How Good Is Your WWII Knowledge?

World War Two, which lasted six years from 1939 to 1945 is the greatest ever conflict in human history. Full of the bloodiest battles, the most powerful weapons, the wickedest enemies, the vastest empires and strongest republics, study of and interest in WW2 has always been high. So let’s see how well you know about the events that shook and changed the world forever! Try our super history quiz.
 
 
Who launched the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Japan
France
Vietnam
The Soviet Union
 
 
Germany’s invasion of which country started WW2?
Poland
Australia
Canada
Hawaii
 
 
Which battle was the war’s bloodiest?
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Chicago
Battle of the Barbados
Battle of the Bulge
 
 
When did Germany surrender?
May 7th 1945
January 1st 1945
June 22nd 1945
November 5th 1945
 
 
In 1945 America sent A-bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaski. Which city was America’s next target?
Tokyo
Osaka
Kyoto
Sapporo
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Who was British Prime Minister when the UK declared war on Nazi Germany?
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher
Clement Atlee
 
 
As well as Jewish people and Gypsies, which other group were persecuted and killed in Nazi concentration camps?
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Scientologists
Mormons
Muslims
 
 
Where did Anne Frank and her family move from Germany to, in order to flee the Nazis?
Amsterdam
Paris
New York
Beijing
 
 
Which one of these countries was not part of the Allied Alliance?
Italy
Great Britain
Soviet Union
America
 
 
To combat the superior American technological advantages, what shocking military tactic did the Japanese bring into devastating effect in 1944?
Kamikaze tactic
Guerilla tactic
Blitzkrieg tactic
Pincer movement
 
 
Adolf Hitler created the idea of a people’s car that has become which famous car manufacturer?
Volkswagen
Honda
Mercedes-Benz
Skoda
 
 
After the war a series of military tribunals were held at which German city?
Nuremberg
Bonn
Hamburg
Dresden
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