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Which German city was primarily destroyed in February 1945 by an Allied bombing raid?
A) Munich
B) Hamburg
C) Dresden
D) Berlin
Which German general was known as the "Desert Fox" due to his campaigns in North Africa?
A) Gerd von Rundstedt
B) Heinz Guderian
C) Friedrich Paulus
D) Erwin Rommel
Which of the following was NOT a major conference between the Allied leaders during WWII?
A) Yalta Conference
B) Potsdam Conference
C) Tehran Conference
D) Geneva Conference
Who commanded the Allied forces in the Normandy invasion?
A) Bernard Montgomery
B) George Patton
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
What major project resulted in the development of the first atomic bombs during World War II?
A) Manhattan Project
B) Trinity Project
C) Operation Paperclip
D) Project A-bomb
Who was the main U.S. general in the Pacific theater?
A) George Patton
B) Bernard Montgomery
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Douglas MacArthur
Which naval battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific against Japan?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of the Coral Sea
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Leyte Gulf
What was the name of the U.S. strategy in the Pacific, hopping from island to island to reach Japan?
A) Blitzkrieg
B) Attrition Warfare
C) Scorch Earth
D) Island Hopping
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Clement Attlee
C) Winston Churchill
D) Anthony Eden
What was the name of the British operation to evacuate troops from Dunkirk in 1940?
A) Operation Dynamo
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Neptune
D) Operation Market Garden
What was the codename for the German invasion of Poland in 1939?
A) Operation Weserübung
B) Operation Sealion
C) Operation White
D) Operation Tannenberg
Who was the leader of the Free French Forces during World War II?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Philippe Pétain
C) Maurice Gamelin
D) Henri Giraud
What defensive line did France build along its border with Germany in the 1930s?
A) The Atlantic Wall
B) The Siegfried Line
C) The Hindenburg Line
D) The Maginot Line
Which ship was famously sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941, leading to the U.S. entry into WWII?
A) HMS Hood
B) USS Arizona
C) HMS Prince of Wales
D) USS Maine
Which country did Germany first annex in the lead up to WWII?
A) Poland
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Austria
D) Hungary
Which battle, fought in North Africa, marked a turning point in the war and the beginning of the decline for Axis forces in the region?
A) Battle of Gazala
B) First Battle of El Alamein
C) Battle of Kasserine Pass
D) Second Battle of El Alamein
What was the primary light machine gun used by U.S. forces during WWII?
A) Bren Gun
B) MG42
C) M1918 BAR
D) DP-28
Which of the following was NOT one of the Allied Powers during World War II?
A) France
B) Italy
C) United States
D) United Kingdom
Which of the following conferences involved the leaders of the United States, the UK, and the Soviet Union discussing post-war Europe?
A) Yalta Conference
B) Munich Conference
C) Tehran Conference
D) Berlin Conference
In which battle did the Japanese introduce kamikaze tactics on a large scale?
A) Battle of Iwo Jima
B) Battle of Okinawa
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Midway
