The Ultimate WWII Trivia Challenge
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Which Event Is Commonly Marked As The Start Of World War II?
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Who Served As The British Prime Minister For Most Of World War II?
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What Was The Code Name For Germany’s Invasion Of The Soviet Union In 1941?
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Which Nation Was Not An Original Member Of The Axis Powers?
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Where Did The “Miracle Of Dunkirk” Evacuation Take Place In 1940?
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Which Battle Is Widely Regarded As The Turning Point In The Pacific Theater?
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What Did The Lend-Lease Act Enable The United States To Do Before Entering The War?
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Which City Suffered A Devastating Blitz By Germany Between 1940 And 1941?
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Who Commanded The German Afrika Korps And Was Nicknamed The “Desert Fox”?
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Which Conference Outlined The Postwar World And Demanded Unconditional Surrender From The Axis?
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What Was The Primary Purpose Of The Manhattan Project?
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Which Country Was Invaded During Operation Torch In 1942?
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Which Naval Battle Was Fought Entirely By Aircraft Without Ships Sighted Firing On Each Other?
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Who Was The Supreme Commander Of Allied Expeditionary Force For D-Day?
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Which Axis Leader Was Overthrown And Arrested In 1943 Following Allied Landings In Italy?
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What Was The Main German Objective During The Battle Of The Bulge?
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Which Allied Operation In 1944 Attempted A Rapid Advance Through The Netherlands Using Airborne Troops?
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Which Country Suffered The Highest Military And Civilian Casualties In World War II?
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What Sparked The Pacific War Between Japan And The United States?
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Which Battle Marked Germany’s First Major Defeat On Land In World War II?
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Who Led The Free French Forces After France’s 1940 Collapse?
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What Did The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact Include In 1939?
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Which Technology Most Improved Nighttime Air Defense During The Blitz?
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Which Island Campaign Became A Brutal Struggle In 1945, Noted For Heavy Casualties And Kamikaze Attacks?
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What Was Operation Sea Lion?
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Which Resistance Group Blew The Heavy Water Plant At Vemork To Hinder German Nuclear Efforts?
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Which U.S. General Led The Island-Hopping Strategy In The Southwest Pacific?
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What Was The Significance Of The Enigma Code Breakers At Bletchley Park?
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Which City Endured A Catastrophic Siege From 1941 To 1944 With Massive Civilian Starvation?
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What Triggered Italy’s 1943 Armistice With The Allies?
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Which Aircraft Became A Symbol Of The Battle Of Britain?
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Which Soviet Counteroffensive Encircled The German Sixth Army In 1942?
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What Did The Atlantic Charter Of 1941 Declare?
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Which Country Was Annexed By Germany In 1938 During The Anschluss?
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Which 1944 Offensive Destroyed Germany’s Army Group Centre In Belarus?
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What Was The Purpose Of Japan’s Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
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Which Battle Became The Largest Tank Clash In History?
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Who Was The U.S. Navy Admiral Who Devised The Carrier-Centric Strategy In The Pacific?
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Which Country Was Occupied By Germany In 1940 Through A Campaign Called Weserübung?
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What Was The Holocaust?
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Which Country Experienced The Warsaw Uprising Against German Occupation In 1944?
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What Was The Primary Goal Of The Allied Strategic Bombing Campaign?
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Which German Battleship Was Sunk After A Massive Hunt In 1941?
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Which Meeting In 1945 Determined Occupation Zones For Postwar Germany?
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Which Operation Was The Allied Invasion Of Sicily In 1943?
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What Was The Final Major German Offensive On The Eastern Front In 1943?
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Which Carrier Was Not Present At Pearl Harbor During The Attack?
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Which Prime Minister Led Japan For Much Of The Pacific War?
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What Name Was Given To Germany’s Lightning War Tactics?
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Which City Hosted The 1938 Agreement Granting Germany The Sudetenland?
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Which U.S. General Became Famous For Bold Armored Thrusts In Europe?
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Which Battle Halted The Axis Advance Into Egypt In 1942?
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Which U. S. Program Mobilized Civilian Industry Into War Production?
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Which Submarine Campaign Severely Disrupted Japanese Shipping?
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Which 1945 Meeting Issued The Declaration Warning Japan To Surrender Or Face “Prompt And Utter Destruction”?
