Average The Second World War Quiz | 10 Questions | History

Answer: February 1933

A mere two weeks after being appointed Chancellor of Germany Hitler ordered his cabinet to make rearmament the top priority of German policy. At the time Germany was participating in a League of Nations conference on multilateral disarmament! On Hitler's orders the German delegation stalled, and in October 1933 he withdrew Germany from the League of Nations.

Answer: Remilitarization of the Rhineland

On 7 March 1936, in violation of the Versailles Treaty (and the Locarno Treaties of 1925) 22,000 German troops entered the demilitarized Rhineland, though only about 2,500 men actually crossed the Rhine. France and Britain responded with elaborate, but vague protests. France was gripped by a severe economic crisis at the time and was heading for a general election in May 1936.

For Hitler, the remilitarization of the Rhineland, without provoking a war, was a spectacular success.

Answer: Appeasement

Under the terms of the Munich Agreement, the Sudentenland was given to Germany and Hitler promised to make no futher territorial demands in Europe. On his return from Munich, Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, told cheering crowds in London that the agreement guaranteed 'peace for our time'.

However, in March 1939 Germany seized the rest of Bohemia and Moravia, and also the Memel district of Lithuania.

Answer: 1 September 1939

World War II began with German ships firing on the Polish port of Gdynia, following a faked attack on the German radio transmitter at Gleiwitz. Soon Poland was overrun by Hitler's ground forces and skies over Poland were filled with Stukas. Then, on 17 September 1939, the Soviet Army invaded eastern Poland.

Answer: The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (July-October 1940) was a massive campaign involving the Royal Air Force of Britain and the German Luftwaffe. Codenamed Operation Sealion by Hitler, the RAF turned the tide of the battle.

Answer: The Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa was launched on the 22nd of June, 1941, with Germany and its European Axis allies invading the Soviet Union.

Answer: Pearl Harbor, Japan

On December 7th, 1941, Japan launched an attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United States declared war on Japan after the attack, and was dragged into the war in Europe four days after the attack when Germany declared war on the U.S.

Answer: Stalingrad, Friedrich Paulus

Lasting from August 1942 to 2nd February 1943, the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in human history, resulting in the death of about 750,000 Axis soldiers (about 400,000 of them German) and about 1,150,000 Soviet soldiers. Paulus, whom Hitler promoted to Field Marshal, surrendered with his 6th Army the day after his promition.

Answer: Omaha, Utah

American soldiers ran across the beaches of Omaha and Utah, suffering heavy casualties and eventually overran the German defenses. Gold and Sword Beaches were invaded by British and Free French forces. Juno Beach was the target for Canadian forces.

Answer: The Fall of Berlin, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Fall of Berlin (April 1945-May 1945) began with Soviet artillery raining down on the capital. After prolonged fierce fighting Hitler committed suicide and the Red Flag was raised above the Reichstag.

The USA dropped an atomic bomb each on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The 'Little Boy' was dropped by the 'Enola Gay' bomber on Hiroshima on the 6th of August, 1945. The 'Fat Man' was dropped on Nagasaki by 'Bockscar'

These events ended WWII in both theaters.

(The Battle of Tokyo didn't exist XD)