In what year was the famous Dambuster Raid carried out?
1943 Click to see the answer
What was the number of John F Kennedy's PT Boat that was rammed and sunk by a Japanese Destroyer in 1943?
109
In World War II Operation Sea Lion was Adolph Hitler's plan to invade which country?
Britain
In World War II, what where the V1 and V2?
German Missiles
How long did World War II last for?
6 years 1 day
In what year did Italy invade Greece?
1940
Which heavyweight boxer famously fought in the US Army during World War II?
Joe Louis Click to see the answer
Britain declared war on Nazi Germany In what year?
1939
What was the name of the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
The people of which island were awarded the George Cross by King George VI?
Malta
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour took place in December of which year?
1941
The Potsdam Conference began in which month in 1945?
July
Where was the Dambuster Squadron based?
RAF Scampton
Which of these countries was not a combatant during World War II?
Portugal
In 1944, what was the July 20 Plot?
Assassinate Hitler
Which action by Germany in 1939 prompted Britain and France to declare war?
German attack on Poland Click to see the answer
What is the name of the project that built the first nuclear weapon?
Manhattan Project
Who attacked Russia in the Battle of Lake Khasan?
Japan
What title did Adolf Hitler bestow on himself after gaining power in Nazi Germany?
Fuhrer
Italy declared war on Germany In what year?
1943
During World War II what did British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's 'V' sign symbolize?
Victory
Which of these countries was not a combatant during World War II?
Ireland
In February 1942 SS Normandie caught fire and capsized in which harbour?
New York
Franklin D Roosevelt died suddenly in which month of 1945?
April
Which Prime Minister informed the British public that the country was at war with Germany, in a radio announcement?
Neville Chamberlain
Who was US Ambassador to the UK at the outbreak of World War II?
Joseph P Kennedy
What was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945?
Fat Man
In what year did Winston Churchill make his ' Never was so much owed by so many to so few' speech?
1940 Click to see the answer
What was the name given by the British to the period in World War 1I between declaration of war and outbreak of major military operations?
Phoney War
In what year did Japan begin its invasion of Russia?
1938
Mussolini was arrested and relieved from office In what year?
1943
In what year did World War II begin?
1939
Who assassinated the Archduke of Austria and thus instigated World War I?
Gavrilo Princip
What was the code name for the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?
Little Boy
Who became Reich President when Hitler committed suicide?
Karl Donitz
The Battle of Monte Cassino took place in which country?
Italy
What was the code name for the Japanese suicide attacks?
Kamikaze
In the 1950s there was a huge rise in the production of what folowing World War II?
Babies
In what year did Japan conquer Singapore?
1942
Which RAF squadron carried out the Dambuster raid?
617
How many Sullivan Brothers were killed when the USS Juneau was sunk during the Battle of Guadalcanal?
5
Which was the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by Germany during World War II
Channel Islands
On which country did the USA drop two atomic bombs at the end of World War II?
Japan
The Japanese surrender was signed on a ship in which city?
Tokyo
In what year did Germany annexe Austria, one of the key events leading to World War II?
1938
What was the name of the German air force during World War II?
Luftwaffe
What was the name of the dictator who led Italy during World War II?
Benito Mussolini
What was the family name of the group of brothers killed during the sinking of the USS Juneau at the Battle of Guadalcanal?
Sullivan
Admiral Yamamoto died following what?
His plane was shot down
How many plane crashes did George Bush Sr. survive in World War II?
0
In which year did World War II end?
1945
In April 1945 Hitler married his mistress. What was her name?
Eva Braun
What was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945?
Little Boy
After the end of World War II, Germany was divided into how many zones of occupation?
4
In what year did the Battle of Kursk take place?
1943
What was the code name for the Japanese fighter aircraft used during World War II?
Zero
Who was the controversial leader of Italy during World War II?
Benito Mussolini
The Molotov Ribbentrop Pact was a peace deal signed with which nation in 1939?
Germany
The Battle of Britain began In what year?
1940
Which American aircraft had the nickname Stratofortress?
B-52 Click to see the answer
Which of the following countries was not invaded by the Axis Powers during the war?
United States
After the Japanese surrender, who took command of the Japanese Government?
General MacArthur
Which two countries were first to declare war on Germany in 1939?
Britain and France
What was Germany's main strategy for trying to conquer Britain in World War 1I?
Aerial attack
What was the name of an atomic bomb that was dropped over Japan?
Fat Man
How did Adolf Hitler die?
Suicide Click to see the answer
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed aboard which ship?
USS Missouri
How did the U.S. officially enter World War II and specifically with Germany?
Germany declared war
Where did the signing of the Japanese surrender take place, bringing the close World War 1I?
U.S.S. Missouri
The Battle of Kursk is best described as which of these?
Tank battle
Winston Churchill first became UK Prime Minister in what year?
1940
What was the name of the British establishment where German codes were broken?
Bletchley Park
U-boat was the code name for a type of what?
German submarine
Which officer headed the American occupation of Japan at the conclusion of the war?
Douglas MacArthur
During World War II the German cruiser Graf Spee was scuttled outside which harbour?
Montevideo Click to see the answer
What was the codename for the Allied Invasion of Normandy in 1944?
Operation Overlord
In what year did Russia make the infamous Molotov Ribbentrop pact?