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Which Allied Operation Liberated Southern France In August 1944?
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Which German City Was A Center For War Crimes Trials After The War?
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Which Ship Exploded In 1944 At Bari After A German Air Raid, Causing A Disaster?
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Which Soviet City Was Renamed After The War, Having Been The Site Of A Pivotal Battle?
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Which Allied Deception Operation Supported The 1944 Normandy Landings?
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Which Country Did The Winter War Of 1939–1940 Pit Against The Soviet Union?
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Which German Airborne Assault Captured A Belgian Fortress In 1940 Using Gliders?
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What Was The Main Objective Of Operation Neptune?
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Which Country Was Liberated By Allied Forces In Operation Avalanche?
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Which Organization Coordinated The U.S. Intelligence Effort During The War?
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Which Leader Signed The Instrument Of Japan’s Surrender Aboard USS Missouri?
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Which Country Conducted The Katyn Massacre In 1940?
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Which Allied Code Name Referred To The Overall Deception Plan For D-Day?
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Which Fighter Aircraft Was Japan’s Most Famous Early-War Design?
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Which Country Was Invaded In 1941 To Secure German Access To Oil And Strategic Positions In The Balkans?
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Which Axis Power Switched Sides In 1943 And Declared War On Germany?
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Which Nation’s Code Was Broken In The Pacific Using The PURPLE Cipher Machine?
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Which Country Was The Site Of Operation Mincemeat, A Daring British Deception In 1943?
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Which German City Was Notoriously Devastated By Firebombing In February 1945?
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Which U.S. Heavy Bomber Delivered Atomic Bombs Over Japan?
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Which Nation Was First Invaded During Germany’s 1940 Western Offensive?
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Which Leader Declared “Peace For Our Time” After Munich?
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Which Naval Engagement Is Considered The Largest In History By Tonnage?
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Which Country Mounted A Notable Resistance Movement Led By Josip Broz Tito?
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Which Agreement Established The Bretton Woods Institutions Shortly Before War’s End?
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Which German Offensive In Late 1942 Aimed To Capture The Caucasus Oil Fields?
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Which Battle Earned The Nickname “The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”?
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Which City Was Liberated By Allied Forces On August 25, 1944?
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Which Country Used Navajo Code Talkers To Secure Battlefield Communications?
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Which Event Marked Italy’s Entrance Into The War On The Axis Side?
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Which Nation Was Liberated In 1941 By British And Commonwealth Forces From A Pro-Axis Regime?
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Which German City Was The Capital Of The Nazi Regime?
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Which 1942 Raid On France Tested Allied Amphibious Assault Concepts, Despite Heavy Casualties?
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Which Country Signed An Armistice At Compiègne In June 1940 After German Successes?
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Which City Was The Site Of The U.S. Marines’ Costly 1945 Assault Capturing Mount Suribachi?
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The Anschluss with Austria in 1938
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Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia in 1935
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Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939
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Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
Germany’s invasion of Poland triggered Britain and France to declare war, formally starting World War II.
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Clement Attlee
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Stanley Baldwin
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Neville Chamberlain
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill led Britain from May 1940 through victory, becoming the face of determined British wartime leadership.
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Operation Sea Lion
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Operation Barbarossa
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Operation Torch
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Operation Market Garden
Operation Barbarossa, launched in June 1941, opened the brutal Eastern Front and became history’s largest invasion.
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Germany
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Spain
3
Japan
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Italy
Franco’s Spain stayed officially non-belligerent, sympathizing with Axis aims but never formally joining the alliance.
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Northern France
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Greece
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Sicily
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Norway
Hundreds of naval and civilian vessels evacuated Allied troops from Dunkirk, Northern France, under relentless German pressure.
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Guadalcanal
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Coral Sea
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Leyte Gulf
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Midway
The Battle of Midway in June 1942 devastated Japanese carrier strength, swinging strategic initiative to the United States.
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Declare war on Germany immediately
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Supply Allies with arms and aid
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Partition colonial territories
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Join the League of Nations
Lend-Lease allowed the U.S. to provide weapons and materials to Allies, strengthening resistance against Axis aggression.
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Rome
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Madrid
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Paris
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London
London endured months of aerial bombardment, targeting civilians and infrastructure to break morale and cripple war production.
