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Which operation was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Sea Lion
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Typhoon
What was the major defensive line built by France along its border with Germany prior to WWII?
A) Siegfried Line
B) Atlantic Wall
C) Alpine Line
D) Maginot Line
Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe?
A) General Patton
B) Field Marshal Montgomery
C) General MacArthur
D) General Eisenhower
Who commanded the American Third Army, which rapidly advanced through France in 1944?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Bernard Montgomery
C) Omar Bradley
D) George S. Patton
Which battle is considered the largest tank battle in history?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of El Alamein
D) Battle of Berlin
What was the main purpose of the Nazi policy known as the "Final Solution"?
A) Economic recovery
B) Territorial expansion
C) Genocide of the Jews
D) Forming the Axis alliance
What was the primary German fighter aircraft during World War II?
A) Spitfire
B) P-51 Mustang
C) Bf 109
D) Zero
Which country declared war on Germany just before the war ended in 1945?
A) Ireland
B) Spain
C) Turkey
D) Argentina
Which battle, fought in North Africa, marked a turning point in the war and the beginning of the decline for Axis forces in the region?
A) Battle of Gazala
B) First Battle of El Alamein
C) Battle of Kasserine Pass
D) Second Battle of El Alamein
Which battle was the largest tank battle in history and marked a turning point on the Eastern Front?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of Berlin
D) Battle of El Alamein
Who commanded the American Third Army, which rapidly advanced through France in 1944?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Bernard Montgomery
C) Omar Bradley
D) George S. Patton
What was the codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Overlord
B) Operation Barbarossa
C) Operation Weserübung
D) Operation Sea Lion
Which battle, taking place from August to November of 1942, marked Germany's farthest advance into Soviet territory?
A) Battle of Stalingrad
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Siege of Leningrad
D) Battle of Moscow
Which major battle was fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany for control of the city of Stalingrad?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Siege of Leningrad
D) Battle of Stalingrad
Which operation led to the end of German occupation in France?
A) Operation Dragoon
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Dynamo
D) Operation Overlord
Which city was devastated by the first atomic bomb used in warfare?
A) Nagasaki
B) Tokyo
C) Hiroshima
D) Kyoto
What was the name of the series of fortifications built by France along its German border before WWII?
A) Atlantic Wall
B) Maginot Line
C) Siegfried Line
D) Alpine Line
Which country was the first to declare war on Germany in WWII?
A) United States
B) France
C) Poland
D) United Kingdom
Which country was the first to declare war on Germany in WWII?
A) United States
B) France
C) Poland
D) United Kingdom
Which event is commonly considered the beginning of World War II?
A) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
B) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
C) The invasion of Poland by Germany
D) The Battle of Britain