World War II
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- Q1What was the name of the American aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?Enola GayFat ManLittle BoyBockscar30s
- Q2What was the name of the US president during most of World War II?Franklin D. RooseveltDwight D. EisenhowerHarry S. TrumanJohn F. Kennedy30s
- Q3What was the name of the Nazi regime's plan to exterminate European Jews?KristallnachtAktion T4Final SolutionOperation Reinhard30s
- Q4What was the name of the Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor?Kamikaze AttackHiroshima BombingOperation DownfallOperation Z30s
- Q5What was the name of the secret US government project to develop the atomic bomb?Trinity ProjectManhattan ProjectFat Man ProjectLos Alamos Project30s
- Q6What was the turning point of the war in Europe?Invasion of NormandyBattle of StalingradBattle of the BulgeOperation Market Garden30s
- Q7What was the name of the largest and deadliest concentration camp established by Nazi Germany?TreblinkaBuchenwaldDachauAuschwitz-Birkenau30s
- Q8What was the name of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II?Operation BarbarossaBattle of StalingradD-DayOperation Overlord30s
- Q9Who was the leader of Nazi Germany during World War II?Hideki TojoAdolf HitlerJoseph StalinBenito Mussolini30s
- Q10What event sparked the start of World War II?German invasion of FranceInvasion of PolandAssassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandAttack on Pearl Harbor30s
- Q11Which countries made up the Allied Powers during World War II?China, France, and SpainCanada, Brazil, and AustraliaGermany, Italy, and JapanUnited States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union30s
- Q12What was the name of the battle in which the United States defeated Japan in the Pacific theater?Battle of the AtlanticBattle of NormandyBattle of StalingradBattle of Midway30s
- Q13What was the name of the Nazi concentration camp where over one million Jews were killed during the Holocaust?BuchenwaldDachauTreblinkaAuschwitz30s
- Q14What was the code name for the invasion of Normandy by the Allied Powers?Operation Market GardenOperation BarbarossaOperation TorchOperation Overlord30s
- Q15What was the name of the Soviet Union's leader during World War II?Mikhail GorbachevNikita KhrushchevVladimir LeninJoseph Stalin30s