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World War II Leaders and Commanders

What do you know about World War II leaders and military commanders?
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1. In what year Adolf Hitler's attack on Poland started World War II?
1942
1941
1940
1939
2. Where did Allied leaders Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet in 1945 to plan the final defeat of Germany?
Nuremberg
Versailles
Ghent
Yalta
3. With whom did Joseph Stalin sign the "non-war" pact to divide Poland?
Winston Chuchill
Harry Truman
Josip Broz Tito
Adolf Hitler
4. Which fact is not true about Winston Churchill?
Died in 1955
Served as Navy minister
Known for "V for Victory" hand sign
Worked as war reporter
5. In what year Benito Mussolini took Italy to war?
1942
1943
1939
1940
6. Who was Japan's emperor during World War II?
Yamamoto
Yoshihito
Hirohito
Naruhito
7. From 1925 who led the Chinese Nationalist government and fought Japanese and Chinese communists?
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Mao Zedong
Sun Yat-Sen
Chiang Kai-shek
8. When did Mao Zedong die?
1996
1976
1966
1956
9. Which WWI general was known as "The Desert Fox?"
Erwin Rommel
Hermann Goernig
Douglas MacArthur
Bernard Montgomery
10. Who promised Hitler that his air force (Luftwaffe) could defeat Britain?
Franz Halder
Erwin Rommel
Heinz Guderan
Hermann Goering
11. Who was the Commander of British bombers attacking Germany?
Omar Bradley
George S. Patton
Chester Nimitz
Arthur Harris
12. Who was accused of plotting to kill Hitler?
Hermann Goering
Friedrich Paulus
Heinrich Himmler
Erwin Rommell
13. Which fact is not true about Isoroku Yamamoto?
He led the attack on Pearl Harbor
He was son of Emperor Yoshihito
He fought in Russo-Japanese war
He died when his plane was shot
14. Who was Chester Nimitz?
Commander of US Pacific Fleet
Soldier who won Victoria Cross twice
British Air Marshall
American President
15. Where did US general Douglas MacArthur fight in World War II?
North Africa
Europe
South America
Pacific
16. How was Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita also called because of his victories?
"The Lion of Singapore"
"The Tiger of Singapore"
"The Lion of Malaya"
"The Tiger of Malaya"
17. Who was famous Russian general who led the armies to defeat Germans at Stalingrad and Kursk?
Georgi Zhukov
Vasily Zaitsev
Ivan Konev
Leonid Govorov
18. What units German commander Heinz Guderian led in World War II?
Aircrafts
Tanks
Watercrafts
Artillery
19. Which fact is not true about Dwight Eisenhower?
Commanded Allies landings in North Africa
Ordered D-Day invasion of France
Ordered atomic bombs to be dropped
Served as US president
20. Who commanded Allied ground forces in the D-Day landings?
Arthur Harris
Bernard Montgomery
Douglas MacArthur
Edward Kenna
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