World War 2

Question 1

What year did Mussolini take power in Italy?

Accepted Answer

1922

Question 2

When did France officially surrender?

Accepted Answer

June 25, 1940

Question 3

What was the second phase of the German invasion into France?

Accepted Answer

Fall Rot

Question 4

Following World War II, the conflict between capitalist and communist ideologies led to the what war?

Accepted Answer

Cold War

Question 5

What were the years that this war took place?

Accepted Answer

1939-1945

Question 6

The invasion of the Low Countries and France was called what operation?

Accepted Answer

Fall Gelb

Question 7

Who won the aerial Battle of Britain?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 8

What was the German submarine tactic that made their submarines extremely powerful in the Battle of the Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

Wolfpack

Question 9

Which of the following statements are factual?

Accepted Answer

The United States became the strongest nation in the world after the war, The United States became the strongest military power in the world

Question 10

American industrial might exploded during this war. How did that happen?

Accepted Answer

American factories exploded in jobs after the military's expansion

Question 11

What was the defining battle of the Eastern Front?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Kursk, The Battle of Stalingrad

Question 12

The Germans achieved victory during Fall Gelb mainly by...

Accepted Answer

Striking through the Ardenne and completely destroying the French Army

Question 13

What was the name of the operation that resulted in Allied troops landing in France?

Accepted Answer

Operation Dragoon, Operation Overlord

Question 14

When did the annexation of the Sudetenland occur?

Accepted Answer

September 29, 1938

Question 15

What year did the Second Sino-Japanese War start?

Accepted Answer

1937

Question 16

When did Italy annex Albania?

Accepted Answer

April 7, 1939

Question 17

The program that forced Japanese surrender was called..?

Accepted Answer

The Manhattan Project

Question 18

What year did Hitler take power in Germany?

Accepted Answer

1933

Question 19

What was the very effective strategy that Hitler employed to bring about the fall of Poland?

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg

Question 20

When did World War II officially begin?

Accepted Answer

September 1, 1939

Question 21

When did Germany begin Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

June 22, 1941

Question 22

The invasion of Denmark and Norway would be called what operation?

Accepted Answer

Operation Weserübung

Question 23

What conference solidified German control over the Sudetenland?

Accepted Answer

The Munich Conference

Question 24

What event triggered the Second Sino-Japanese War?

Accepted Answer

The Marco Polo Bridge Incident

Question 25

How did Fascism grow in Germany?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 26

Onto the history of Fascism: what was the birthplace of the Fascist movement and who led it?

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini and Italy

Question 27

When did the annexation of Austria occur?

Accepted Answer

March 12, 1938

Question 28

When did Poland capitulate to Soviet and German armies?

Accepted Answer

September 27, 1939

Question 29

When did the Battle of Pearl Harbor occur?

Accepted Answer

December 7, 1941

Question 30

The Japanese occupied Nanking on what date?

Accepted Answer

December 13, 1937

Question 31

Who was the leader of the United States at this time?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 32

Hitler's last ditch offensive on the Western Front was called the...

Accepted Answer

Battle of the Bulge

Question 33

The unconditional surrender of German forces occurred on which date?

Accepted Answer

May 7, 1945

Question 34

How did the Americans and the British win the Battle of the Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 35

Who was the Japanese Prime Minister at the time?

Accepted Answer

Hideki Tojo

Question 36

What was the operation that secured American and British control over North Africa?

Accepted Answer

Operation Torch

Question 37

Who was the Prime Minister of France at this time?

Accepted Answer

It's complicated

Question 38

The German invasion of Denmark and Norway was because...

Accepted Answer

Germany needed Swedish resources

Question 39

What two cities did the United States nuke in Japan?

Accepted Answer

Nagasaki, Hiroshima

Question 40

What naval battle in the Pacific put Japan on the defense for the rest of the war?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Midway

Question 41

The Battle of Iwo Jima took place on which date?

Accepted Answer

February 19, 1945

Question 42

When did Japan officially surrender to the United States?

Accepted Answer

August 15, 1945

Question 43

When did Hitler take control of the rest of Czechoslovakia?

Accepted Answer

March 16, 1939

Question 44

Allied forces invaded Italy on which date?

Accepted Answer

July 9, 1943

Question 45

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain at this time?

Accepted Answer

Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, Ramsey MacDonald

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