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Which British general was known as the "Desert Fox"?
A) Bernard Montgomery
B) Archibald Wavell
C) Harold Alexander
D) None, the "Desert Fox" was a nickname for the German general Erwin Rommel
What was the German project name for their atomic bomb research during WWII?
A) Projekt Uran
B) Heisenberg Device
C) V-Rocket
D) Operation Valkyrie
Who was the British Prime Minister at the start of World War II?
A) Clement Attlee
B) Winston Churchill
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Anthony Eden
Which British intelligence project intercepted and decrypted messages from the German Enigma machine?
A) Project Mercury
B) Operation Minerva
C) Bletchley Park
D) Operation Ultra
Which country did Germany first annex in the lead up to WWII?
A) Poland
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Austria
D) Hungary
Which World War II conference was the last meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin?
A) Tehran Conference
B) Potsdam Conference
C) Yalta Conference
D) Casablanca Conference
Which battle, fought in North Africa, marked a turning point in the war and the beginning of the decline for Axis forces in the region?
A) Battle of Gazala
B) First Battle of El Alamein
C) Battle of Kasserine Pass
D) Second Battle of El Alamein
Who was the main U.S. general in the Pacific theater?
A) George Patton
B) Bernard Montgomery
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Douglas MacArthur
What was the primary role of the "Merrill's Marauders" in the Pacific Theater?
A) Naval blockade
B) Paratrooper drops
C) Jungle warfare in Burma
D) Island hopping strategy
What was the primary light machine gun used by U.S. forces during WWII?
A) Bren Gun
B) MG42
C) M1918 BAR
D) DP-28
Which British intelligence project intercepted and decrypted messages from the German Enigma machine?
A) Project Mercury
B) Operation Minerva
C) Bletchley Park
D) Operation Ultra
What was the main light machine gun used by US forces during WWII?
A) Bren Gun
B) MG 42
C) DP-28
D) M1918 BAR
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Weserübung
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Overlord
What was the largest concentration camp established by the Nazis?
A) Dachau
B) Buchenwald
C) Auschwitz
D) Treblinka
Which battle resulted in the first major defeat of Hitler's military?
A) Battle of Britain
B) Battle of Stalingrad
C) Battle of the Atlantic
D) Battle of Moscow
Which Allied operation was the amphibious landing on the beaches of Normandy, France?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Husky
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Market Garden
Which of the following countries remained neutral throughout WWII?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Norway
D) Greece
Which city was devastated by the first atomic bomb used in warfare?
A) Nagasaki
B) Tokyo
C) Hiroshima
D) Kyoto
Who commanded the Allied forces in the Normandy invasion?
A) Bernard Montgomery
B) George Patton
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which country was NOT one of the Axis Powers?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Spain
D) Germany