,200
405,400
405,400
Who was a member of Axis Alliance?
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
United States of America
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
Italy
Germany
A WWII battle fought only in the air was?
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of Midway
Battle of Britain
Battle of Pearl Harbor
Battle of Britain
A Fascist dictator of Italy, called Il Duce
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Goebbels
General Franco
Benito Mussolini
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
Anschluss
Nazism
Meinkampf
Blitzkrieg
Who led the Free French and backed the underground Resistance movement in France?
Franklin Delano Roosvelt
Charles Drew
Dwight D Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
What is the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945?
Chain Lightning
Shooting Star
Memphis Belle
Enola Gay
Enola Gay
Operation Overlord also known as DDay started on:
6 June, 1944
7 July, 1944
5 May, 1944
9 April, 1944
6 June, 1944
What was the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
7 December, 1941
18 March, 1941
11 December, 1942
7 January, 1942
7 December, 1941
Who was a Commander of the Allied forces on the Philippine islands?
Erwin Rommel
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
Dwight D Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Prime minister of Japan during World War II
Hideki Tojo
Hirohito
Fumimaro Konoe
Oda Nobunaka
Hideki Tojo
Germany started the WWII by invading:
Poland
England
Czechoslovakia
France
Poland
WWII started on:
10 September, 1939
17 September, 1939
1 September, 1939
8 October, 1939
1 September, 1939
The death of President Roosevelt
27 January, 1945
14 March, 1945
7 May, 1945
12 April, 1945
12 April, 1945
Which Japanese cities were bombarded with atomic bombs during WWII?
Edo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Nagoya
Osaka
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Largest Japanese battleship deployed during WWII?
Nagato
Yamato
Kongo
Hiryu
Yamato
German air force is called:
Sonderkommando
Luftwaffe
Wermacht
Kriegsmarine
Luftwaffe
Japanese suicidal pilots:
Kamikaze
Organized killing of European Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII
Holocaust
Most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II
A15 Crusader
M5 Stuart
A27 Cromwell
M4 Sherman
M4 Sherman
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Europe
Final Solution
Fall Weiss
Holocaust
Blitzkrieg
Final Solution
Called The Desert Fox. A Commander of the Afrika Korps in North Africa. Tried to assassinate Hitler.
Hermann Göring
Friedrich Paulus
Karl Dönitz
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
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.
Hans Frank
Werner von Blomberg
Erwin Rommel
Friedrich Paulus
Friedrich Paulus