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Karl Dönitz
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Wilhelm Keitel
3
Erwin Rommel
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Heinz Guderian
Erwin Rommel gained fame for bold maneuver warfare in North Africa, earning respect from both Allies and Axis.
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Munich Conference
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Bretton Woods Conference
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Geneva Conference
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Casablanca Conference
In 1943, Roosevelt and Churchill met at Casablanca, declaring unconditional surrender as Allied policy against Axis powers.
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Create radar systems
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Train special operations forces
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Build long-range bombers
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Develop an atomic bomb
The Manhattan Project coordinated vast scientific and industrial resources to produce the world’s first nuclear weapons.
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Denmark
2
Bulgaria
3
Finland
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French North Africa
Operation Torch consisted of Allied amphibious landings in Morocco and Algeria, opening a new front against Axis forces.
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Jutland
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Java Sea
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River Plate
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Coral Sea
The 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea featured carrier-based aircraft striking fleets beyond visual range, transforming naval warfare.
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Charles de Gaulle
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Omar Bradley
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Bernard Montgomery
General Dwight D. Eisenhower coordinated multinational forces for Operation Overlord, the Normandy landings in June 1944.
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Ion Antonescu
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Hideki Tojo
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Adolf Hitler
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Benito Mussolini
Italy’s Grand Council removed Mussolini; he was arrested, later rescued by Germans, then led a short-lived puppet regime.
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Split Allied lines and seize Antwerp
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Invade neutral Switzerland
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Capture Paris and encircle London
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Destroy Soviet armies near Moscow
Hitler aimed to break Allied cohesion in the Ardennes, capture Antwerp, and force a negotiated Western settlement.
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Operation Husky
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Operation Neptune
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Operation Dragoon
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Operation Market Garden
Market Garden combined airborne landings with ground thrusts to capture bridges into Germany; it stalled at Arnhem’s last bridge.
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United Kingdom
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Japan
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Germany
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union endured staggering losses—tens of millions—from combat, sieges, starvation, and occupation atrocities.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Invasion of Manchuria
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Nanking Massacre
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Battle of Shanghai
Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 brought the United States directly into the conflict.
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Battle of France
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Battle of Narvik
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Battle of Moscow
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Fall of Warsaw
The failed German offensive before Moscow in winter 1941 halted Blitzkrieg momentum and foreshadowed grinding Eastern Front attrition.
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Charles de Gaulle
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Pierre Laval
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François Darlan
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Philippe Pétain
De Gaulle rallied resistance from abroad, organizing Free French forces and political leadership opposed to Vichy collaboration.
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Shared naval basing rights in the Baltic
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A secret protocol dividing Eastern Europe
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A mutual defense alliance with Britain
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Plans to invade Scandinavia together
The German-Soviet nonaggression pact contained secret spheres-of-influence clauses partitioning Poland and impacting the Baltics.
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Sonar
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Proximity fuzes
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Jet engines
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Radar
Radar enabled early detection of incoming raids, guiding fighter interceptions and directing anti-aircraft defenses effectively.
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Wake Island
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Guam
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Okinawa
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Midway
Okinawa’s ferocious fighting and kamikaze waves foreshadowed invasion horrors, influencing decisions regarding the use of atomic bombs.
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The German evacuation at Dunkirk
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Japan’s plan to invade Australia
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Germany’s planned invasion of Britain
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The Allied landings in Sicily
Operation Sea Lion was Hitler’s unrealized plan to invade Britain, contingent on achieving air superiority after the Battle of Britain.
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French Maquis
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Polish Home Army
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Norwegian commandos
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Yugoslav Partisans
Norwegian saboteurs executed daring raids on Vemork in 1943, disrupting Germany’s access to heavy water for nuclear research.
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Matthew Ridgway
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George S. Patton
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Douglas MacArthur
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Mark W. Clark
MacArthur advanced through New Guinea and the Philippines, bypassing strongholds to seize key positions and airfields strategically.
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They built the first radar sets
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They decrypted German communications
3
They produced synthetic fuel
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They designed Allied jet aircraft
Bletchley Park’s codebreaking, including Enigma, yielded Ultra intelligence, shaping operations and shortening the war substantially.
