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What was the name of the British operation to evacuate troops from Dunkirk in 1940?
A) Operation Dynamo
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Neptune
D) Operation Market Garden
Which country declared war on Germany and Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
A) Soviet Union
B) Canada
C) China
D) United States
Who was the highest-ranking Nazi official to be captured and tried at the Nuremberg Trials?
A) Heinrich Himmler
B) Rudolf Hess
C) Joseph Goebbels
D) Hermann Göring
What was the main Japanese fighter plane used during World War II?
A) Mitsubishi A6M Zero
B) Nakajima Ki-43
C) Kawasaki Ki-61
D) Kawanishi N1K
Which aircraft was nicknamed the "Flying Fortress"?
A) Spitfire
B) B-24 Liberator
C) B-17 Flying Fortress
D) P-51 Mustang
Who was the leader of the Free French Forces during World War II?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Philippe Pétain
C) Maurice Gamelin
D) Henri Giraud
Which naval battle was considered the turning point in the Pacific war against Japan?
A) Battle of Coral Sea
B) Battle of Midway
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Leyte Gulf
Which battle is considered the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front between Germany and the Soviet Union?
A) Battle of Kursk
B) Siege of Leningrad
C) Battle of Stalingrad
D) Operation Barbarossa
Which battle was considered the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front?
A) Battle of Moscow
B) Siege of Leningrad
C) Battle of Stalingrad
D) Battle of Kursk
In which Pacific battle did kamikaze attacks first become a significant tactic used by the Japanese?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of Leyte Gulf
C) Battle of Iwo Jima
D) Battle of Coral Sea
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Neptune
C) Operation Torch
D) Operation Weserübung
Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe?
A) General Patton
B) Field Marshal Montgomery
C) General MacArthur
D) General Eisenhower
What was the main purpose of the Nazi policy known as the "Final Solution"?
A) Economic recovery
B) Territorial expansion
C) Genocide of the Jews
D) Forming the Axis alliance
Which event is commonly considered the beginning of World War II?
A) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
B) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
C) The invasion of Poland by Germany
D) The Battle of Britain
Which battle was the largest tank battle in history and marked a turning point on the Eastern Front?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of Berlin
D) Battle of El Alamein
What was the main aircraft used by the British in the Battle of Britain?
A) P-51 Mustang
B) Messerschmitt Bf 109
C) Focke-Wulf Fw 190
D) Supermarine Spitfire
What strategic narrow strait was the focus of a major campaign between Australian and Japanese forces in 1942?
A) Solomon Islands
B) Strait of Malacca
C) Bismarck Sea
D) Kokoda Track
Which World War II battle is also referred to as "The Battle of the Bulge"?
A) Battle of Anzio
B) Battle of Monte Cassino
C) Battle of Ardennes
D) Battle of Stalingrad
Which major German city was divided into four zones after the war?
A) Hamburg
B) Munich
C) Frankfurt
D) Berlin
Which German battleship was sunk by the Royal Navy off the coast of France in 1941?
A) Bismarck
B) Tirpitz
C) Scharnhorst
D) Graf Spee