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