100+ Best Military History Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: Which military conflict form the backdrop of Doctor Zhivago?

Answer: All three

Question: In what year did the English defeat the Spanish Armada?

Answer: 1588

Question: How did Julius Caesar die?

Answer: Murdered

Question: Which country had a conflict with Russia in 2008 over the South Ossetia region?

Answer: Georgia

Question: In which month is Battle of Britain day commemorated?

Answer: September

Question: In what year was the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Answer: 1876

Question: What codename was given to the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943?

Answer: Operation Husky

Question: In which century were the Wars of the Roses fought?

Answer: 15th

Question: During which war did the battles of Breitenfeld and Lutzen take place?

Answer: Thirty Years War

Question: About which conflict did Winston Churchill say, "never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"?

Answer: Battle of Britain

Question: In which war did the Battle of Edge Hill take place?

Answer: English Civil War

Question: In which conflict was the UK at war in the Falklands conflict?

Answer: Argentina

Question: In which conflict was the US passenger liner the Lusitania sunk?

Answer: World War I

Question: In which of these battles was the Duke of Wellington the victor?

Answer: Waterloo

Question: In which century did the English fleet defeat the Armada?

Answer: 16th

Question: In which of these battles between Greece and Persia was Persia successful?

Answer: Thermopylae

Question: In which conflict did the Roundheads take on the Cavaliers?

Answer: English Civil War

Question: The Wars of the Roses ended with which battle?

Answer: Bosworth Field

Question: In which century did the Battle of Naseby take place?

Answer: 17th

Question: During which war did the Battle of Hexham take place?

Answer: War of the Roses

Question: Scene of a famous battle almost 1,000 years ago, the village of Stamford Bridge lies 8 miles from which city?

Answer: York

Question: In which war was the battle of Ypres fought?

Answer: World War I

Question: In which country was the Battle of El Alamain fought?

Answer: Egypt

Question: In which state did the Battle of the Little Bighorn take place?

Answer: Montana

Question: In which US state did the Battle of the Little Big Horn take place?

Answer: Montana

Question: Against which country was the UK at war in the Falklands conflict?

Answer: Argentina

Question: In which conflict was the US passenger liner the Lusitania sunk?

Answer: World War I

Question: In what year did the Battle of El Alamein take place?

Answer: 1942

Question: In which war was the battle of Caporetto?

Answer: World War I

Question: In what year was the battle of Waterloo?

Answer: 1815

Question: In what year, more famous for another event, did the Battle of Stamford Bridge take place?

Answer: 1066

Question: What is the region often in conflict between Israel and Palestine?

Answer: Gaza Strip

Question: Shogun' is a military rank in which country?

Answer: Japan

Question: What is the name of the military academy which stands above the Hudson River in New York?

Answer: West Point

Question: Where in the UK was Checkpoint Charlie located?

Answer: West Germany

Question: What did the chemical 'Agent Orange' do during the Vietnam War?

Answer: Remove leaves from trees

Question: What sensory appendages did Ambrose Parc devise for injured soldiers in the 16th century?

Answer: Artificial limbs

Question: What was the codename for the World War II Dam Busters raid?

Answer: Operation Chastise

Question: In World War II, what was a 'doodlebug'?

Answer: Flying bomb

Question: In World War II, what were Mosquito and Mustang?

Answer: Fighter planes

Question: What is 'nuclear' about a nuclear submarine?

Answer: Source of power

Question: Which aircraft is nicknamed the Jump Jet?

Answer: Harrier

Question: Which weapons of war were used for the first time in 1916?

Answer: Tanks

Question: In which war were submarines first used?

Answer: American Civil War

Question: Which of these tools of war was invented before the others?

Answer: Battleship

Question: Where in the UK was the Royal Navy's very first submarine built in 1901?

Answer: Barrow-in-Furness

Question: In what year did the Dam Busters raids take place?

Answer: 1943

Question: When did the British military first introduce a flying corps?

Answer: 1912

Question: In what year was Malta awarded the George Cross?

Answer: 1942

Question: In which century did the English Civil War take place?

Answer: 17th

Question: In which year did France finally disband its military carrier pigeon unit?

Answer: 1993

Question: Which country did Stalin offer military help to during the 1938 crisis?

Answer: Czechoslovakia

Question: In what year did Britain explode its first H-bomb?

