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Which battle was the largest amphibious invasion in the Pacific theater during World War II?
A) Battle of Iwo Jima
B) Battle of Tarawa
C) Battle of Okinawa
D) Battle of Guadalcanal
Which major battle was fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany for control of the city of Stalingrad?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Siege of Leningrad
D) Battle of Stalingrad
Where did the Doolittle Raid target in 1942 as a response to Pearl Harbor?
A) Tokyo
B) Hiroshima
C) Kyoto
D) Okinawa
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 beach was NOT one of the main landing areas during D-Day?
A) Juno
B) Omaha
C) Gold
D) Bravo
What defensive line did France build along its border with Germany in the 1930s?
A) The Atlantic Wall
B) The Siegfried Line
C) The Hindenburg Line
D) The Maginot Line
Which of the following was NOT one of the Allied Powers during World War II?
A) France
B) Italy
C) United States
D) United Kingdom
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 city was the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in combat?
A) Nagasaki
B) Tokyo
C) Hiroshima
D) Yokohama
Which German general was known as the "Desert Fox"?
A) Heinrich Himmler
B) Erwin Rommel
C) Gerd von Rundstedt
D) Friedrich Paulus
Which ship was the flagship of Admiral Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) IJN Musashi
B) IJN Akagi
C) IJN Yamato
D) IJN Nagato
Which ship was the flagship of Admiral Yamamoto during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) IJN Musashi
B) IJN Akagi
C) IJN Yamato
D) IJN Nagato
What was the primary purpose of the Nuremberg Trials held after World War II?
A) Forming the United Nations
B) Distributing war reparations
C) Prosecuting war criminals
D) Establishing new borders in Europe
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
What was the last major offensive by the German Army on the Western Front?
A) Battle of Berlin
B) Battle of the Bulge
C) Siege of Bastogne
D) Battle of Monte Cassino
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 name of the series of fortifications built by France along its German border before WWII?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Maginot Line
C) Siegfried Line
D) Alpine Line
Which country declared war on Germany just before the war ended in 1945?
A) Ireland
B) Spain
C) Turkey
D) Argentina
Which country was Adolf Hitler born in?
A) Germany
B) Poland
C) Austria
D) Hungary
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
