Knowledge
/ArcaMax
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 famous World War II battle took place from June 4-7, 1942 in the Pacific?
A) Battle of Coral Sea
B) Battle of Midway
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Iwo Jima
What was the primary light machine gun used by U.S. forces during WWII?
A) Bren Gun
B) MG42
C) M1918 BAR
D) DP-28
What was the name given to the British fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain?
A) The Few
B) The Brigade
C) The Spitfire Aces
D) The RAF Elite
Which Japanese city was the first to be attacked with an atomic bomb?
A) Hiroshima
B) Nagasaki
C) Tokyo
D) Osaka
Which conference between the major Allied leaders decided the post-war fate of Germany and Europe?
A) Tehran Conference
B) Potsdam Conference
C) Yalta Conference
D) Casablanca Conference
Which U.S. General famously said, "I shall return" after leaving the Philippines?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Omar Bradley
C) George Patton
D) Douglas MacArthur
In which French town did the Allies establish a beachhead in 1944 after the Normandy invasion?
A) Calais
B) Cherbourg
C) St. Malo
D) Bordeaux
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 operation led to the end of German occupation in France?
A) Operation Dragoon
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Dynamo
D) Operation Overlord
Which operation was the failed German attempt to capture Moscow?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Typhoon
C) Operation Sea Lion
D) Operation Valkyrie
Which major German city was divided into four zones after the war?
A) Hamburg
B) Munich
C) Frankfurt
D) Berlin
Which city experienced a major revolt in 1943 against German occupation?
A) Paris
B) Amsterdam
C) Warsaw
D) Prague
What defensive line did France build along its border with Germany in the 1930s?
A) The Atlantic Wall
B) The Siegfried Line
C) The Hindenburg Line
D) The Maginot Line
What was the name of the British operation to evacuate soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940?
A) Operation Dynamo
B) Operation Sealion
C) Operation Compass
D) Operation Citadel
Which French port city was surrounded and held out against the Germans until 1940, becoming a symbol of resistance?
A) Bordeaux
B) Lille
C) Dunkirk
D) Brest
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 of these countries remained neutral throughout WWII?
A) Italy
B) Spain
C) Greece
D) Romania
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Weserübung
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Overlord
What was the name of the series of fortifications built by France along its German border before WWII?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Maginot Line
C) Siegfried Line
D) Alpine Line