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Kiev
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Sevastopol
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Leningrad
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Stalingrad
Leningrad suffered a 900-day siege, with extreme deprivation, vast casualties, and determined Soviet resistance against encirclement.
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Allied invasion of Sicily
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Uprisings in Yugoslavia
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Japanese losses in the Pacific
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German defeat at Stalingrad
Operation Husky’s success undermined Mussolini, leading to his ouster and Italy’s armistice and shifting allegiances.
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Supermarine Spitfire
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Heinkel He 111
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Messerschmitt Bf 110
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Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
The agile Spitfire, along with Hurricanes, helped defeat the Luftwaffe, preventing German air dominance over Britain.
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Operation Uranus
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Operation Bagration
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Operation Saturn
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Operation Mars
Operation Uranus enveloped German forces at Stalingrad, leading to a decisive surrender and reversing momentum on the Eastern Front.
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A continental blockade of Europe
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Shared Allied principles for postwar order
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Terms for Japan’s surrender
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A plan to invade North Africa
Roosevelt and Churchill outlined self-determination, economic cooperation, and collective security, guiding Allied war aims and diplomacy.
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Netherlands
2
Austria
3
Czechoslovakia
4
Belgium
The Anschluss incorporated Austria into the Third Reich, violating treaties and emboldening further territorial aggression in Europe.
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Operation Citadel
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Operation Bagration
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Operation Blau
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Operation Typhoon
Operation Bagration inflicted catastrophic losses, liberating Belarus and accelerating the collapse on the Eastern Front.
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Establish open trade with Allies
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Promote democratic governance in Asia
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Justify regional dominance and resource control
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Protect neutrality among Asian states
Japan framed empire-building as mutual prosperity, but primarily pursued exploitation of territories for resources and strategic power.
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Tobruk
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El Alamein
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Kasserine Pass
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Kursk
The 1943 Battle of Kursk involved massive armored forces, where Soviet defenses blunted Germany’s last major Eastern offensive.
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Ernest J. King
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Chester W. Nimitz
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William F. Halsey
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Raymond Spruance
Admiral Nimitz commanded Pacific Fleet operations, emphasizing carriers and submarines to attrit Japanese strength and seize islands.
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Spain
2
Switzerland
3
Norway
4
Portugal
Operation Weserübung targeted Denmark and Norway, securing iron ore routes and strategic bases for the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe.
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Systematic genocide of Jews and others
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A German military alliance plan
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A Soviet agricultural program
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A codeword for blitzkrieg attacks
The Holocaust was Nazi Germany’s state-sponsored genocide targeting Jews and other groups, murdering millions of civilians.
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Poland
2
Greece
3
Netherlands
4
Denmark
The Polish Home Army rose to liberate Warsaw before Soviet arrival; the revolt was brutally suppressed after heroic resistance.
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Conquer territory rapidly
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Train new pilots safely
3
Test prototype aircraft
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Cripple enemy industry and morale
Sustained bombing targeted industrial centers, transport networks, and cities to degrade production capacity and weaken civilian morale.
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Tirpitz
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Scharnhorst
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Gneisenau
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Bismarck
After sinking HMS Hood, Bismarck was relentlessly pursued and eventually sunk by the Royal Navy in the North Atlantic.
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Potsdam Conference
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Yalta Conference
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Tehran Conference
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Cairo Conference
At Yalta, Allied leaders outlined postwar arrangements, including German occupation zones and the framework for the United Nations.
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Operation Torch
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Operation Dragoon
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Operation Husky
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Operation Avalanche
Operation Husky opened the door to the Italian mainland, undermining Mussolini’s regime and Axis defenses in the Mediterranean.
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Operation Blau
2
Operation Typhoon
3
Operation Fall Gelb
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Operation Citadel
Operation Citadel targeted the Kursk salient; its failure marked the decline of German offensive capability in the East.
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USS Enterprise
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Kaga
3
Shokaku
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Akagi
USS Enterprise was at sea during the attack, sparing a crucial U.S. carrier later vital in Pacific battles.
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Hideki Tojo
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Kuniaki Koiso
3
Fumimaro Konoe
4
Kiichiro Hiranuma
General Hideki Tojo served as prime minister and war minister, directing Japan’s war effort until resigning in 1944.
