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For ESL students after a short course on World War 2
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1
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on?
6th June 1944
9th August 1945
6th August 1945
5th May 1945
2
Operation Overlord is also known as?
D Day
F Day
VJ Day
VE Day
3
Approximately how many people were killed in the "Holocaust"?
6 million
11 million
1 million
650 thousand
4
About how many people were killed in WW2?
50 - 85 million
6 - 10 million
10 - 20 million
50,000 - 100,000
5
How many times have nuclear/atomic bombs been used in war since WW2?
0
5
18
23
6
The victims of the "Holocaust" included?
Gypsies
Jews
All of the above
Mentally handicapped
7
Who was the British Prime Minister at the end of WW2?
General Montgomery
General Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Tony Blair
8
The USA entered WW2 in?
1940
1941
1942
1939
9
Who was the leader of the Germans in WW2?
Benito Mussolini
Kaiser Wilhelm
Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Hitler
10
The opposing powers in WW2 were called?
Allied & Central
Allied & Axis
Germany & England
Axis & Germany
11
There were 2 "theatres" of war in WW2, what were they?
The European & the Asian Theatres
The European & the Pacific Theatres
The Atlantic & Pacific Theatres Theatre
The Asian & the Atlantic Theatres
12
Operation Overlord took place on?
9th april 1940
6th June 1944
7th December 1941
5th May 1945
13
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour on?
3rd January 1942
3rd September 1939
9th April 1940
7th December 1941
14
Japan forced POWs to build a railroad between?
Vietnam & Japan
Burma & Japan
Thailand & Japan
Thailand & Burma
15
WW2 started when Germany invaded/attacked?
France
Finland
Poland
Belgium
16
When was WW2?
1939 - 1945
1914 - 1918
1941 - 1945
1939 - 1944
17
Who was the President of the USA when the USA entered WW2?
John F Kennedy
George W Bush
Franklin D Roosevelt
Ronald Regan
18
Who/what were the "Kempei Tai"?
The Japanese equivalent of the Navy Seals
A type of sushi
The Japanese army's prison guards
The Japanese army's military police
19
The atomic bombs were dropped on?
Tokyo & Hiroshima
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Tokyo & Singapore
Tokyo & Nagasaki
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Where is Pearl Harbour?
Singapore
Northeren Territory, Australia
Hawaii, USA
The Phillipines