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What was the German defensive line on the Italian peninsula called?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Maginot Line
C) Siegfried Line
D) Gothic Line
Which British general was known as the "Desert Fox"?
A) Bernard Montgomery
B) Archibald Wavell
C) Harold Alexander
D) None, the "Desert Fox" was a nickname for the German general Erwin Rommel
What strategic narrow strait was the focus of a major campaign between Australian and Japanese forces in 1942?
A) Solomon Islands
B) Strait of Malacca
C) Bismarck Sea
D) Kokoda Track
Which ship was famously sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941, leading to the U.S. entry into WWII?
A) HMS Hood
B) USS Arizona
C) HMS Prince of Wales
D) USS Maine
Which ship was the main target during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) USS Missouri
B) USS Arizona
C) USS Lexington
D) USS Enterprise
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
What was the primary purpose of the "Doolittle Raid" in 1942?
A) To capture Japanese territory
B) To destroy the Japanese fleet
C) To boost American morale
D) To test new aircraft
Which aircraft was the main heavy bomber used by the Royal Air Force and other British Commonwealth air forces?
A) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
B) Lancaster Bomber
C) B-29 Superfortress
D) Short Stirling
Which country did Germany invade to start World War II?
A) France
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Poland
D) Austria
Which battle, fought between American and Japanese troops, is often considered the bloodiest of the Pacific War?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of Guadalcanal
C) Battle of Leyte Gulf
D) Battle of Okinawa
Which Axis power signed an armistice with the Allies in September 1943, effectively changing sides in the war?
A) Germany
B) Japan
C) Hungary
D) Italy
Which city experienced a major revolt in 1943 against German occupation?
A) Paris
B) Amsterdam
C) Warsaw
D) Prague
Which country was the first to declare war on Germany in World War II?
A) France
B) Soviet Union
C) Poland
D) United Kingdom
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
Which British intelligence project intercepted and decrypted messages from the German Enigma machine?
A) Project Mercury
B) Operation Minerva
C) Bletchley Park
D) Operation Ultra
What was the codename for the German invasion of Poland in 1939?
A) Operation Weserübung
B) Operation Sealion
C) Operation White
D) Operation Tannenberg
Which ship was the main target during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) USS Missouri
B) USS Arizona
C) USS Lexington
D) USS Enterprise
Which 1942 battle marked the first major defeat of Hitler's land forces?
A) Battle of Kursk
B) Battle of Moscow
C) Battle of El Alamein
D) Battle of Stalingrad
Which operation was the failed German attempt to capture Moscow?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Typhoon
C) Operation Sea Lion
D) Operation Valkyrie
Which ship was infamously sunk by a German U-Boat, causing significant American casualties and influencing public opinion about the war?
A) HMS Hood
B) USS Arizona
C) RMS Titanic
D) RMS Lusitania