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Auftragstaktik
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Volkssturm
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Schwerpunkt
4
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg emphasized rapid combined-arms assaults using tanks, aircraft, and mechanized infantry to overwhelm opponents.
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Munich
2
Prague
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Vienna
4
Berlin
The Munich Agreement ceded the Sudetenland to Germany, embodying appeasement and gravely undermining Czechoslovakia’s defenses.
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Jacob L. Devers
2
Courtney Hodges
3
Omar Bradley
4
George S. Patton
Patton’s Third Army raced across France after Normandy, known for aggressive leadership and rapid exploitation of breakthroughs.
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Battle of Gazala
2
Battle of Mersa Matruh
3
Battle of Tobruk
4
Second Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery’s Eighth Army decisively defeated Rommel at El Alamein, turning the tide in North Africa toward the Allies.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
2
War Production Board
3
Tennessee Valley Authority
4
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The War Production Board coordinated conversion of peacetime industries into wartime manufacturing of weapons and essential supplies.
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U.S. Navy submarine warfare
2
German U-boat wolfpacks
3
Soviet Baltic fleet submarines
4
Italian subs in the Atlantic
American submarines targeted Japanese merchant shipping, strangling logistics and resources crucial to Japan’s war economy.
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Potsdam Conference
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Quebec Conference
3
Yalta Conference
4
Moscow Conference
The Potsdam Declaration outlined surrender terms for Japan, foreshadowing atomic bombings if the Japanese government refused.
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Operation Overlord
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Operation Jubilee
3
Operation Market Garden
4
Operation Dragoon
Operation Dragoon landed in Provence, advancing north and linking with Normandy forces, hastening German retreat from France.
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Hamburg
2
Munich
3
Nuremberg
4
Dresden
The Nuremberg Trials prosecuted major Nazi leaders for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
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USS Indianapolis
2
RMS Lancastria
3
SS John Harvey
4
HMS Hood
SS John Harvey’s secret mustard gas cargo detonated at Bari, causing significant casualties and chemical exposure.
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Leningrad to Petrograd
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Moscow to Tversk
3
Kiev to Kyivgrad
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Stalingrad to Volgograd
Stalingrad, scene of decisive urban combat and German surrender, was renamed Volgograd during the post-Stalin era.
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Operation Mincemeat
2
Operation Bodyguard South
3
Operation Zeppelin
4
Operation Fortitude
Operation Fortitude convinced Germany the main invasion would hit Pas-de-Calais, tying down reserves away from Normandy.
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Bulgaria
2
Romania
3
Finland
4
Hungary
Finland resisted Soviet invasion in harsh conditions, inflicting heavy casualties despite eventual territorial concessions in peace.
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Verdun
2
Eben-Emael
3
Namur
4
Liege
German paratroopers and glider troops neutralized Fort Eben-Emael with shaped charges, enabling rapid breakthroughs into Belgium.
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Raid Saint-Nazaire docks
2
Amphibious landings in Normandy
3
Evacuate troops from Crete
4
Airlift supplies to Berlin
Operation Neptune was the seaborne phase of Overlord, delivering Allied troops onto Normandy’s beaches on D-Day.
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Italy (Salerno landings)
2
Albania
3
Norway
4
Greece
Operation Avalanche was the Salerno landing in September 1943, establishing a crucial foothold on the Italian mainland.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
2
National Security Agency
3
Office of Strategic Services
4
Central Intelligence Agency
The OSS conducted espionage, sabotage, and special operations, serving as a precursor to the postwar Central Intelligence Agency.
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Admiral Chester Nimitz
2
General Tomoyuki Yamashita
3
Emperor Hirohito
4
General Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur accepted Japan’s formal surrender on September 2, 1945 as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers aboard USS Missouri.
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Italy
2
Soviet Union
3
Germany
4
Romania
Soviet NKVD executed thousands of Polish officers in the Katyn Forest, a crime long denied and later acknowledged.
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Operation Torchlight
2
Operation Bodyguard
3
Operation Neptune Blue
4
Operation Tenacity
Bodyguard encompassed multiple deceptions, including Fortitude, to conceal Normandy’s timing and location from German intelligence.
