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What was the codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union?
A) Operation Sealion
B) Operation Valkyrie
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Weserübung
Which country did Germany first annex in the lead up to WWII?
A) Poland
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Austria
D) Hungary
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 largest concentration camp established by the Nazis?
A) Dachau
B) Buchenwald
C) Auschwitz
D) Treblinka
Which famous World War II battle took place from June 4-7, 1942 in the Pacific?
A) Battle of Coral Sea
B) Battle of Midway
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Iwo Jima
Which country declared war on Germany and Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
A) Soviet Union
B) Canada
C) China
D) United States
Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Winston Churchill
C) Clement Attlee
D) Anthony Eden
Where did the Doolittle Raid target in 1942 as a response to Pearl Harbor?
A) Tokyo
B) Hiroshima
C) Kyoto
D) Okinawa
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 project, during World War II, led to the development of the first atomic bomb?
A) Project Invincible
B) Project Titan
C) Manhattan Project
D) Project Trinity
Which country was the first to declare war on Germany in World War II?
A) France
B) Soviet Union
C) Poland
D) United Kingdom
What was the major defensive line constructed by France along its border with Germany prior to WWII?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Siegfried Line
C) Maginot Line
D) Alpine Line
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
Which Japanese city was the second to be attacked with an atomic bomb?
A) Hiroshima
B) Tokyo
C) Yokohama
D) Nagasaki
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 country declared war on Germany just hours after the invasion of Poland in 1939?
A) Soviet Union
B) France
C) United States
D) United Kingdom
Which 1942 battle marked the first major defeat of Hitler's land forces?
A) Battle of Kursk
B) Battle of Moscow
C) Battle of El Alamein
D) Battle of Stalingrad
Which of these countries was NOT one of the Axis Powers?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Soviet Union
D) Germany
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 city was devastated by the first atomic bomb used in warfare?
A) Nagasaki
B) Tokyo
C) Hiroshima
D) Kyoto