Answer: 1958

Question: In what year did the Battle of El Alamein take place?

Answer: 1942

Question: At which battle of the War of the Spanish Succession did the Duke of Marlborough gain the Southern Netherlands?

Answer: Ramilles

Question: Which general had a horse called Copenhagen?

Answer: Wellington

Question: Which country had a conflict with Russia in 2008 over the South Ossetia region?

Answer: Georgia

Question: In which century was Malta awarded the George Cross?

Answer: 20th

Question: In which war did the Battle of the Little Bighorn take place?

Answer: American Indian Wars

Question: In what year was the Battle of Waterloo?

Answer: 1815

Question: In which war was the Battle of Britain fought?

Answer: World War II

Question: In what year did the British defeat the Spanish Armada?

Answer: 1588

Question: In which war were submarines first used?

Answer: American Civil War

Question: Starting in 1337, when did the Hundred Years War end?

Answer: 1453

Question: What nationality are the Gurkhas, who have fought for the British and Indian Armies since 1815?

Answer: Nepalese

Question: In 1949, which Central American country became the world's first country to abolish its army?

Answer: Costa Rica

Question: In 1815, Napoleon invaded Russia with 600,000 men. How many returned?

Answer: 30,000

Question: A military hero of World War II, what was Field Marshall Montgomery's first name?

Answer: Bernard

Question: In what year did American G.I.s start arriving in Britain during World War II?

Answer: 1942

Question: What name was given to the start of operation 'Overlord' in World War II in 1944?

Answer: D-Day

Question: In the past, Thompson, Gatling and Mauser were names associated with which of these?

Answer: Guns

Question: Famous for his leadership in World War II, what was the first name of Field Marshall Montgomery?

Answer: Bernard

Question: Which future president served as a torpedo boat commander in World War II?

Answer: John F. Kennedy

Question: During the 'D-Day Landings', what were 'Gold', 'Juno' and 'Sword'?

Answer: Beaches

Question: During World War II, Hugh Dowding was a prominent figure in which part of the military?

Answer: RAF

Question: What was the name of the submarine that sank the General Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982?

Answer: HMS Conqueror

Question: In what year did France finally disband its military carrier pigeon unit?

Answer: 1993

Question: Developed by the US in World War II, what's the more common name of 'salts of napthethenic and palmitic acids'?

Answer: Napalm

Question: A 'sapper' is a private in the Royal Engineers. What does a 'sapper' literally do?

Answer: Dig trenches

Question: How many days were there between the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer: 3

Question: Which of these phrases has its origins in the American Civil War?

Answer: Meet a deadline

Question: What is the term for a military operation that aims to deceive the enemy by spreading false information or creating a diversion?

Answer: Disinformation

Question: What is the military term for the intentional destruction or disabling of an enemy's infrastructure, resources, or capabilities?

Answer: Sabotage

Question: What is the term for a temporary suspension of fighting between opposing forces?

Answer: Ceasefire

Question: What is the military term for a defensive structure, usually made of sandbags, used to protect soldiers or equipment from enemy fire?

Answer: Bunker

Question: What is the term for a small group of soldiers sent ahead of the main force to gather information or conduct covert operations?

Answer: Reconnaissance

Question: What is the military term for an area in which military forces operate and engage in combat?

Answer: Theater of operations

Question: What is the term for a military maneuver in which troops surround and isolate an enemy position to cut off their supplies and force surrender?

Answer: Encirclement

Question: What is the military term for the act of disguising military personnel, equipment, or installations to blend in with the surrounding environment?

Answer: Camouflage

Question: What is the term for the process of withdrawing troops or equipment from a combat area or battlefield?

Answer: Retreat

Question: What is the military term for a coordinated attack involving multiple branches of the armed forces, such as air, land, and sea forces?

Answer: Joint operation

Question: Which two countries are featured in the military acronym ANZAC?

Answer: Australia New Zealand

Question: What sensory appendages did Ambrose ParÇ devise for injured soldiers in the 16th century?

Answer: Artificial limbs

Question: In which month of 1945 did Allied bombers devastate the German city of Dresden, killing over 100,000 people?

Answer: February

Question: What was the codename for the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy?

Answer: Operation Overlord

Question: Which country's troops did John Joseph Pershing command during World War I?

Answer: USA

Question: In World War II, what were the Spitfire and the Messerchmitt?

Answer: Fighter planes