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Quiz about Operation Names
Quiz about Operation Names

Operation Names Trivia Quiz


Let's see how much you know about the names of key operations in World War II.

A multiple-choice quiz by yermum. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
yermum
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
200,710
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1555
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was the operation name of the Allied breakout at St Lo in Normandy? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was the operational name for the Russian offensive to surround the Germans at Stalingrad in November 1942? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What was the code name for the German invasion of Crete? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What was the code name for the German offensive to destroy the Russian oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What was the code name for the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In July 1943 the Allies invaded Sicily. What was the code name for this operation? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Sevastopol was a city on the Crimean coast that held on for several months while under seige from the Germans. What was the code name for the Germans' final offensive against this city? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In early 1944 the Americans invaded the Marshall Islands. What was the name for this operation? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. As a follow up operation to Overlord the Allies invaded Southern France. What was this operation called? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In December 1944 the Germans launched a devastating counter-offensive in the Ardennes forest. What was the code name of this operation? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What was the operation name of the Allied breakout at St Lo in Normandy?

Answer: Cobra

Cobra was a success and the Allies broke out from Normandy into the rest of France. Thet encircled a large number of Germans in Normandy, culminating in the Battle of Falaise.
Supercharge was the code name of the Britsh Army's final breakthrough offensive at El Alamein, while Lightfoot was the original main offensive at El Alamein.
Goodood was an earlier British attempt to take Caen.
2. What was the operational name for the Russian offensive to surround the Germans at Stalingrad in November 1942?

Answer: Uranus

Uranus was a huge Soviet success with nearly 300,000 Germans and their allies trapped in the later stages at Stalingrad.
Ring was a later offensive by the Russians, it was this offensive that eventually forced the Germans to surrender at Stalingrad.
Saturn was the Russian counter-offensive to the German attempt to relieve Stalingrad.
The other ones I made up.
3. What was the code name for the German invasion of Crete?

Answer: Mercury

Mercury was a success but at huge cost to the Luftwaffe and to German paratroopers, so much so that the latter were never employed in a airborne assault again.
Sun I made up, Eagle was the code name for General Mark Clark and Barbarossa was the German invasion of Russia.
4. What was the code name for the German offensive to destroy the Russian oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains?

Answer: Blue

Operation Blue started out as a great success for the Germans, but Hitler got sidetracked by Stalingrad, and that eventually killed the offensive.
Yellow was the code name for the German offensive in France in 1940.
Red, and Black are code names I made up.
5. What was the code name for the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942?

Answer: Torch

Torch was a success with the Allies driving into Tunisia and eventually forcing the Germans to surrender.
Lamp I made up, while Overlord was the Allied invasion of Normandy, and Avalanche was the Allied invasion of Italy.
6. In July 1943 the Allies invaded Sicily. What was the code name for this operation?

Answer: Husky

Husky was a disaster for the airborne units; they suffered heavy casulties, most of them were from friendly fire.
Fortitude was the Allied deception operation during the Normandy landings.
Market Garden was the failed Allied offensive to secure a Rhine crossing at Arnhem in Holland in 1944, while Fox I made up.
7. Sevastopol was a city on the Crimean coast that held on for several months while under seige from the Germans. What was the code name for the Germans' final offensive against this city?

Answer: Sturgeon Catch

Sturgeon Catch was a success and the Russians surrendered within a month.
Barbarossa was the invasion of Russia by the Germans, while Citadel was the attempted capture of the Kursk sailent. Black Power (as a code name) I made up.
8. In early 1944 the Americans invaded the Marshall Islands. What was the name for this operation?

Answer: Flintlock

Operation Flintlock resulted in the Japanese having to withdraw from the Marshall Islands and pushed them back closer to Japan.
Battleaxe was a failed British offensive in North Africa, while Husky was the invasion of Sicily. Strange I made up.
9. As a follow up operation to Overlord the Allies invaded Southern France. What was this operation called?

Answer: Dragoon

Dragoon was a big success with the Allies who landed meeting up with the other Allies who landed at Normandy shortly after.
Sealion was the planned German invasion of Britain in the summer of 1940.
Plunder was the Allied crossing of the Rhine.
Dragon I made up.
10. In December 1944 the Germans launched a devastating counter-offensive in the Ardennes forest. What was the code name of this operation?

Answer: Watch on the Rhine

Operation Watch on the Rhine was a success for the first week, but the Allies reorganised and the offensive ground to a halt.

Restore Hope was the American intervention in Somalia in 1993 to restore peace. Spring Awakening was the German offensive against the Hungarian oil fields in March, 1945.
Source: Author yermum

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