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