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Which ship was struck by a kamikaze attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, yet remained afloat and saw action again?
A) USS Johnston
B) USS Indianapolis
C) USS Missouri
D) USS St. Lo
What was the primary purpose of the Nazi regime's "Final Solution" policy?
A) Expansion of German territory
B) Creation of a European Union
C) Extermination of Jews
D) Securing access to oil fields
Which major operation was launched by the Allies to retake France in 1944?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Overlord
C) Operation Torch
D) Operation Market Garden
What was the codename for the Allied invasion of North Africa?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Husky
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Neptune
Which of the following was a major Nazi concentration and extermination camp?
A) Dachau
B) Buchenwald
C) Auschwitz
D) Bergen-Belsen
Which battle is considered the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front between Germany and the Soviet Union?
A) Battle of Kursk
B) Siege of Leningrad
C) Battle of Stalingrad
D) Operation Barbarossa
Which battle was the largest tank battle in history and marked a turning point on the Eastern Front?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of Berlin
D) Battle of El Alamein
Which country did Germany invade to start World War II?
A) France
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Poland
D) Austria
What was the main anti-aircraft and anti-ship gun used by the Germans called?
A) Big Bertha
B) V-2 Rocket
C) Flak 88
D) Panzerschreck
Which naval battle halted the Japanese advance in the Pacific, marking a turning point in the war?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of Leyte Gulf
C) Battle of Coral Sea
D) Battle of Guadalcanal
What was the major defensive line built by France along its border with Germany prior to WWII?
A) Siegfried Line
B) Atlantic Wall
C) Alpine Line
D) Maginot Line
What was the name of the British operation to evacuate soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940?
A) Operation Dynamo
B) Operation Sealion
C) Operation Compass
D) Operation Citadel
Which ship was struck by a kamikaze attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, yet remained afloat and saw action again?
A) USS Johnston
B) USS Indianapolis
C) USS Missouri
D) USS St. Lo
Which amphibious Allied invasion, often referred to as D-Day, began the liberation of France from Nazi occupation?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Overlord
C) Operation Market Garden
D) Operation Dragoon
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
Which country was responsible for the "Bataan Death March" during World War II?
A) Germany
B) Soviet Union
C) Japan
D) Italy
What was the codename for the development of the atomic bomb in the U.S.?
A) Project Manhattan
B) Operation Trinity
C) Operation Valkyrie
D) Project A-bomb
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 major effort to deceive the Germans about the intended invasion target in Normandy?
A) Operation Double Cross
B) Operation Bodyguard
C) Operation Mincemeat
D) Operation Torch
Which U.S. General famously said, "I shall return" after leaving the Philippines in 1942?
A) General Patton
B) General Eisenhower
C) General Bradley
D) General MacArthur
