World War II Basics

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Question 1

Which country was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939, triggering the formal outbreak of World War II in Europe?

Question 2

On which date did the Imperial Japanese Navy launch a surprise aerial attack on the US naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

Question 3

What military code name was given to the Allied amphibious invasion of Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944 (D-Day)?

Question 4

Which brutal five-month urban battle on the Volga River marked the catastrophic turning point of the war on the Eastern Front?

Question 5

What decisive June 1942 naval battle in the Pacific resulted in the US Navy sinking four frontline Japanese aircraft carriers?

Question 6

What top-secret American scientific research project, directed by J. Robert Oppenheimer, developed the first atomic weapons?

Question 7

What 1940 summer and autumn aerial campaign saw the British Royal Air Force defend the skies against the German Luftwaffe?

Question 8

At which February 1945 Crimean conference did Allied leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin plan the postwar reorganization of Europe?

Question 9

What was the name of Germany's massive December 1944 blitzkrieg surprise offensive through the dense Ardennes forest?

Question 10

On which American battleship anchored in Tokyo Bay were the formal Japanese surrender documents signed on September 2, 1945?

Which country was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939, triggering the formal outbreak of World War II in Europe?