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Which battleship was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941, leading to a major turning point in the war for the British?
A) HMS Hood
B) HMS Prince of Wales
C) HMS Repulse
D) HMS King George V
What was the name of the British operation to deceive the Germans about the location of the D-Day invasion?
A) Operation Mincemeat
B) Operation Fortitude
C) Operation Dynamo
D) Operation Torch
Which Japanese city was the target of the second atomic bomb dropped by the United States?
A) Tokyo
B) Hiroshima
C) Nagasaki
D) Yokohama
Which naval battle was fought entirely with aircraft, where the ships never sighted each other?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of the Coral Sea
C) Battle of Leyte Gulf
D) Battle of Guadalcanal
Which significant conference between the Allies took place in February 1945?
A) Potsdam Conference
B) Tehran Conference
C) Casablanca Conference
D) Yalta Conference
Which Japanese city was the target of the second atomic bomb dropped by the United States?
A) Tokyo
B) Hiroshima
C) Nagasaki
D) Yokohama
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
What was the primary purpose of the Nazi regime's "Final Solution" policy?
A) Expansion of German territory
B) Creation of a European Union
C) Extermination of Jews
D) Securing access to oil fields
Which operation was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Sea Lion
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Typhoon
What was the Japanese term for "divine wind" that referred to a tactic used by pilots in the Pacific theater?
A) Banzai
B) Samurai
C) Kamikaze
D) Shogun
Which of the following ships was NOT sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack?
A) USS Arizona
B) USS Oklahoma
C) USS Nevada
D) USS West Virginia
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
What was the main code-breaking facility of the British during World War II?
A) Tower of London
B) MI5 Headquarters
C) Bletchley Park
D) Scotland Yard
What was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Siege of Leningrad
D) Operation Typhoon
What was the primary Soviet deep battle operational maneuver during WWII?
A) Blitzkrieg
B) Encirclement
C) Scorching Earth
D) Decoy and destroy
What was the major defensive line built by France along its border with Germany prior to WWII?
A) Siegfried Line
B) Atlantic Wall
C) Alpine Line
D) Maginot Line
Which conference towards the end of WWII was primarily attended by the leaders of the UK, the USA, and the Soviet Union to discuss post-war Europe?
A) Tehran Conference
B) Munich Conference
C) Yalta Conference
D) Potsdam Conference
Which country remained neutral throughout World War II?
A) Belgium
B) Spain
C) Italy
D) Poland
Which German city was primarily destroyed in February 1945 by an Allied bombing raid?
A) Munich
B) Hamburg
C) Dresden
D) Berlin
Which Japanese city was the second to be attacked with an atomic bomb?
A) Hiroshima
B) Tokyo
C) Yokohama
D) Nagasaki
