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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 codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union?
A) Operation Sealion
B) Operation Valkyrie
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Weserübung
What was the name given to the British fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain?
A) The Few
B) The Brigade
C) The Spitfire Aces
D) The RAF Elite
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
Which naval battle was considered the turning point in the Pacific war against Japan?
A) Battle of Coral Sea
B) Battle of Midway
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Leyte Gulf
Which country was known as the "Arsenal of Democracy" due to its industrial contribution to the Allied war effort?
A) United States
B) Soviet Union
C) United Kingdom
D) Canada
Who was the commander of the Afrika Korps, a German tank division in North Africa?
A) Erich von Manstein
B) Heinrich Himmler
C) Erwin Rommel
D) Karl Dönitz
Which major city did the Soviet Red Army encircle and eventually capture in January 1943, marking a turning point on the Eastern Front?
A) Warsaw
B) Berlin
C) Stalingrad
D) Kiev
Which battle, fought between American and Japanese troops, is often considered the bloodiest of the Pacific War?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of Guadalcanal
C) Battle of Leyte Gulf
D) Battle of Okinawa
What was the name of the US military's strategy of capturing select Japanese-held islands in the Pacific and going around others?
A) Leapfrogging
B) Island Hopping
C) Pacific Push
D) Naval Dominance
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
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
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
Who was the commander of the Afrika Korps, a German tank division in North Africa?
A) Erich von Manstein
B) Heinrich Himmler
C) Erwin Rommel
D) Karl Dönitz
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 last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Siege of Leningrad
D) Operation Typhoon
What was the name of the peace treaty signed between Japan and the Allies in 1951?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Potsdam Declaration
C) Treaty of San Francisco
D) Yalta Agreement
Which of these countries remained neutral throughout WWII?
A) Italy
B) Spain
C) Greece
D) Romania
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 country was the first to declare war on Germany in WWII?
A) United States
B) France
C) Poland
D) United Kingdom
