WW2

Question 1

Date of Pearl Harbor Attack

Answer 1

December 7, 1941

Question 2

Date of the D-Day Attack

Answer 2

June 6, 1944

Question 3

What is the capital of the Britain ?

Answer 3

London

Question 4

What is the capital of the Soviet Union?

Answer 4

Moscow

Question 5

What is the capital of France?

Answer 5

Paris

Question 6

What is the capital of the United States?

Answer 6

Washington, D.C.

Question 7

What is the capital of Italy?

Answer 7

Rome

Question 8

What is the capital of Japan?

Answer 8

Tokyo

Question 9

What is the capital of Germany?

Answer 9

Berlin

Question 10

Who was the Prime Minister of the Britain during most of World War II?

Answer 10

Winston Churchill

Question 11

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

Answer 11

Joseph Stalin

Question 12

Who led Free France during World War II?

Answer 12

Charles de Gaulle

Question 13

Who was the President of the United States until April 1945?

Answer 13

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 14

Who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States?

Answer 14

Harry S. Truman

Question 15

Who was the leader of Italy during most of World War II?

Answer 15

Benito Mussolini

Question 16

Who was the Emperor of Japan during World War II?

Answer 16

Emperor Hirohito

Question 17

Who was the Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II?

Answer 17

Hideki Tojo

Question 18

Which location was the site of a major evacuation of Allied soldiers in 1940?

Answer 18

Dunkirk

Question 19

Who was the Führer of Nazi Germany?

Answer 19

Adolf Hitler

Question 20

Where is the U.S. naval base that was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941?

Answer 20

Pearl Harbor

Question 21

Which city was the site of a major battle between German and Soviet forces from 1942-1943?

Answer 21

Stalingrad

Question 22

On which Japanese city was the second atomic bomb dropped on August 9, 1945?

Answer 22

Nagasaki

Question 23

On which Japanese city was the first atomic bomb dropped on August 6, 1945?

Answer 23

Hiroshima

Question 24

What was the policy of conceding to aggression by a warlike nation, notably Britain and France’s policy towards Nazi Germany, called?

Answer 24

Appeasement

Question 25

What term refers to the Nazi regime in Germany from 1933 to 1945?

Answer 25

Third Reich

Question 25

What term describes Japanese suicide pilots who conducted attacks against Allied naval vessels during World War II?

Answer 25

Kamikaze

Question 26

What is the political ideology characterized by dictatorial power, extreme nationalism, and suppression of opposition?

Answer 26

Fascism

Question 27

What term means "lightning war," a fast and powerful form of warfare used by Germany during World War II?

Answer 27

Blitzkrieg

Question 28

Which city was bombed first with an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945?

Answer 28

Hiroshima

Question 29

Which city was bombed second with an atomic bomb on August 9, 1945?

Answer 29

Nagasaki

Question 30

Which location was the site of a major battle between the United States and Japan in 1945, famous for the iconic photograph of U.S. Marines raising the flag?

Answer 30

Iwo Jima

Question 31

Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, responsible for planning and executing the D-Day invasion?

Answer 31

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 31

Who was the U.S. Army General who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater?

Answer 31

Douglas MacArthur

Question 32

Which U.S. Army Air Forces General led the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and other Japanese cities in April 1942?

Answer 32

James Doolittle

Question 33

What term describes the grouping of eight U.S. battleships moored at Ford Island in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack?

Answer 33

Battleship Row

Question 34

Describe the significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Answer 34

The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place from May 4-8, 1942. It was significant as the first aircraft carrier battle and a strategic victory for the Allies, halting Japanese expansion in the Pacific.