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World War II Quiz
Ten questions on the Second World War in Europe and the Pacific, from the Munich agreement and the fall of France to Stalingrad, Pearl Harbor, D-Day and the last week of the war.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes a map and a photo
About this quiz
The quiz covers turning points on both sides of the world: appeasement at Munich, the eve of the invasion of Poland, the fall of France, Soviet war production, Stalingrad, the road to Pearl Harbor, D-Day and the week Japan gave up.
It suits anyone who knows the famous dates and wants to test the reasons behind them. Most questions ask what made something happen, and a few of the answers are less obvious than the films suggest.
Topics in this quiz
AppeasementBlitzkriegAttack on Pearl HarborD-Day (Normandy Landings)
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Blog
Operation Barbarossa: could Germany have beaten the Soviet Union?
Hitler sent nearly four million soldiers into Russia expecting victory in weeks. His strategy failed, and the alternatives would not have worked either.
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Encyclopedia
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan's surprise carrier air raid on the US Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941, a tactical triumph that pulled America into World War II.
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Encyclopedia
D-Day (Normandy Landings)
The 6 June 1944 amphibious invasion of Normandy that opened the Western front against Germany and, in doing so, decided where the Iron Curtain would fall.
