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Which German battleship was sunk by the Royal Navy off the coast of France in 1941?
A) Bismarck
B) Tirpitz
C) Scharnhorst
D) Graf Spee
Which country was Adolf Hitler born in?
A) Germany
B) Poland
C) Austria
D) Hungary
Which aircraft was the main heavy bomber used by the Royal Air Force and other British Commonwealth air forces?
A) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
B) Lancaster Bomber
C) B-29 Superfortress
D) Short Stirling
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 U.S. general famously said, "I shall return" after leaving the Philippines?
A) George S. Patton
B) Omar Bradley
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
Which battle was considered the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front?
A) Battle of Moscow
B) Siege of Leningrad
C) Battle of Stalingrad
D) Battle of Kursk
What was the primary role of the "Merrill's Marauders" in the Pacific Theater?
A) Naval blockade
B) Paratrooper drops
C) Jungle warfare in Burma
D) Island hopping strategy
Which Japanese city was the target of the second atomic bomb dropped by the United States?
A) Tokyo
B) Hiroshima
C) Nagasaki
D) Yokohama
Which battle, fought between June and August 1942, marked the southernmost advance by the Axis powers in the Soviet Union?
A) Battle of Moscow
B) Battle of Stalingrad
C) Battle of Sevastopol
D) Battle of Kursk
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
Who was the leader of the Free French Forces during World War II?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Philippe Pétain
C) Maurice Gamelin
D) Henri Giraud
Which operation was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Sea Lion
C) Operation Overlord
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
What was the main goal of the German Blitzkrieg strategy?
A) Prolonged siege warfare
B) Quick and decisive victory
C) Guerrilla warfare
D) Naval blockade
Who was the British Prime Minister at the start of World War II?
A) Clement Attlee
B) Winston Churchill
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Anthony Eden
Which ship was the main target during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) USS Missouri
B) USS Arizona
C) USS Lexington
D) USS Enterprise
Who was the Prime Minister of Japan at the end of WWII?
A) Emperor Hirohito
B) Hideki Tojo
C) Kantaro Suzuki
D) Isoroku Yamamoto
What major project resulted in the development of the first atomic bombs during World War II?
A) Manhattan Project
B) Trinity Project
C) Operation Paperclip
D) Project A-bomb
Which event is commonly considered the beginning of World War II?
A) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
B) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
C) The invasion of Poland by Germany
D) The Battle of Britain
