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What was the codename for the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Weserübung
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Valkyrie
What was the codename for the battle of Normandy's beach where Canadian forces landed?
A) Utah Beach
B) Sword Beach
C) Omaha Beach
D) Juno Beach
What was the Japanese strategy of conducting multiple, simultaneous offensives against Allied positions known as?
A) Kamikaze
B) Bushido
C) Hara-kiri
D) Nanshin-ron
Which U.S. General famously said, "I shall return" after leaving the Philippines?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Omar Bradley
C) George Patton
D) Douglas MacArthur
Which battle is considered the largest tank battle in history?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of El Alamein
D) Battle of Berlin
Which city experienced a major revolt in 1943 against German occupation?
A) Paris
B) Amsterdam
C) Warsaw
D) Prague
Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Winston Churchill
C) Clement Attlee
D) Anthony Eden
Which major operation was launched by the Allies to retake France in June 1944?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Overlord
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Market Garden
What was the German air force called?
A) Kriegsmarine
B) Waffen-SS
C) Luftwaffe
D) Wehrmacht
Which battleship was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941, leading to a major turning point in the war for the British?
A) HMS Hood
B) HMS Prince of Wales
C) HMS Repulse
D) HMS King George V
Which city experienced a major revolt in 1943 against German occupation?
A) Paris
B) Amsterdam
C) Warsaw
D) Prague
Who was the highest-ranking Nazi official to be captured and tried at the Nuremberg Trials?
A) Heinrich Himmler
B) Rudolf Hess
C) Joseph Goebbels
D) Hermann Göring
What was the main code-breaking facility of the British during World War II?
A) Tower of London
B) MI5 Headquarters
C) Bletchley Park
D) Scotland Yard
What was the main light machine gun used by US forces during WWII?
A) Bren Gun
B) MG 42
C) DP-28
D) M1918 BAR
What was the Japanese term for the suicide pilots who flew their explosive-laden planes into Allied warships?
A) Samurai
B) Bushido
C) Shogun
D) Kamikaze
Which of the following cities was one of the two targets for the atomic bombings by the United States?
A) Kyoto
B) Hiroshima
C) Osaka
D) Sapporo
What was the codename for the Germans' invasion of the USSR in 1941?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Weserübung
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Valkyrie
What was the largest concentration camp established by the Nazis?
A) Dachau
B) Bergen-Belsen
C) Auschwitz-Birkenau
D) Treblinka
Which of the following countries remained neutral throughout World War II?
A) Belgium
B) Norway
C) Switzerland
D) Greece
What was the codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Overlord
B) Operation Barbarossa
C) Operation Weserübung
D) Operation Sea Lion
