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