World War II Quiz - 69 Trivia Questions!

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The World War II Quiz is a historical exploration of the most significant conflict in human history. Test your knowledge of the war's causes, key battles, leaders, and the global impact of World War II. Dive into discussions about the Holocaust, the Allied and Axis powers, and the lasting legacy of this monumental event.

Who was the US President at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943?

Franklin D. Roosevelt
The French President
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy

Which Chinese city was taken by the Japanese in October 1938?

Zhalong
Wuhan
Beijing
Shanghai

Who became Chancellor of Germany in 1933?

The Germans
The Hitler administration
Adolf Hitler
Karl Marx

What was the name of the British counter-offensive in North Africa in November 1941?

Operation Desert Storm
Operation Dynamite
Operation Desert Fox
Operation Crusader

On which US ship did Japan surrender to the USA in September 1945?

USS Enterprise
USS Arizona
USS Missouri
USS Wisconsin

In June 1943, which German city was the first to be bombed by the Allies?

Vienna
Munich
Berlin
Hamburg

At which battle of July 1943 did the Soviets defeat the Germans and end their superiority on the Eastern Front?

Kursk
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Molotovsk

Who was the commander of the Afrika Korps during the Battle of Tobruk in 1941?

Rommel
The German general who sat on the bridge
The French
The Germans

In June 1940, the Italian Regia Aeronautica besieged which British possession?

Jersey
Malta
Scotland
New Zealand

What was the name of the German concentration camp where prisoners were buried in mass graves in 1945?

Hitler's death camp
Bergen-Belsen
Dachau
The concentration camps

In which African country did the Allies defeat the Axis forces in May 1943?

Tunisia
Egypt
Ghana
Guinea

Which British Prime Minister signed the Munich Agreement with Germany in 1938?

Winston Churchill
Charles Dickens
Neville Chamberlain
George VI

Which Asian country was divided by the 38th parallel in 1948?

Japan
China
India
Korea

What was the name of the German battleship sunk by the British Home Fleet in May 1941?

The Battle of the Atlantic
HMS Queen Elizabeth
Bismarck
Admiral Graf Spee

Who replaced Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in July 1945?

David Lloyd George
Clement Attlee
Prime Minister of the United States
George VI

Who led the Free French forces during the liberation of Paris in 1944?

Napoleon III
Charles de Gaulle
Hitler
The German government

Who was the leader of the Fascist movement in Italy from 1922 to 1925?

Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Fascism
Hitler

Who led Yugoslavia's guerrilla forces against the Germans in World War II?

Tito
Hitler
Zvonimir
Zagreb

What was the main Japanese base in the Solomon Islands at the time of the Battle of Guadalcanal?

Rabaul
Tuvalu
Guadalcanal
Suva

What was the name of the American gunboat that was shelled by the Japanese in 1937?

USS Alabama
USS Constitution
USS Panay
USS Enterprise

Which treaty was signed by Joseph Stalin and Joachim Von Ribbentrop in 1939?

Germany's Entente
The Vienna Convention
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Treaty of Vienna

What was the name of the massacre of 22,000 Polish soldiers by Soviet troops in World War II?

The Singing of the Roses
Katyn
The Katyn Massacre
Krakozy

In April 1945, Soviet troops stormed and captured which city, ending Germany's participation in World War II?

Vienna
Berlin
Hamburg
Paris

What colour are the Axis Powers on a World War 2 map?

Red
Blue
Black

In September 1939, which city was besieged by German troops?

Milan
Warsaw
Krakoa
Budapest

Who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt as US President in April 1945?

George Washington
John F. Kennedy
President Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman

What was the name of the Japanese base in the Caroline Islands that was captured by the Allies in March 1944?

The Japanese military base in the Caroline Islands
The Japanese submarine base
The Admiralty
Truk

In which US state did the Trinity nuclear test take place in July 1945?

Texas
Ohio
Virginia
New Mexico

What political movement seized power in Russia in 1917?

Socialist
Bolshevik
Soviet Union
Revolutionary

Who was Hitler's chief negotiator in the Tripartite Pact with the Soviet Union in 1940?

Karl Dönitz
Ribbentrop
Hitler
The Germans

What type of aircraft bombed the Focke-Wulf factory in Germany in October 1943?

Aircraft Carrier
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Texan II

In November 1939, the Soviet Union invaded which country?

Austria
France
Germany
Finland

What was the name of the Japanese island captured by American troops in World War II in March 1945?

Tonga
The American Pacific Islands
Iwo Jima
Dolly Parton

Which Russian city was bombed by the Germans in December 1942?

