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What was the main focus of the Manhattan Project during WWII?
A) Decoding German communications
B) Production of a super battleship
C) Development of an atomic bomb
D) Urban development plan for New York
What was the codename for the development of the atomic bomb by the Allies?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Dynamo
C) Manhattan Project
D) Operation Paperclip
What was the German project name for their atomic bomb research during WWII?
A) Unternehmen Seelöwe
B) Uranprojekt
C) Operation Weserübung
D) Unternehmen Barbarossa
Which country declared war on Germany just hours after the UK did in 1939?
A) United States
B) Soviet Union
C) Canada
D) France
Which World War II conference involved the leaders of the U.S., the U.K., and the Soviet Union discussing Europe's post-war reorganization?
A) Casablanca Conference
B) Tehran Conference
C) Yalta Conference
D) Potsdam Conference
Which battle was the largest amphibious invasion in the Pacific theater during World War II?
A) Battle of Iwo Jima
B) Battle of Tarawa
C) Battle of Okinawa
D) Battle of Guadalcanal
Which of the following countries was NOT a member of the Axis Powers during World War II?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Soviet Union
D) Germany
Which Allied operation was the amphibious landing on the beaches of Normandy, France?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Husky
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Market Garden
Which country declared war on the United States on December 11, 1941?
A) Japan
B) Italy
C) Germany
D) Soviet Union
Which Axis power signed an armistice with the Allies in September 1943, effectively changing sides in the war?
A) Germany
B) Japan
C) Hungary
D) Italy
Which operation was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Sea Lion
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Typhoon
What was the major defensive line built by France along its border with Germany prior to WWII?
A) Siegfried Line
B) Atlantic Wall
C) Alpine Line
D) Maginot Line
Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe?
A) General Patton
B) Field Marshal Montgomery
C) General MacArthur
D) General Eisenhower
Who commanded the American Third Army, which rapidly advanced through France in 1944?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Bernard Montgomery
C) Omar Bradley
D) George S. Patton
Which battle is considered the largest tank battle in history?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of El Alamein
D) Battle of Berlin
What was the main purpose of the Nazi policy known as the "Final Solution"?
A) Economic recovery
B) Territorial expansion
C) Genocide of the Jews
D) Forming the Axis alliance
What was the primary German fighter aircraft during World War II?
A) Spitfire
B) P-51 Mustang
C) Bf 109
D) Zero
Which country declared war on Germany just before the war ended in 1945?
A) Ireland
B) Spain
C) Turkey
D) Argentina
Which battle, fought in North Africa, marked a turning point in the war and the beginning of the decline for Axis forces in the region?
A) Battle of Gazala
B) First Battle of El Alamein
C) Battle of Kasserine Pass
D) Second Battle of El Alamein
Which battle was the largest tank battle in history and marked a turning point on the Eastern Front?
A) Battle of the Bulge
B) Battle of Kursk
C) Battle of Berlin
D) Battle of El Alamein
