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Question 1

Which Event Is Commonly Marked As The Start Of World War II?

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Who Served As The British Prime Minister For Most Of World War II?

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What Was The Code Name For Germany’s Invasion Of The Soviet Union In 1941?

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Which Nation Was Not An Original Member Of The Axis Powers?

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Where Did The “Miracle Of Dunkirk” Evacuation Take Place In 1940?

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Which Battle Is Widely Regarded As The Turning Point In The Pacific Theater?

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What Did The Lend-Lease Act Enable The United States To Do Before Entering The War?

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Which City Suffered A Devastating Blitz By Germany Between 1940 And 1941?

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Who Commanded The German Afrika Korps And Was Nicknamed The “Desert Fox”?

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Which Conference Outlined The Postwar World And Demanded Unconditional Surrender From The Axis?

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What Was The Primary Purpose Of The Manhattan Project?

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Which Country Was Invaded During Operation Torch In 1942?

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Which Naval Battle Was Fought Entirely By Aircraft Without Ships Sighted Firing On Each Other?

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Who Was The Supreme Commander Of Allied Expeditionary Force For D-Day?

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Which Axis Leader Was Overthrown And Arrested In 1943 Following Allied Landings In Italy?

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What Was The Main German Objective During The Battle Of The Bulge?

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Which Allied Operation In 1944 Attempted A Rapid Advance Through The Netherlands Using Airborne Troops?

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Which Country Suffered The Highest Military And Civilian Casualties In World War II?

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What Sparked The Pacific War Between Japan And The United States?

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Which Battle Marked Germany’s First Major Defeat On Land In World War II?

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Who Led The Free French Forces After France’s 1940 Collapse?

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What Did The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact Include In 1939?

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Which Technology Most Improved Nighttime Air Defense During The Blitz?

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Which Island Campaign Became A Brutal Struggle In 1945, Noted For Heavy Casualties And Kamikaze Attacks?

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What Was Operation Sea Lion?

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Which Resistance Group Blew The Heavy Water Plant At Vemork To Hinder German Nuclear Efforts?

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Which U.S. General Led The Island-Hopping Strategy In The Southwest Pacific?

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What Was The Significance Of The Enigma Code Breakers At Bletchley Park?

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Which City Endured A Catastrophic Siege From 1941 To 1944 With Massive Civilian Starvation?

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What Triggered Italy’s 1943 Armistice With The Allies?

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Which Aircraft Became A Symbol Of The Battle Of Britain?

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Which Soviet Counteroffensive Encircled The German Sixth Army In 1942?

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What Did The Atlantic Charter Of 1941 Declare?

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Which Country Was Annexed By Germany In 1938 During The Anschluss?

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Which 1944 Offensive Destroyed Germany’s Army Group Centre In Belarus?

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What Was The Purpose Of Japan’s Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?

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Which Battle Became The Largest Tank Clash In History?

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Who Was The U.S. Navy Admiral Who Devised The Carrier-Centric Strategy In The Pacific?

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Which Country Was Occupied By Germany In 1940 Through A Campaign Called Weserübung?

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Question 1

What Was The Holocaust?

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Which Country Experienced The Warsaw Uprising Against German Occupation In 1944?

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What Was The Primary Goal Of The Allied Strategic Bombing Campaign?

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Which German Battleship Was Sunk After A Massive Hunt In 1941?

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Which Meeting In 1945 Determined Occupation Zones For Postwar Germany?

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Which Operation Was The Allied Invasion Of Sicily In 1943?

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What Was The Final Major German Offensive On The Eastern Front In 1943?

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Which Carrier Was Not Present At Pearl Harbor During The Attack?

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Which Prime Minister Led Japan For Much Of The Pacific War?

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What Name Was Given To Germany’s Lightning War Tactics?

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Which City Hosted The 1938 Agreement Granting Germany The Sudetenland?

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Which U.S. General Became Famous For Bold Armored Thrusts In Europe?

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Which Battle Halted The Axis Advance Into Egypt In 1942?

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Which U. S. Program Mobilized Civilian Industry Into War Production?

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Which Submarine Campaign Severely Disrupted Japanese Shipping?

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Which 1945 Meeting Issued The Declaration Warning Japan To Surrender Or Face “Prompt And Utter Destruction”?

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Which Allied Operation Liberated Southern France In August 1944?

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Which German City Was A Center For War Crimes Trials After The War?

