All 13 questions
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The Second World War in Europe is generally dated from Germany's 1939 invasion of which country?
- Poland
- Belgium
- Austria
- France
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Operation Barbarossa, launched in June 1941, was Nazi Germany's invasion of which country?
- Yugoslavia
- The Soviet Union
- Poland
- France
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In August 1939, shortly before invading Poland, Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union.
- True
- False
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In which month and year did the Allied D-Day landings take place on the beaches of Normandy?
- June 1943
- August 1944
- May 1944
- June 1944
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At which 1942-1943 battle was the German Sixth Army encircled and forced to surrender, marking a turning point on the Eastern Front?
- Moscow
- Stalingrad
- Kursk
- Leningrad
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In August 1945 the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ___.
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Who served as British Prime Minister for most of World War II, rallying the nation with his wartime speeches?
- Anthony Eden
- Neville Chamberlain
- Winston Churchill
- Clement Attlee
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Which US President led the country through most of World War II before dying in office in April 1945?
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Woodrow Wilson
- Harry S. Truman
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Italy stayed neutral throughout the whole of World War II.
- True
- False
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Two days after Germany invaded Poland in 1939, which two nations declared war on Germany?
- France and Belgium
- Britain and the Soviet Union
- The United States and Britain
- Britain and France
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The overall Allied plan for the June 1944 invasion of Normandy carried the code name Operation ___.
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Who was the Supreme Allied Commander in charge of the D-Day invasion of Normandy?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Omar Bradley
- George S. Patton
- Bernard Montgomery
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Nazi Germany's leader Adolf Hitler died in which month of 1945, just days before Germany's surrender?
- February
- April
- March
- May