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| Question | % correct |
|---|---|
The D-Day landings of June 6, 1944 took place on the beaches of which French region? | 35% |
Which 1942 carrier battle is widely seen as the turning point of the Pacific War? | 47% |
The German invasion of which country in September 1939 began the Second World War? | 48% |
The Battle of Stalingrad ended in 1943 with the surrender of which nation's Sixth Army? | 49% |
The 1940 Battle of Britain was fought mainly between the Royal Air Force and which opposing air force? | 76% |
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive on which front? | 69% |
Operation Husky in 1943 was the Allied invasion of which Italian island? | 38% |
Which 1942 battle in Egypt saw British forces decisively defeat Rommel's Afrika Korps? | 46% |
The Battle of Iwo Jima is famous for a photograph of U.S. Marines doing what atop Mount Suribachi? | 36% |
The Pacific War began for the United States with a surprise attack on which naval base? | 50% |
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Allied invasion of which region? | 100% |
Operation Barbarossa was the codename for Germany's 1941 invasion of which country? | 56% |
The siege of which Soviet city lasted nearly 900 days? | 38% |
The largest naval battle of the war, fought in 1944, took place in which Philippine gulf? | 38% |
The 1940 Dunkirk evacuation rescued Allied troops trapped in which country? | 100% |
The Battle of the Coral Sea was historic as the first naval battle fought entirely by which means? | 38% |
The 1942 Doolittle Raid was a daring U.S. air attack on which enemy capital? | 44% |
The Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was the last major battle of which theater? | 100% |
Operation Market Garden was a failed 1944 Allied attempt to seize bridges in which country? | 63% |
The Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942–43 was the first major Allied land offensive in which theater? | 55% |
The Battle of Kursk in 1943 is regarded as the largest what in history? | 75% |
The grinding battle to break the German "Gustav Line" centered on a hilltop monastery in which country? | 33% |
The German battleship Bismarck was hunted down in 1941 shortly after it sank which British warship? | 83% |
The 1944 Warsaw Uprising was a revolt by the Polish Home Army against which occupier? | 33% |
The 1944 amphibious landing at Anzio aimed to outflank German defenses in which country? | 80% |
Operation Cobra in July 1944 was the American breakout from which campaign? | 100% |
The prolonged "Battle of the Atlantic" was chiefly a struggle against which German weapon? | 40% |
The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 halted a Japanese thrust toward which country? | 20% |
The key bridge whose capture failed at Arnhem in 1944 inspired the title of which phrase and film? | 0% |
The 1940 German breakthrough that bypassed the Maginot Line came through which forested region? | 33% |
The "Phoney War" period of inaction ended when Germany invaded which country in May 1940? | 49% |
Germany's rapid invasion strategy, meaning "lightning war," was known by what name? | 78% |
The "Winter War" of 1939-1940 was fought between the Soviet Union and which smaller neighboring country? | 47% |
The 1941 German invasion of North Africa was led by which famously nicknamed general? | 38% |
The Battle of Moscow in 1941 was a major turning point on which front? | 46% |
Operation Torch in 1942 was the Allied invasion of which region? | 51% |
The Bataan Death March followed the surrender of American and Filipino forces to which country in 1942? | 44% |
The Battle of Britain is famously associated with Winston Churchill's tribute to which group? | 57% |
The German fortified defense system along the coast of continental Europe was known as what? | 39% |
The Battle of Singapore in 1942 is considered one of the greatest military defeats for which country? | 34% |
Which British commander achieved a decisive victory over the Afrika Korps at the Second Battle of El Alamein? | 60% |
At the Battle of Midway, the U.S. Navy sank how many Japanese fleet aircraft carriers? | 40% |
Operation Sea Lion was the German code name for a planned invasion of which country? | 56% |
The Battle of the Coral Sea strategically thwarted a Japanese seaborne invasion of what key location? | 57% |
The bloody 1942 Dieppe Raid was a disastrous amphibious assault carried out primarily by which Allied forces? | 50% |
The Battle for Henderson Field was the crucial land engagement of which long Pacific campaign? | 100% |
The Battle of Khalkhin Gol was a major 1939 border clash that decisively defeated Japan and was fought by which country? | 100% |
The "Gothic Line" was a formidable German defensive fortification built across which country? | 50% |
The 1941 siege of the Allied-held port of Tobruk was a key episode in which campaign? | 67% |
The 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea was nicknamed what, due to the lopsided losses of Japanese aircraft? | 44% |
The Battle of the River Plate in 1939 concluded with the scuttling of which German pocket battleship? | 60% |
Operation Citadel was the German codename for their massive, failed offensive against the salient near which city? | 67% |
The Battle of the Scheldt was fought in late 1944 to open the approaches to which vital Allied port? | 75% |
Who was the Japanese admiral who conceived of the Pearl Harbor attack and commanded the Combined Fleet? | 80% |
The costly Battle of Hürtgen Forest took place in the autumn of 1944 on the border of which country? | 60% |
The Malmedy Massacre, the murder of U.S. prisoners of war, was a war crime committed by an SS unit during which battle? | 33% |
The Battles of Imphal and Kohima in 1944 were the decisive turning point of which WWII campaign? | 60% |
Operation Weserübung was the 1940 German invasion of which two countries? | 60% |
At Leyte Gulf, the heroic defense of a U.S. escort carrier group against a Japanese battleship force occurred at which engagement? | 20% |
Which U.S. general commanded the Fifth Army in Italy and was criticized for heavy casualties at the Anzio and Cassino battles? | 40% |
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