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Which project, during World War II, led to the development of the first atomic bomb?
A) Project Invincible
B) Project Titan
C) Manhattan Project
D) Project Trinity
Which infamous concentration camp was located in Poland?
A) Dachau
B) Buchenwald
C) Sachsenhausen
D) Auschwitz
Which German general was known as the "Desert Fox"?
A) Heinrich Himmler
B) Erwin Rommel
C) Gerd von Rundstedt
D) Friedrich Paulus
In which battle did the Japanese introduce kamikaze tactics on a large scale?
A) Battle of Iwo Jima
B) Battle of Okinawa
C) Battle of Guadalcanal
D) Battle of Midway
Which concentration camp was the first to be liberated by the Allies?
A) Auschwitz
B) Dachau
C) Majdanek
D) Buchenwald
Which German city was primarily destroyed in February 1945 by an Allied bombing raid?
A) Munich
B) Hamburg
C) Dresden
D) Berlin
What was the name of the peace treaty signed between Japan and the Allies in 1951?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Potsdam Declaration
C) Treaty of San Francisco
D) Yalta Agreement
Which major WWII battle took place in Belgium during the winter of 1944-1945?
A) Battle of Anzio
B) Battle of the Bulge
C) Battle of Berlin
D) Battle of Monte Cassino
Which country was responsible for the "Bataan Death March" during World War II?
A) Germany
B) Soviet Union
C) Japan
D) Italy
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 codename for the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Valkyrie
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Overlord
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 ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine, leading to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy?
A) USS Arizona
B) USS Missouri
C) USS Indianapolis
D) USS Lexington
Which operation led to the end of German occupation in France?
A) Operation Dragoon
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Dynamo
D) Operation Overlord
Which U.S. General famously said, "I shall return" after leaving the Philippines in 1942?
A) General Patton
B) General Eisenhower
C) General Bradley
D) General MacArthur
Which of the following countries remained neutral during World War II?
A) Norway
B) Belgium
C) Spain
D) Greece
Which World War II conference involved the leaders of the U.S., the U.K., and the Soviet Union discussing Europe's post-war reorganization?
A) Casablanca Conference
B) Tehran Conference
C) Yalta Conference
D) Potsdam Conference
What was the name of the US military's strategy of capturing select Japanese-held islands in the Pacific and going around others?
A) Leapfrogging
B) Island Hopping
C) Pacific Push
D) Naval Dominance
Which German battleship was sunk by the Royal Navy off the coast of France in 1941?
A) Bismarck
B) Tirpitz
C) Scharnhorst
D) Graf Spee
Which country was the first to declare war on Nazi Germany?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) France
D) Poland
