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What was the major defensive line constructed by France along its border with Germany prior to WWII?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Siegfried Line
C) Maginot Line
D) Alpine Line
Which Japanese city was the first to be attacked with an atomic bomb?
A) Hiroshima
B) Nagasaki
C) Tokyo
D) Osaka
What was the name of the US military's strategy of capturing select Japanese-held islands in the Pacific and going around others?
A) Leapfrogging
B) Island Hopping
C) Pacific Push
D) Naval Dominance
Which British operation aimed to deceive the Germans about the location of the Normandy invasion?
A) Operation Mincemeat
B) Operation Fortitude
C) Operation Double Cross
D) Operation Bodyguard
Which country did Germany invade to start World War II?
A) France
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Poland
D) Austria
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Clement Attlee
C) Winston Churchill
D) Anthony Eden
What was the name of the peace treaty signed between Japan and the Allies in 1951?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Potsdam Declaration
C) Treaty of San Francisco
D) Yalta Agreement
Which of the following cities was one of the two targets for the atomic bombings by the United States?
A) Kyoto
B) Hiroshima
C) Osaka
D) Sapporo
Which strategic bombing campaign targeted German industrial and civilian areas?
A) Operation Pointblank
B) Operation Gomorrah
C) The Blitz
D) Battle of Britain
Which British operation aimed to deceive the Germans about the location of the Normandy invasion?
A) Operation Mincemeat
B) Operation Fortitude
C) Operation Double Cross
D) Operation Bodyguard
Who was the Prime Minister of Japan at the end of WWII?
A) Emperor Hirohito
B) Hideki Tojo
C) Kantaro Suzuki
D) Isoroku Yamamoto
Which battle is considered the largest tank battle in history?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of El Alamein
D) Battle of Berlin
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
Who commanded the Allied forces in the Normandy invasion?
A) Bernard Montgomery
B) George Patton
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Winston Churchill
C) Clement Attlee
D) Anthony Eden
Which of the following countries remained neutral during World War II?
A) Norway
B) Belgium
C) Spain
D) Greece
Which country declared war on Germany just before the war ended in 1945?
A) Ireland
B) Spain
C) Turkey
D) Argentina
Which ship was famously sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941, leading to the U.S. entry into WWII?
A) HMS Hood
B) USS Arizona
C) HMS Prince of Wales
D) USS Maine
In which French town did the Allies establish a beachhead in 1944 after the Normandy invasion?
A) Calais
B) Cherbourg
C) St. Malo
D) Bordeaux
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