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Which Ship Exploded In 1944 At Bari After A German Air Raid, Causing A Disaster?

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Which Soviet City Was Renamed After The War, Having Been The Site Of A Pivotal Battle?

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Which Allied Deception Operation Supported The 1944 Normandy Landings?

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Which Country Did The Winter War Of 1939–1940 Pit Against The Soviet Union?

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Which German Airborne Assault Captured A Belgian Fortress In 1940 Using Gliders?

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What Was The Main Objective Of Operation Neptune?

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Which Country Was Liberated By Allied Forces In Operation Avalanche?

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Which Organization Coordinated The U.S. Intelligence Effort During The War?

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Which Leader Signed The Instrument Of Japan’s Surrender Aboard USS Missouri?

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Which Country Conducted The Katyn Massacre In 1940?

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Which Allied Code Name Referred To The Overall Deception Plan For D-Day?

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Which Fighter Aircraft Was Japan’s Most Famous Early-War Design?

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Which Country Was Invaded In 1941 To Secure German Access To Oil And Strategic Positions In The Balkans?

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Which Axis Power Switched Sides In 1943 And Declared War On Germany?

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Which Nation’s Code Was Broken In The Pacific Using The PURPLE Cipher Machine?

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Which Country Was The Site Of Operation Mincemeat, A Daring British Deception In 1943?

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Which German City Was Notoriously Devastated By Firebombing In February 1945?

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Which U.S. Heavy Bomber Delivered Atomic Bombs Over Japan?

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Which Nation Was First Invaded During Germany’s 1940 Western Offensive?

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Which Leader Declared “Peace For Our Time” After Munich?

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Which Naval Engagement Is Considered The Largest In History By Tonnage?

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Which Country Mounted A Notable Resistance Movement Led By Josip Broz Tito?

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Which Agreement Established The Bretton Woods Institutions Shortly Before War’s End?

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Which German Offensive In Late 1942 Aimed To Capture The Caucasus Oil Fields?

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Which Battle Earned The Nickname “The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”?

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Which City Was Liberated By Allied Forces On August 25, 1944?

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Which Country Used Navajo Code Talkers To Secure Battlefield Communications?

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Which Event Marked Italy’s Entrance Into The War On The Axis Side?

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Which Nation Was Liberated In 1941 By British And Commonwealth Forces From A Pro-Axis Regime?

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Which German City Was The Capital Of The Nazi Regime?

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Which 1942 Raid On France Tested Allied Amphibious Assault Concepts, Despite Heavy Casualties?

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Which Country Signed An Armistice At Compiègne In June 1940 After German Successes?

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Which City Was The Site Of The U.S. Marines’ Costly 1945 Assault Capturing Mount Suribachi?

1
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
2
Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939
3
The Anschluss with Austria in 1938
4
Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia in 1935

Germany’s invasion of Poland triggered Britain and France to declare war, formally starting World War II.
1
Winston Churchill
2
Stanley Baldwin
3
Neville Chamberlain
4
Clement Attlee

Winston Churchill led Britain from May 1940 through victory, becoming the face of determined British wartime leadership.
1
Operation Barbarossa
2
Operation Market Garden
3
Operation Torch
4
Operation Sea Lion

Operation Barbarossa, launched in June 1941, opened the brutal Eastern Front and became history’s largest invasion.
1
Germany
2
Spain
3
Japan
4
Italy

Franco’s Spain stayed officially non-belligerent, sympathizing with Axis aims but never formally joining the alliance.
1
Sicily
2
Northern France
3
Greece
4
Norway

Hundreds of naval and civilian vessels evacuated Allied troops from Dunkirk, Northern France, under relentless German pressure.
1
Leyte Gulf
2
Guadalcanal
3
Coral Sea
4
Midway

The Battle of Midway in June 1942 devastated Japanese carrier strength, swinging strategic initiative to the United States.
1
Supply Allies with arms and aid
2
Declare war on Germany immediately
3
Join the League of Nations
4
Partition colonial territories

Lend-Lease allowed the U.S. to provide weapons and materials to Allies, strengthening resistance against Axis aggression.
1
Madrid
2
Paris
3
Rome
4
London

London endured months of aerial bombardment, targeting civilians and infrastructure to break morale and cripple war production.
1
Karl Dönitz
2
Wilhelm Keitel
3
Erwin Rommel
4
Heinz Guderian

