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Academic Decathlon: War in Europe
Academic Decathlon: War in Europe
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A #AcDec Quiz that teaches a basic rundown of World War 2 in Europe
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1
What are the five Normandy Beaches?
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Bruno and Board
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword
Larry, Moe, Curly, Abbot and Costello
Provo, Nebraska, Silver, June and Spear
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What is a 'Wolfpack'?
A squadron of German bombers
A group of submarines that hunted trans-Atlantic shipping.
A group of wolves
A British Special Forces unit
3
Who commanded British forces at the second battle of El Alamein?
Alan Brooke
Harold Alexander
Douglas Haig
Bernard Montgomery
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Why was the Winter War fought?
To annex Finland into the Soviet Union
To create a land buffer around Leningrad
To control the Baltic Sea
To launch a preemptive attack on Germany
5
What was Operation: Sea Lion?
An amphibious invasion of the United Kingdom
An animal protection act signed by Hitler
The destruction of the Royal Navy
An invasion of Ireland
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Bonus: What does Blitzkrieg translate to?
Lightning Spearhead
Armored Warfare
Steel Tidal Wave
Lightning Warfare
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Which German city had an intact bridge over the Rhine?
Aachen
Remagen
Hamburg
Antwerp
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Which German city suffered 25,000 civilian casualties?
Berlin
Dresden
Frankfurt
Stuttgart
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When did the Warsaw uprising begin?
September 1st, 1939
June 28th, 1944
October 2nd, 1944
August 1st, 1944
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What were the two defensive lines in Italy
Goering and Goebbels
Valkyrie and Wagner
Gustav and Gothic
Siegfried and Maginot
11
What 2 nations signed the Molotv-Ribbentrop Pact?
Nazi Germany and Ukraine
Finland and Poland
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
America and the Soviet Union
12
When was Paris finally liberated?
May 10th, 1940
August 19-25th, 1944
June 6th, 1944
May 8th, 1945
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When Did World War 2 Begin?
December 7th, 1941
September 1st, 1939
May 8th, 1945
September 2nd, 1945
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What decisive 1942 Battle turned the tide of the War on the Eastern Front?
Seelow Heights
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Kharkov
15
What was America's first foray into the European Theater?
Operation: Citadel
Operation: Husky
Operation: Overlord
Operation: Torch
16
What was the Atlantic Charter?
An agreement between Germany and America over shipping.
A document that outlined why the Allies were fighting
A treaty between the UK and Iceland
An East-Coast boarding school
17
Why did the Allies launch Operation: Market Garden
To withdraw German troops from the Eastern Front
To fully eliminate the U-Boat fleet
To destroy the German flank
To secure a port to transport supplies
18
What City did Churchill and Roosevelt meet in during 1943?
Casablanca
Potsdam
Gibraltar
Yalta
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What was Operation: Barbarossa?
The invasion of the Soviet Union
An invasion of Yugoslavia
The bombing of Greece
The annexation of Romania and Hungary
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What was the Afrika Korps?
An all-black unit of the German Army
A mechanized German force to fight in North Africa
A tourist organization
A special German commando team
21
Who was Hitler's successor?
Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler
Chancellor Joseph Goebbels
Reichsminister Herman Goering
Admiral Karl Donitz
22
What German General broke thought the Maginot Line at the Ardennes Forest?
Erwin Rommel
Gunther von Kluge
Walter Model
Alfred von Schlieffen
23
Which battle was the first encounter between American and German troops?
El Alamein
Belleau Wood
Kasserine Pass
Guadalcanal
24
Where did Allied Troops evacuate after the Battle of France?
Normandy
Anzio
Dunkirk
Dieppe
25
What was the largest tank battle of the War?
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Kursk
Battle of France
Battle of Berlin
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What is the significance of Bastonge?
It was the headquarters of Allied forces
It housed Hitler's western-most base of operations
It was an important crossroads into France and Belgium
It was the main Allied airfield and supply depot
