Statistics for WWII Geography

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Region of France where D-Day happened	Normandy	94%
Headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Attacked on a day which will live in infamy.	Pearl Harbor	89%
Deadliest concentration camp	Auschwitz	79%
Country that lost the highest % of its prewar population	Poland	74%
German city that was firebombed and destroyed on February 13, 1945	Dresden	66%
Country invaded by the USSR in the Winter War	Finland	66%
River on which the battle of Stalingrad was fought	Volga	66%
Where British troops evacuated France in 1940	Dunkirk	65%
Key strategic island in the Mediterranean. Long besieged by the Nazis but never captured.	Malta	64%
Capital of unoccupied France	Vichy	61%
Group of three countries annexed by the USSR in 1940 and again in 1944	{Baltic} States	60%
Pacific island where five marines iconically raised a flag	Iwo Jima	58%
Former country that formed the core of Germany. Long feared for their efficient military.	Prussia	58%
Hitler's chalet in the Bavarian Alps	The {Eagle}'s Nest	55%
Line of fortresses meant to protect France from Germany	{Maginot} Line	52%
Atoll where Japan lost four carriers in 1942	Midway	47%
General MacArthur promised to return here	Philippines	46%
River valley where a large amount of German industry was concentrated	Ruhr	45%
Forest through which Germany invaded France	The Ardennes	44%
Town in Egypt that marked the furthest advance of Rommel's tanks	El Alamein	31%
Road from southwest China to Indochina. A key supply route to China.	{Burma} Road	18%