Erwin Rommel gained fame for bold maneuver warfare in North Africa, earning respect from both Allies and Axis.
1
Casablanca Conference
2
Bretton Woods Conference
3
Munich Conference
4
Geneva Conference

In 1943, Roosevelt and Churchill met at Casablanca, declaring unconditional surrender as Allied policy against Axis powers.
1
Create radar systems
2
Build long-range bombers
3
Train special operations forces
4
Develop an atomic bomb

The Manhattan Project coordinated vast scientific and industrial resources to produce the world’s first nuclear weapons.
1
Denmark
2
Bulgaria
3
French North Africa
4
Finland

Operation Torch consisted of Allied amphibious landings in Morocco and Algeria, opening a new front against Axis forces.
1
Coral Sea
2
Jutland
3
River Plate
4
Java Sea

The 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea featured carrier-based aircraft striking fleets beyond visual range, transforming naval warfare.
1
Omar Bradley
2
Dwight D. Eisenhower
3
Bernard Montgomery
4
Charles de Gaulle

General Dwight D. Eisenhower coordinated multinational forces for Operation Overlord, the Normandy landings in June 1944.
1
Benito Mussolini
2
Adolf Hitler
3
Hideki Tojo
4
Ion Antonescu

Italy’s Grand Council removed Mussolini; he was arrested, later rescued by Germans, then led a short-lived puppet regime.
1
Invade neutral Switzerland
2
Capture Paris and encircle London
3
Split Allied lines and seize Antwerp
4
Destroy Soviet armies near Moscow

Hitler aimed to break Allied cohesion in the Ardennes, capture Antwerp, and force a negotiated Western settlement.
1
Operation Dragoon
2
Operation Husky
3
Operation Neptune
4
Operation Market Garden

Market Garden combined airborne landings with ground thrusts to capture bridges into Germany; it stalled at Arnhem’s last bridge.
1
Japan
2
United Kingdom
3
Germany
4
Soviet Union

The Soviet Union endured staggering losses—tens of millions—from combat, sieges, starvation, and occupation atrocities.
1
Attack on Pearl Harbor
2
Battle of Shanghai
3
Nanking Massacre
4
Invasion of Manchuria

Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 brought the United States directly into the conflict.
1
Fall of Warsaw
2
Battle of France
3
Battle of Moscow
4
Battle of Narvik

The failed German offensive before Moscow in winter 1941 halted Blitzkrieg momentum and foreshadowed grinding Eastern Front attrition.
1
Philippe Pétain
2
Pierre Laval
3
Charles de Gaulle
4
François Darlan

De Gaulle rallied resistance from abroad, organizing Free French forces and political leadership opposed to Vichy collaboration.
1
A mutual defense alliance with Britain
2
Shared naval basing rights in the Baltic
3
A secret protocol dividing Eastern Europe
4
Plans to invade Scandinavia together

The German-Soviet nonaggression pact contained secret spheres-of-influence clauses partitioning Poland and impacting the Baltics.
1
Jet engines
2
Sonar
3
Radar
4
Proximity fuzes

Radar enabled early detection of incoming raids, guiding fighter interceptions and directing anti-aircraft defenses effectively.
1
Okinawa
2
Guam
3
Midway
4
Wake Island

Okinawa’s ferocious fighting and kamikaze waves foreshadowed invasion horrors, influencing decisions regarding the use of atomic bombs.
1
Germany’s planned invasion of Britain
2
The German evacuation at Dunkirk
3
The Allied landings in Sicily
4
Japan’s plan to invade Australia

Operation Sea Lion was Hitler’s unrealized plan to invade Britain, contingent on achieving air superiority after the Battle of Britain.
1
French Maquis
2
Polish Home Army
3
Norwegian commandos
4
Yugoslav Partisans

Norwegian saboteurs executed daring raids on Vemork in 1943, disrupting Germany’s access to heavy water for nuclear research.
1
Mark W. Clark
2
George S. Patton
3
Douglas MacArthur
4
Matthew Ridgway

MacArthur advanced through New Guinea and the Philippines, bypassing strongholds to seize key positions and airfields strategically.
1
They built the first radar sets
2
They decrypted German communications
3
They produced synthetic fuel
4
They designed Allied jet aircraft

Bletchley Park’s codebreaking, including Enigma, yielded Ultra intelligence, shaping operations and shortening the war substantially.
1
Kiev
2
Leningrad
3
Sevastopol
4
Stalingrad

