World War 2 Quiz

Question 1

Which country did Germany invade on September 1, 1939, starting WWII?

Accepted Answer

Poland

Answer

France

Answer

Russia

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Belgium

Question 2

What was the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944?

Accepted Answer

Operation Overlord

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Operation Barbarossa

Answer

Operation Sea Lion

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Operation Market Garden

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Answer

Neville Chamberlain

Answer

Clement Attlee

Answer

Anthony Eden

Question 4

What was the name of the German cipher machine that Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park worked to crack?

Accepted Answer

Enigma

Answer

Bombe

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Colossus

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Ultra

Question 5

Which two Japanese cities were struck by atomic bombs in August 1945?

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer

Tokyo and Osaka

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Kyoto and Kobe

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Yokohama and Nagoya

Question 6

Who was the US President when the United States entered World War II?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer

Harry S. Truman

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 7

What is the name of the 1940 air campaign in which Britain's Royal Air Force fought off the German Luftwaffe?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Britain

Answer

Battle of the Bulge

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Battle of Midway

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Battle of Kursk

Question 8

Which battle, fought from 1942 to 1943, is considered a major turning point on the Eastern Front?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer

Battle of Midway

Answer

Battle of El Alamein

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Battle of Anzio

Question 9

At which 1945 conference in Crimea did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet to plan the post-war world?

Accepted Answer

Yalta Conference

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Potsdam Conference

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Tehran Conference

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Casablanca Conference

Question 10

On what date did Germany surrender, a day celebrated in the West as V-E Day?

Accepted Answer

May 8, 1945

Answer

June 6, 1944

Answer

August 15, 1945

Answer

September 2, 1945

World War 2 Quiz — Free Trivia Quiz

Which country did Germany invade on September 1, 1939, starting WWII?