1939
Which battle was considered the main turning point for the USA in the war in the Pacific?
Midway
What was Admiral Yamamoto's first name?
Isoroku
In August 1942 General Bernard Montgomery was appointed commander of which British Army Division in North Africa?
Eighth
Which party won the UK General Election of 1945, shortly before the war ended?
Labour
Which country suffered the largest number of civilian deaths?
Soviet Union
Which US President authorized the atomic bombing of Japan?
Truman
In which country were the majority of the Nazi extermination camps during World War 1I?
Poland
Neville Chamberlain resigned as UK Prime Minister In what year?
1940
Which were the first two Western European countries invaded by Germany in World War II?
Belgium and France
In May 1945 Heinrich Himmler committed suicide by which method?
Cyanide Click to see the answer
What was the codename for the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki?
Fat Man
The first 'Thousand Bomber Raid' in May 1942 was targeted against which German city?
Cologne
What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
In May 1941 British battle cruiser HMS Hood was attacked and destroyed by which German ship?
Bismarck
What were the V1 and V2?
German rockets
On which date in 1945 was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
August 6th
Which Soviet general led the West Front counterattack against Germany?
Georgi Zhukov
In February 1942 President Roosevelt ordered General Douglas MacArthur to invade which county?
Philippines
In World War II Adolph Hitler arranged for the French surrender to take place where?
In a railway car
What was the codename for the first atomic bomb test in New Mexico?
Trinity
What was the code name for the first atomic bomb ever detonated?
Trinity
Which of these countries was the last to surrender to the Allies?
Japan
The D-Day landings in Normandy took place on which date in 1944?
June 6th
Which Japanese city was the atomic bomb first dropped on?
Hiroshima
In what year was US General Eisenhower appointed Supreme Allied Commander in Europe?
1943 Click to see the answer
What was the name of the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki?
Bockscar
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington DC in 1944 paved the way for the formation of which organization?
United Nations
Winston Churchill became UK Prime Minister upon Neville Chamberlain's resignation In what year?
1940
What name was given to the 1943 Operation intended to break the siege of Leningrad?
Spark
What was the codename for the Japanese fighter aircraft used during World War 1I?
Zero
On which date in 1945 did Germany unconditionally surrender to the Allies?
May 7th
Churchill's War Bunker was beneath which government building in London
Treasury
In 1940 Vidkund Quisling became Head of State in which country?
Norway
What was the name originally given to what became Britain's 'Home Guard'?
Local Defence Volunteers
Which officer took command of the British Army in Africa in 1939?
Bernard Montgomery
After the Japanese surrender, on which date was there a worldwide celebration of V-J Day?
August 15th
Which of the following countries surrendered last to the Allies?
Japan
What Japanese action created tension with the United States?
Attacking China
Which cathedral in the British midlands was destroyed during a German air raid in November 1940?
Coventry
Germany launched the first V1 Flying Rockets at Britain In what year?
1944
The town of Flanders, one of the key battle areas on World War 1I, is in which country?
Belgium
Which American aircraft had the nickname Flying Fortress?
B-17
What was the code name given to Germany's plan to invade the Russia?
Operation Barbarossa
In October 1941 US President Roosevelt approved $1billion Lend-Lease loan to which country?
Russia
Because Churchill lost the British General Election in July 1945, who replaced him at Potsdam
Clement Attlee
At which World War 1I Conference did the allies set the terms of the Japanese surrender?
Potsdam
During World War II The Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) was made Governor of where?
Bahamas Click to see the answer
In World War II what type of ships were Germany's Gneisenau and Scharnhorst?
Battleships
On which date in 1945 was the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
August 9th
In June 1945 where was the United Nations Charter signed?
San Francisco
The Yalta Conference in Crimea took place in which month in 1945?
February
In which city was the formal surrender of all German forces accepted by the Allies?
Rheims
Which ship was sunk by the Japanese shortly after delivering nuclear material to Tinian?
USS Indianapolis Click to see the answer
America's top secret Manhattan Project actually began In what year?
1942
In which country was Rudolf Hess captured by Allied Forces in May 1941?
Scotland
In which country was the formal surrender of all German forces accepted by the Allies?
France
The Battle of Midway occurred in which month in 1942?
June
Winston Churchill became the UK's First Lord of the Admiralty In what year?
1939
Greenland was occupied by which country in April 1941?
USA
What was the name of the Japanese destroyer that rammed and sank John F Kennedy's PT boat in 1943?
Amagiri
Paris was liberated in which month in 1944?
August
Who was Pope at the outbreak of World War II in 1939?
Pius XII
In April 1945 Benito Mussolini was executed in which city?
Milan
In World War II what type of ship was Germany's Admiral Graf Spee?
Cruiser
What was the codename given to Germany's plan to invade Russia?
Operation Barbarossa
In August 1941 Winston Churchill and US President Franklin D Roosevelt secretly met - where?
Newfoundland
In WW II, What was the main discussion point at the Tehran Conference?
Allied invasion of France
In 1940 Germany's Jews were ordered to wear what color stars for identification?
Yellow
On the day Winston Churchill became Prime Minister Britain invaded which country?
Iceland
The Tehran Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin started in which month of 1943?
November
Operation Typhoon was the codename for Germany's all-out offence against which city?
Moscow