Leningrad suffered a 900-day siege, with extreme deprivation, vast casualties, and determined Soviet resistance against encirclement.
1
Allied invasion of Sicily
2
German defeat at Stalingrad
3
Japanese losses in the Pacific
4
Uprisings in Yugoslavia

Operation Husky’s success undermined Mussolini, leading to his ouster and Italy’s armistice and shifting allegiances.
1
Heinkel He 111
2
Messerschmitt Bf 110
3
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
4
Supermarine Spitfire

The agile Spitfire, along with Hurricanes, helped defeat the Luftwaffe, preventing German air dominance over Britain.
1
Operation Uranus
2
Operation Mars
3
Operation Saturn
4
Operation Bagration

Operation Uranus enveloped German forces at Stalingrad, leading to a decisive surrender and reversing momentum on the Eastern Front.
1
Shared Allied principles for postwar order
2
A plan to invade North Africa
3
A continental blockade of Europe
4
Terms for Japan’s surrender

Roosevelt and Churchill outlined self-determination, economic cooperation, and collective security, guiding Allied war aims and diplomacy.
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Belgium
2
Czechoslovakia
3
Austria
4
Netherlands

The Anschluss incorporated Austria into the Third Reich, violating treaties and emboldening further territorial aggression in Europe.
1
Operation Bagration
2
Operation Typhoon
3
Operation Blau
4
Operation Citadel

Operation Bagration inflicted catastrophic losses, liberating Belarus and accelerating the collapse on the Eastern Front.
1
Establish open trade with Allies
2
Promote democratic governance in Asia
3
Justify regional dominance and resource control
4
Protect neutrality among Asian states

Japan framed empire-building as mutual prosperity, but primarily pursued exploitation of territories for resources and strategic power.
1
Tobruk
2
Kasserine Pass
3
Kursk
4
El Alamein

The 1943 Battle of Kursk involved massive armored forces, where Soviet defenses blunted Germany’s last major Eastern offensive.
1
William F. Halsey
2
Raymond Spruance
3
Ernest J. King
4
Chester W. Nimitz

Admiral Nimitz commanded Pacific Fleet operations, emphasizing carriers and submarines to attrit Japanese strength and seize islands.
1
Switzerland
2
Norway
3
Portugal
4
Spain

Operation Weserübung targeted Denmark and Norway, securing iron ore routes and strategic bases for the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe.
1
A German military alliance plan
2
Systematic genocide of Jews and others
3
A Soviet agricultural program
4
A codeword for blitzkrieg attacks

The Holocaust was Nazi Germany’s state-sponsored genocide targeting Jews and other groups, murdering millions of civilians.
1
Netherlands
2
Greece
3
Denmark
4
Poland

The Polish Home Army rose to liberate Warsaw before Soviet arrival; the revolt was brutally suppressed after heroic resistance.
1
Train new pilots safely
2
Cripple enemy industry and morale
3
Conquer territory rapidly
4
Test prototype aircraft

Sustained bombing targeted industrial centers, transport networks, and cities to degrade production capacity and weaken civilian morale.
1
Bismarck
2
Gneisenau
3
Tirpitz
4
Scharnhorst

After sinking HMS Hood, Bismarck was relentlessly pursued and eventually sunk by the Royal Navy in the North Atlantic.
1
Potsdam Conference
2
Yalta Conference
3
Cairo Conference
4
Tehran Conference

At Yalta, Allied leaders outlined postwar arrangements, including German occupation zones and the framework for the United Nations.
1
Operation Torch
2
Operation Dragoon
3
Operation Avalanche
4
Operation Husky

Operation Husky opened the door to the Italian mainland, undermining Mussolini’s regime and Axis defenses in the Mediterranean.
1
Operation Fall Gelb
2
Operation Blau
3
Operation Citadel
4
Operation Typhoon

Operation Citadel targeted the Kursk salient; its failure marked the decline of German offensive capability in the East.
1
Akagi
2
Kaga
3
Shokaku
4
USS Enterprise

USS Enterprise was at sea during the attack, sparing a crucial U.S. carrier later vital in Pacific battles.
1
Kuniaki Koiso
2
Fumimaro Konoe
3
Kiichiro Hiranuma
4
Hideki Tojo

