Recent questions tagged world-war-ii

Description : Operation Barbarossa in 1941 was the name for Hitler’s attack on which country?

Last Answer : The Soviet Union

Description : Which European country declared war on Germany alongside Britain in 1939?

Last Answer : France

Description : Which event brought the United States into the war?

Last Answer : The bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941

Description : What was the name of the machine used to create German secret codes?

Last Answer : Enigma

Description : Was Italy one of the Allies?

Last Answer : No

Description : Which winter-long battle for a Russian city began in 1942?

Last Answer : Stalingrad

Description : The invasion of which country prompted Britain’s entry into the war?

Last Answer : Poland

Description : What was the name of the German general who was in charge of the Afrika Korps?

Last Answer : Rommel

Description : In which month did the Allies declare “Victory in Europe”?

Last Answer : May

Description : What was a B-29?

Last Answer : A US bomber aircraft

Description : A “Sherman” was a type of what?

Last Answer : A tank

Description : Which nation sent its Red Army to war in Europe?

Last Answer : USSR

Description : What sort of gun was a Sten?

Last Answer : A machine gun

Description : Where might you find an Anderson Shelter?

Last Answer : In a backyard

Description : Men over 35 were too old for the draft in the US. True or False?

Last Answer : False, the top age was 45

Description : What was a “blimp”?

Last Answer : An airship

Description : Stalin was the political leader of which country?

Last Answer : USSR (Russia)

Description : Who was in charge of the SS?

Last Answer : Heinrich Himmler

Description : Which British prime minister declared war on Germany in September 1939?

Last Answer : Neville Chamberlain

Description : What does “blitzkrieg” mean?

Last Answer : Lightning war

Description : What was a “doodlebug”?

Last Answer : A VI flying bomb

Description : Which Battle of Britain fighter had the same name as a type of storm?

Last Answer : Hurricane

Description : Which Japanese city was hit by the first atomic bomb?

Last Answer : Hiroshima

Description : What was the operational name for the D-Day landings in June 1944?

Last Answer : Operation Overlord

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