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Which of these countries was NOT one of the Axis Powers?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Soviet Union
D) Germany
What major project resulted in the development of the first atomic bombs during World War II?
A) Manhattan Project
B) Trinity Project
C) Operation Paperclip
D) Project A-bomb
Who was the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe?
A) Bernard Montgomery
B) George S. Patton
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the largest concentration camp established by the Nazis?
A) Dachau
B) Buchenwald
C) Auschwitz
D) Treblinka
What was the name of the British operation to evacuate troops from Dunkirk in 1940?
A) Operation Dynamo
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Neptune
D) Operation Market Garden
Which major operation was launched by the Allies to retake France in June 1944?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Overlord
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Market Garden
Which battle, fought in North Africa, marked a turning point in the war and the beginning of the decline for Axis forces in the region?
A) Battle of Gazala
B) First Battle of El Alamein
C) Battle of Kasserine Pass
D) Second Battle of El Alamein
What was the codename for the Germans' invasion of the USSR in 1941?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Weserübung
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Valkyrie
What was the main light machine gun used by US forces during WWII?
A) Bren Gun
B) MG 42
C) DP-28
D) M1918 BAR
Which of the following countries remained neutral during World War II?
A) Norway
B) Belgium
C) Spain
D) Greece
In which year did World War II officially end?
A) 1944
B) 1945
C) 1946
D) 1947
Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe?
A) General Patton
B) Field Marshal Montgomery
C) General MacArthur
D) General Eisenhower
Which WWII battle is sometimes referred to as the "Typhoon of Steel" due to its intensity and ferocity?
A) Battle of Iwo Jima
B) Battle of Okinawa
C) Battle of the Bulge
D) Battle of Kursk
Which World War II battle is often referred to as the "last great German offensive"?
A) Battle of Kursk
B) Battle of the Bulge
C) Battle of Berlin
D) Siege of Leningrad
What was the primary Soviet deep battle operational maneuver during WWII?
A) Blitzkrieg
B) Encirclement
C) Scorching Earth
D) Decoy and destroy
What was the name of the British operation to deceive the Germans about the location of the D-Day invasion?
A) Operation Mincemeat
B) Operation Fortitude
C) Operation Dynamo
D) Operation Torch
Who was the leader of Vichy France during World War II?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Georges Clemenceau
C) Henri Pétain
D) Jean Monnet
Which German general was known as the "Desert Fox" due to his campaigns in North Africa?
A) Gerd von Rundstedt
B) Heinz Guderian
C) Friedrich Paulus
D) Erwin Rommel
What was the main objective of Germany's Operation Sea Lion?
A) Capture Moscow
B) Invade Britain
C) Secure North Africa
D) Break the Atlantic blockade
Which World War II battle is also referred to as "The Battle of the Bulge"?
A) Battle of Anzio
B) Battle of Monte Cassino
C) Battle of Ardennes
D) Battle of Stalingrad