General Hideki Tojo served as prime minister and war minister, directing Japan’s war effort until resigning in 1944.
1
Schwerpunkt
2
Blitzkrieg
3
Volkssturm
4
Auftragstaktik

Blitzkrieg emphasized rapid combined-arms assaults using tanks, aircraft, and mechanized infantry to overwhelm opponents.
1
Vienna
2
Berlin
3
Munich
4
Prague

The Munich Agreement ceded the Sudetenland to Germany, embodying appeasement and gravely undermining Czechoslovakia’s defenses.
1
George S. Patton
2
Jacob L. Devers
3
Omar Bradley
4
Courtney Hodges

Patton’s Third Army raced across France after Normandy, known for aggressive leadership and rapid exploitation of breakthroughs.
1
Battle of Mersa Matruh
2
Second Battle of El Alamein
3
Battle of Gazala
4
Battle of Tobruk

Montgomery’s Eighth Army decisively defeated Rommel at El Alamein, turning the tide in North Africa toward the Allies.
1
Civilian Conservation Corps
2
War Production Board
3
Tennessee Valley Authority
4
Reconstruction Finance Corporation

The War Production Board coordinated conversion of peacetime industries into wartime manufacturing of weapons and essential supplies.
1
German U-boat wolfpacks
2
Soviet Baltic fleet submarines
3
Italian subs in the Atlantic
4
U.S. Navy submarine warfare

American submarines targeted Japanese merchant shipping, strangling logistics and resources crucial to Japan’s war economy.
1
Moscow Conference
2
Quebec Conference
3
Potsdam Conference
4
Yalta Conference

The Potsdam Declaration outlined surrender terms for Japan, foreshadowing atomic bombings if the Japanese government refused.
1
Operation Market Garden
2
Operation Dragoon
3
Operation Jubilee
4
Operation Overlord

Operation Dragoon landed in Provence, advancing north and linking with Normandy forces, hastening German retreat from France.
1
Dresden
2
Munich
3
Nuremberg
4
Hamburg

The Nuremberg Trials prosecuted major Nazi leaders for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
1
RMS Lancastria
2
USS Indianapolis
3
SS John Harvey
4
HMS Hood

SS John Harvey’s secret mustard gas cargo detonated at Bari, causing significant casualties and chemical exposure.
1
Stalingrad to Volgograd
2
Kiev to Kyivgrad
3
Leningrad to Petrograd
4
Moscow to Tversk

Stalingrad, scene of decisive urban combat and German surrender, was renamed Volgograd during the post-Stalin era.
1
Operation Mincemeat
2
Operation Bodyguard South
3
Operation Zeppelin
4
Operation Fortitude

Operation Fortitude convinced Germany the main invasion would hit Pas-de-Calais, tying down reserves away from Normandy.
1
Bulgaria
2
Hungary
3
Romania
4
Finland

Finland resisted Soviet invasion in harsh conditions, inflicting heavy casualties despite eventual territorial concessions in peace.
1
Eben-Emael
2
Liege
3
Verdun
4
Namur

German paratroopers and glider troops neutralized Fort Eben-Emael with shaped charges, enabling rapid breakthroughs into Belgium.
1
Airlift supplies to Berlin
2
Evacuate troops from Crete
3
Raid Saint-Nazaire docks
4
Amphibious landings in Normandy

Operation Neptune was the seaborne phase of Overlord, delivering Allied troops onto Normandy’s beaches on D-Day.
1
Norway
2
Albania
3
Italy (Salerno landings)
4
Greece

Operation Avalanche was the Salerno landing in September 1943, establishing a crucial foothold on the Italian mainland.
1
Federal Bureau of Investigation
2
Office of Strategic Services
3
National Security Agency
4
Central Intelligence Agency

The OSS conducted espionage, sabotage, and special operations, serving as a precursor to the postwar Central Intelligence Agency.
1
Admiral Chester Nimitz
2
General Douglas MacArthur
3
Emperor Hirohito
4
General Tomoyuki Yamashita

MacArthur accepted Japan’s formal surrender on September 2, 1945 as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers aboard USS Missouri.
1
Romania
2
Soviet Union
3
Germany
4
Italy

Soviet NKVD executed thousands of Polish officers in the Katyn Forest, a crime long denied and later acknowledged.
1
Operation Tenacity
2
Operation Torchlight
3
Operation Neptune Blue
4
Operation Bodyguard

