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World War II Quiz

20 Questions - Developed by: Vanilla - Updated on: 2020-05-18 - Developed on: 2012-06-30 - 183,253 taken - 29 people like it

Once upon a time, things went off the rails, and many the world's countries went to war. Millions of innocent people died. Actually, it was more than once, but I am talking about World War II. Let's see how much you know about it. This test is not timed. Warning: This test is a little hard. Hope you listened in history class. I guess we'll find out! ;) We try to keep wars from happening, yet they always do.:(

1

What caused WWII?

The Luftwaffe bombing of London
Eva Braun
The unexpected bombing of Sicily
I don't know
The invasion of Poland and the Treaty of Versailles

2

What made Britain and France declare war on Germany?

The assassination of an archduke
The invasion of Poland
The bombing of Austria
The invasion of Britain
It was Austria and Hungary who declared war on Germany, not Britain and France

3

When did WWII start?

September 1, 1939
August 2, 1914
September 3, 1939
August 4, 1914
June 10, 1944

4

Why did the Luftwaffe bomb Britain?

Hitler wanted the complete destruction of Britain
Hitler wanted the complete destruction of the RAF
So Italy and Japan would be allied with Germany
The Luftwaffe did not bomb Britain
Hitler wanted to engage the RAF in an air battle

5

What was the invasion of Russia called?

Operation Clover
Operation Jubilee
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Totalise
Operation Tractable

6

What did Stalin demand the western allies (Britain and France) to do?

To bomb Germany
To invade Germany
To invade Russia
To invade the USA before Japan
To invade France to relieve pressure on Russia so Germany would have to fight 2 fronts

7

Why was Operation Barbarossa's advance halted (for the Germans)?

Because the Germans did not have enough troops
Because the Russians pushed the Germans right back to Germany
Because it was too hot and the Germans suffered heat stroke
Because of the weather. If Operation Barbarossa was launched earlier, the Germans would've advanced further, but they had to support Italy first
Because Russia counterattacked

8

What was the attack on Dieppe called?

Operation Rutter, but then it got changed to Operation Jubilee
There was no attack on Dieppe
Operation France
Operation D-Day
Operation Dieppe

9

What happened in Dieppe?

The GAF (German Air Force) attacked the USAAF (United States of America Air Force)
Some went wrong and most went well
All went very well and the Germans retreated to Paris
The convoy going to Red Beach ran into a German ship
Everything went wrong because lots of ships and tanks were bombed and lots of POWs were captured by the Germans. Only the attack on "Hess" battery went well

10

Which side was winning during 1939-1942?

None/the war did not even start in this period
None. It was a stalemate
The Allied forces
I don't know
The Axis forces

11

Which battle was the turning point of the war?

The Normandy battle
The battle of Stalingrad
The Dieppe battle
The Russian battle
The Battle of Britain

12

When was the invasion of Sicily and Italy?

1942
1945
1943
1944
1940

13

Who from the Allies got to Sicily first?

Roberts
Patton
Montgomery

14

When did Italy surrender?

Sept 2, 1945
Italy did not surrender
Sept 8, 1943
I don't know
May 8, 1945

15

Who was executed in the Holocaust?

The Dutch
The Nazis
Canadians
Gypsies, homosexuals, the disabled, the Jewish, opposing political parties of the Nazis
The French Resistance

16

Who was the leader of the German forces in North Africa?

Haig
Montgomery
Rommel
Patton
Hitler

17

Who was defeated in the Battle of Stalingrad?

The Germans
The Canadians
The French
The Russians
The Americans

18

Who was the chancellor of Germany during WWII?

Rommel
Von Hindenburg
Hitler
Schmidt
Some German kaiser

19

Did Hitler commit suicide at the end of WWII? If so, with whom?

Yes - on April 30, 1945, with Frau Hitler (Eva Braun) so they wouldn't be captured by Russians and displayed as trophies
No - Rommel and the German generals assassinated him
No - he was alive in Brazil until 1975
Yes - with the Nazis on April 30, 1945
Yes - on April 30, 1945, in a death camp

20

Last question: Why did the German Africa Corps surrender in North Africa?

Because the Germans retreated to the sea and wanted to go onto ships, but the RAF bombed the ships
The RAF bombed the Germans
Because Rommel was seriously wounded

Comments (17)

Will (39957)

5 days ago

Im 4 and I got 20/20 omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

His (30561)

75 days ago

This test is not very good, most of questions are about western front which didn't play abig role. There is the battle of Rzhev, The battle of Kursk, it could be question about very important battles of Smolensk or yelnya, Siege of Leningrad, Operation Bagration, Operation Iskra, Corsun Chercassy counter offensive, Battle of Dniepor, battle of Ballaton etc.

supnerds (63856)

499 days ago

I'm 14 and I got 16 correct.

i am a 5th grader (51805)

553 days ago

i am a 5th grader and I got 15

Ellas26 (85278)

606 days ago

I a m only 10 and I got a 20/20!!!

Ethan (86208)

702 days ago

I got grade 12

lukas (62674)

736 days ago

In Canada, we call it grade. Lol. I got 14. how about you?

shriya (28540)

809 days ago

Ha Ha I have to learn more about WW2 only got 4 out of 20 and im in year 6! I am 10

Singye (15544)

841 days ago

I'm in class 12 and i got 19

Uday (76800)

866 days ago

Nice i am only 14 got 15 correct

JJ (55844)

892 days ago

I am only 10 and I got 17 questions correct

micky (19255)

922 days ago

i am clever
and got all right

Brandon (54974)

945 days ago

I got 3/4 of the questions right and I am only in year 10 and I have never done history before. Mabel I should start doing history 😂

Layan zindin (41088)

1004 days ago

i took 9!!!!

Omg failed (40191)

1051 days ago

Got none right !!!,!!!,!,!,!,!!,!!!!!!

john (21905)

1094 days ago

awesome and very easy got 100%

Just_Иван (96276)

1188 days ago

Thanks for Russian guy. This quiz so interesting!

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