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Mitsubishi A6M Zero
2
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden
3
Kawanishi N1K Shiden
4
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate
The A6M Zero combined agility and range, dominating early engagements before Allied tactics and technology countered it.
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Ireland
2
Greece
3
Sweden
4
Switzerland
Germany invaded Greece after aiding Italy and to stabilize the Balkans, delaying Barbarossa but securing southern flanks.
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Italy
2
Hungary
3
Romania
4
Finland
Following Mussolini’s fall, Italy signed an armistice, joined the Allies, and fought Germans in subsequent Italian campaigns.
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Germany
2
Japan
3
Vichy France
4
Italy
U.S. cryptanalysts decrypted Japanese diplomatic traffic from PURPLE, providing strategic insights before and during the war.
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Morocco
2
Spain
3
Turkey
4
Portugal
British agents planted false invasion plans on a corpse in Spain, misleading Germany about Mediterranean invasion targets.
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Bremen
2
Frankfurt
3
Dresden
4
Stuttgart
Allied bombers created a firestorm in Dresden, causing immense destruction and heavy civilian casualties late in the European war.
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B-29 Superfortress
2
B-24 Liberator
3
B-25 Mitchell
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B-17 Flying Fortress
The B-29’s range and payload enabled the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions, executed by specially modified aircraft.
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Belgium
2
Luxembourg
3
Denmark
4
Netherlands
Germany launched Fall Gelb on May 10, 1940, first crossing into Luxembourg before invading Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
2
Neville Chamberlain
3
Édouard Daladier
4
Benito Mussolini
Britain’s Prime Minister Chamberlain returned from Munich claiming peace, a statement quickly discredited by continued aggression.
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Battle of the Philippine Sea
2
Battle of Leyte Gulf
3
Battle of Midway
4
Battle of the Atlantic
Leyte Gulf in October 1944 involved sprawling actions across multiple engagements, crippling Japan’s remaining naval power.
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Netherlands
2
Yugoslavia
3
Norway
4
Belgium
Tito’s Partisans conducted effective guerrilla warfare, tying down Axis divisions and shaping postwar political dominance.
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Atlantic Charter
2
Dumbarton Oaks Agreements
3
Bretton Woods Conference
4
Kellogg–Briand Pact
Bretton Woods created the IMF and World Bank, shaping postwar economic order and international financial cooperation.
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Operation Adlerangriff
2
Operation Weserübung
3
Case Blue (Fall Blau)
4
Operation Typhoon
Case Blue pushed toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus, overextending German lines and setting conditions for Soviet counterblows.
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Battle of Sunda Strait
2
Battle of Santa Cruz
3
Battle of the Philippine Sea
4
Battle of Tarawa
U.S. pilots shot down huge numbers of inexperienced Japanese aviators, decimating carrier air strength in the Marianas.
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Rome
2
Amsterdam
3
Paris
4
Brussels
Free French forces and Allies liberated Paris after the Normandy breakout, signaling the collapse of German control in France.
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United Kingdom
2
Australia
3
United States
4
Canada
Navajo Code Talkers’ unbroken code enabled rapid, secure communications during critical Pacific operations and amphibious assaults.
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Tripartite Pact signing, September 1940
2
Invasion of Albania, April 1939
3
Attack on Greece, October 1940
4
Declaration of war on France and Britain, June 1940
Mussolini declared war in June 1940, joining Germany against France and Britain during their Western European campaign.
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Ireland
2
Iraq
3
Sweden
4
Switzerland
The Anglo-Iraqi War ousted the pro-Axis Rashid Ali regime, securing vital oil supplies and Middle Eastern communications lines.
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Hamburg
2
Nuremberg
3
Munich
4
Berlin
Berlin served as the German capital and political center for the Nazi regime throughout the war years.
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Operation Basalt
2
Dieppe Raid
3
Operation Chariot
4
St. Nazaire Raid
The Dieppe Raid offered hard lessons on beach defenses and combined arms, informing planning for later successful invasions.
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Belgium
2
Luxembourg
3
France
4
Netherlands
France capitulated after rapid German victories, signing the armistice in the same railway carriage used against Germany in 1918.
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Peleliu
2
Saipan
3
Tinian
4
Iwo Jima
The iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi symbolized a ferocious battle critical for airfields supporting bombing missions.
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