Bodyguard encompassed multiple deceptions, including Fortitude, to conceal Normandy’s timing and location from German intelligence.
1
Kawanishi N1K Shiden
2
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden
3
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
4
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate

The A6M Zero combined agility and range, dominating early engagements before Allied tactics and technology countered it.
1
Sweden
2
Ireland
3
Switzerland
4
Greece

Germany invaded Greece after aiding Italy and to stabilize the Balkans, delaying Barbarossa but securing southern flanks.
1
Romania
2
Finland
3
Italy
4
Hungary

Following Mussolini’s fall, Italy signed an armistice, joined the Allies, and fought Germans in subsequent Italian campaigns.
1
Japan
2
Germany
3
Vichy France
4
Italy

U.S. cryptanalysts decrypted Japanese diplomatic traffic from PURPLE, providing strategic insights before and during the war.
1
Portugal
2
Morocco
3
Turkey
4
Spain

British agents planted false invasion plans on a corpse in Spain, misleading Germany about Mediterranean invasion targets.
1
Bremen
2
Stuttgart
3
Frankfurt
4
Dresden

Allied bombers created a firestorm in Dresden, causing immense destruction and heavy civilian casualties late in the European war.
1
B-29 Superfortress
2
B-17 Flying Fortress
3
B-24 Liberator
4
B-25 Mitchell

The B-29’s range and payload enabled the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions, executed by specially modified aircraft.
1
Luxembourg
2
Belgium
3
Denmark
4
Netherlands

Germany launched Fall Gelb on May 10, 1940, first crossing into Luxembourg before invading Belgium and the Netherlands.
1
Benito Mussolini
2
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3
Édouard Daladier
4
Neville Chamberlain

Britain’s Prime Minister Chamberlain returned from Munich claiming peace, a statement quickly discredited by continued aggression.
1
Battle of Leyte Gulf
2
Battle of the Atlantic
3
Battle of the Philippine Sea
4
Battle of Midway

Leyte Gulf in October 1944 involved sprawling actions across multiple engagements, crippling Japan’s remaining naval power.
1
Norway
2
Belgium
3
Netherlands
4
Yugoslavia

Tito’s Partisans conducted effective guerrilla warfare, tying down Axis divisions and shaping postwar political dominance.
1
Kellogg–Briand Pact
2
Atlantic Charter
3
Dumbarton Oaks Agreements
4
Bretton Woods Conference

Bretton Woods created the IMF and World Bank, shaping postwar economic order and international financial cooperation.
1
Case Blue (Fall Blau)
2
Operation Weserübung
3
Operation Typhoon
4
Operation Adlerangriff

Case Blue pushed toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus, overextending German lines and setting conditions for Soviet counterblows.
1
Battle of the Philippine Sea
2
Battle of Tarawa
3
Battle of Santa Cruz
4
Battle of Sunda Strait

U.S. pilots shot down huge numbers of inexperienced Japanese aviators, decimating carrier air strength in the Marianas.
1
Brussels
2
Paris
3
Rome
4
Amsterdam

Free French forces and Allies liberated Paris after the Normandy breakout, signaling the collapse of German control in France.
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Australia
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United Kingdom
3
United States
4
Canada

Navajo Code Talkers’ unbroken code enabled rapid, secure communications during critical Pacific operations and amphibious assaults.
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Attack on Greece, October 1940
2
Declaration of war on France and Britain, June 1940
3
Tripartite Pact signing, September 1940
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Invasion of Albania, April 1939

Mussolini declared war in June 1940, joining Germany against France and Britain during their Western European campaign.
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Switzerland
2
Ireland
3
Iraq
4
Sweden

The Anglo-Iraqi War ousted the pro-Axis Rashid Ali regime, securing vital oil supplies and Middle Eastern communications lines.
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Munich
2
Nuremberg
3
Hamburg
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Berlin

Berlin served as the German capital and political center for the Nazi regime throughout the war years.
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Operation Chariot
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St. Nazaire Raid
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Operation Basalt
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Dieppe Raid

The Dieppe Raid offered hard lessons on beach defenses and combined arms, informing planning for later successful invasions.
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Netherlands
2
Luxembourg
3
France
4
Belgium

France capitulated after rapid German victories, signing the armistice in the same railway carriage used against Germany in 1918.
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Tinian
2
Peleliu
3
Iwo Jima
4
Saipan

The iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi symbolized a ferocious battle critical for airfields supporting bombing missions.
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