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1
Q

What are the years of WW1?

A

1914-1918

2
Q

What is the date of the Beer Hall Putsch?

A

November 9, 1923

3
Q

When was the Night of Broken Glass?

A

November 9, 1938

4
Q

When was the Start of WWII (invasion of Poland)?

A

September 1, 1939

5
Q

When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

A

December 7, 1941

6
Q

When was D-Day?

A

June 6, 1944

7
Q

When was V-E Day?

A

May 8, 1945

8
Q

When was V-J Day?

A

August 14, 1945

9
Q

Whose nickname was “Old Blood and Guts”

A

George Patton

10
Q

Who was the very outspoken US general?

A

George Patton

11
Q

Whose nickname was “Solider’s General”?

A

Omar Bradley

12
Q

Who was the Supreme Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area?

A

Douglas MacArthur

13
Q

Who signed the Japanese official surrender?

A

Douglas MacArthur

14
Q

Who was the Field Marshall of the British 8th Army?

A

Bernard Montgomery

15
Q

Who was the Head of the SS and Home army?

A

Heinrich Himmler

16
Q

Who was the leader of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) during WW2?

A

Herman Goering

17
Q

Who was the Nazi Reich Minister of Propaganda?

A

Joesph Goebbels

18
Q

Who was the Architect of the “Final Solution”?

A

Adolf Eichmann

19
Q

A fictitious army led by ______________ was set up in Southeast England

A

General Patton

20
Q

Whose army liberates Auschwitz?

A

Russia’s

21
Q

Where did Hitler live out his final days?

A

The Fuhrerbunker

22
Q

What happened in the days leading up to Mussolini’s death? How did he die? What happened after he died?

A

Mussolini had served as a puppet leader of Italy since being rescued from prison. He tried to flee to Switzerland but was captured by Italian partisans and shot. His and his mistresses bodies were taken to Milan and hung upside down at a gas station.

23
Q

What did Hitler do right before committing suicide?

A

Married Eva Braun

24
Q

What happened on V-E Day?

A

Germany signs an unconditional surrender to the Allies

25
Q

What military branch is the Iwo Jima Memorial to?

A

Marines

26
Q

What city did the US rain fire on?

A

Tokyo

27
Q

What did the battle of Okinawa convince America of?

A

Brutal fighting and heavy casualties convinced Americans an invasion of the Japanese would be extremely costly

28
Q

Who was replaced half way through the Potsdam conference after being removed from office?

A

Churchill

29
Q

How many bombs did the Manhattan Project produce?

A

3

30
Q

What bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

A

Little Boy

31
Q

What bomb was dropped on Nagasaki?

A

Fat Man