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World War II in Europe

The largest military conflict in the history
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1. When did World War II begin?
1918
1939
1945
1914
2. What event happened on November 9, 1938 when many Jewish homes and businesses were burnt down or vandalized by Nazis?
Spring Offensive
Kristallnacht
Bloody Sunday
Blitzkrieg
3. What pact was signed between Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1940?
Friendship Pact
Treaty of War
Axis Pact
Tripartite Pact
4. What was Adolf Hitler’s regime called?
The First Reich
The Second Reich
The Fourth Reich
The Third Reich
5. How did Adolf Hitler die?
hanging
bomb
gun shot
fire
6. Which nation was not the part of the Allies during World War II?
British Empire
USA
USSR
Italy
7. Which nation was not the part of the Axis Powers during World War II?
Japan
Italy
Germany
USA
8. The Nazi invasion of what country triggered World War II in Europe?
Poland
Denmark
France
England
9. Which British Prime Minister announced the declaration of war on Germany in 1939 following the invasion?
Winston Churchill
Stanley Baldwin
Clement Attlee
Neville Chamberlain
10. Who established the first European fascist state?
Francisco Franco
Miklós Horthy
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
11. What was the first Nazi concentration camp in WWII?
Dachau
Ravensbruck
Auschwitz
Chelmno
12. Who was Eva Braun?
US First lady
Nazi camp prisoner
Hitler's wife
German chancellor
13. Which WWII Nazi concentration camp did Anne Frank die in shen she was 15?
Bergen-Belsen
Dachau
Auschwitz
Buchenwald
14. What country became the fourth member of the Tripartite Pact and later played a large role in the invasion of Russia in WWII?
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
15. In which battle German commander Freidrich Paulus lost to Soviet forces?
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Moscow
Battle of the Somme
16. Where did Stalin's "Winter War" take place?
Sweden
Austria
Finland
Switzerland
17. Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and member of the Nazi Party. What is he famous for?
building war tanks
planned Hitler's assassination
saving a thousands of Jews
inventing nuclear bomb
18. Where is the notorious WWII Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz located?
Germany
Yugoslavia
Poland
Austria
19. Who commanded the Gestapo police and was in charge of the concentration camps?
Erwin Rommel
Hans Guderian
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Göring
20. The RAF prevented a German invasion of Britain in WWII. What does “RAF” mean?
Readily-Accessible Forts
Regular Army Faction
Restricted Artillery Force
Royal Air Force
21. Which of the following countries remained neutral during the WWII?
Italy
Spain
Soviet Union
France
22. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Tsar Nicholas II
Mihail Kutuzov
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
23. What English code breaker created a machine that helped to decrypt Nazi messages in WWII?
Alan Turing
William Thompson
Gordon Welchman
Charles Babbage
24. In which country is the city of Dunkirk where evacuation of British army occurred in 1940?
Netherlands
France
Belgium
Denmark
25. Which WWII operation was code named Operation Sea Lion?
Battle of Stalingrad
Inventing nuclear bomb
German invasion of Britain
Allied landings in Normandy
26. Which WWII operation was code named Operation Dynamo?
German invasion of Russia
German mutiny to kill Hitler
Allied landings in Normandy
Dunkirk evacuation
27. Who won the Battle of Stalingrad?
Poland
Germany
Soviet Union
France
28. What is the name of the German winter offensive of 1944–45 during WWII?
Battle of Tobruk
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Moscow
29. What was not one of code names for the landing beaches on D-Day in Normandy in WWII?
Juno
Silver
Utah
Omaha
30. What forces did not land on five beaches on the coast of Normandy during D-Day in 1944?
Canadian
American
Spanish
British
31. Which battle involved the largest engagement of tanks in history?
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Kursk
32. What are the rules of war called that many leaders broke during World War II?
Geneva Convention
United Agreement
Rules of War
Bill of Rights
33. Which was the first Axis Power to surrender in WWII?
Germany
Bulgaria
Italy
Hungary
34. What was the alliance of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc of communist nations called?
Communist Group
Warsaw Pact
Iron Union
Pact of Steel
35. Where were the most famous war trials held after World War II for Nazi officials who survived the war?
Nuremberg
Munich
Berlin
Hamburg
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