Moscow
Leningrad
St.Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

What was the most infamous massacre of Chinese civilians by Japanese troops during World War II?

Battle of the Yangtze River
The Great March of the Red Army
Nanking Massacre
The Battle of Luoyang

What was the name of the Soviet Union's military alliance during the Cold War?

The Atlantic Council
The Berlin Plan
Warsaw Pact
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

What city was bombed by the USAF in March 1945?

Tokyo, China
Tokyo
San Francisco
Shanghai

What was the name of the truce signed by China and Japan in 1933 to end the Manchurian War?

Sino-Japanese Treaty
The Peace Treaty
Sino-Japanese Agreement
Tanggu Truce

What was the codename for the German invasion of Russia in June 1941?

The Great War
The German Army
Operation Dynamite
Barbarossa

In June 1942, the Soviets launched Operation Bagration, a major offensive against German troops in which country?

Russia
Belarus
Austria
Germany

What was the name of the front formed by Britain, France and Italy in 1935 to contain Germany?

Western front
The Atlantic Wall
Italian front
Stresa Front

Who was the dictator of Romania during World War II?

Victor Eberhard
Nicolai Teitareanu
Ion Antonescu
George Bush

In what year did World War II begin?

1940
1939
1948
1941

Which country emerged much richer than any other nation after World War II?

Japan
Germany
United States
South Korea

In which area of the Western Front did Germany launch a major counter-offensive in December 1944?

Western front
Western France
Ardennes
Normandy

In 1949, the Nationalist forces of China retreated to where?

Beijing
Taiwan
China's Pacific Ocean
China

Which country was invaded by the Japanese in World War II?

Thailand
South Africa
New Zealand
China

What weapon became the main weapon of land warfare in World War II?

The machine gun
A machine gun
The rocket launcher
Tank

Who was Britain's Ambassador to Berlin during World War II?

Sir John Holroyd
John Howard
Nevile Henderson
John Grierson

What was the name of the prison system in the Soviet Union during World War II?

Soviet prison system
Prisoner of War
The Prisoners' Struggle
Gulag

Which organisation was founded on 1st January 1942 by the USA, UK, China, Russia and the Soviet Union?

International Peacekeeping Organization
The European Union
The International Monetary Fund
United Nations

In September 1941, the British and Commonwealth forces were besieged at which North African town?

Tobruk
Thebes
Casablanca
Agadir

September 1, 1939 saw the start of World War II when Germany invaded what country?

Poland
France
Italy
Japan

What was the name of the uprising against German occupation of Poland in 1944?

Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising of 1943
The Warsaw Uprising
The Uprising of the Europeans

At which conference in 1943 did the Allies declare war on Germany?

The Last of the Mohicans
The Battle of the Atlantic
Casablanca
Vienna

What was the name of the US military aid programme to the Allies in World War II?

Lend-Lease
American Red Cross
The Atlantic Charter
The American Supply Corps

In World War 2, the Allies wanted to attack Germany through which country?

France
Poland
South America
Austria

Where were the trials of Nazi leaders held?

Nuremberg
Berlin
Vienna
The Hague

What was the name of the political party that unified China in the mid 20th century?

The People's Republic of China
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Nationalists

What was the name of the line in France that was crossed by the Germans in June 1940?

Maginot Line
French-German border
The French border
The German border

Which country officially surrendered to the Allies on 2nd September 1945, ending World War II?

South Africa
Japan
Germany
South Korea

What was the name of the war between the USA and the Soviet Union that lasted for nearly half a century?

World War II
War on Terrorism
The Soviet Union's invasion of the USA
Cold War

What was the name of the area in Russia where German troops were defeated by Soviet forces in a major battle in July 1943?

The Russian Far East
Kursk Bulge
The White Sea
The Battle of Kursk

Which country did Japan sign a neutrality pact with in 1941?

Soviet Union
Egypt
The United States
South Korea

Which pact was signed by Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union in 1941?

Neutrality Pact
Soviet-Japanese Pact
The Treaty of Berlin
The Geneva pact

At which battle of June 1942 did the USA defeat the Japanese fleet?

Pearl Harbor
Midway
The Battle of the Coral Sea
Pacific War

What group of people were massacred by the Nazis in World War II?

Jews
People of the European Alps
Africans
Germans

What was the name of the German ciphering machine used during World War II?

German code
NSA
Adler machine
Enigma machine

In March 1939, Germany invaded which country, splitting it between Bohemia and Moravia and Slovak Republic?

Italy
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland
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