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Quiz about The World during WW I and WW II

The World during WW I and WW II Quiz

This quiz deals with the incidents from 1914-18 and again from 1939-45. Basically this quiz contains questions of various military operations and battles. Just relax and play it with fun. Go ahead..Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by swashbuckler. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
swashbuckler

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,989

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
3979

Last 3 plays: Guest 184 (7/15), Guest 115 (10/15), james1947 (15/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which World War II operation was carried out by British troops as part of the final Allied advance in Italy? Hint

Battle of the Argenta Gap

Battle of the Somme

Battle of Milan

Battle of Britain

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which British army unit consisted of non-combatant women auxiliaries in World War II? Hint

Land Army

Women's Royal Army Corps

Home Guard

Auxiliary Territorial Service

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Question 3 of 15

3. What light 40mm anti-aircraft gun designed by Swedish Company in 1929 was used by almost all combatants in World War II? Hint

Becker Gun

Benet-Mercie Gun

Bergmann Gun

Bofors Gun

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Question 4 of 15

4. What Nazi concentration camp was situated at a village northeast of Weimar, East Germany 1937-45? Hint

Belsen

Dachau

Buchenwald

Auschwitz

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which airborne searchlight was used by the RAF in World War II? Hint

Leigh

Tara

Butler

Gublu

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Question 6 of 15

6. What British flame throwing tank of World War II was a modified version of Churchill? Hint

Sherman

Leopard

Crocodile

Panther

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Question 7 of 15

7. What principal French heavy tank was developed in World War II in 1930s? Hint

Laramie Tank

Char B Tank

Panzer Tank

Benet-Mercie Tank

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Question 8 of 15

8. What name was given to the combined British Naval and Royal Air Force system of defence organized during World War II? Hint

Coastal command

Air-sea Protection

Marine Defence

Shoreline Control

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Question 9 of 15

9. In World War II,what name was given to the first major victory over the Japanese for British and Indian troops at Sinzewa, Burma in 1944?

Answer: (5 Words)

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Question 10 of 15

10. What name was given to the art condemned by the Nazi regime in Germany from 1933? Hint

Degenerate Art

Concrete Art

Junk Art

Earth Art

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Question 11 of 15

11. What Australian intelligence organization was formed in 1919 and was a vital source of information during World War II? Hint

Coastwatchers

Desert Rats

Blue Brigade

M15

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Question 12 of 15

12. What air raid shelter was used in the UK during World War II? Hint

Collins Shelter

Anderson Shelter

Roberts Shelter

Thompson Shelter

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Question 13 of 15

13. What Spanish volunteers fought with the German army against the USSR during World War II? Hint

Blue Division

Blue Cross

Red Army Faction

Red Guards

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Question 14 of 15

14. What battle during World War I was fought between French and German forces in 1914 as the French attempted to make an orderly retreat from Belgium under intense German pressure? Hint

Battle of Charleroi

Battle of Chancellorsville

Battle of Chesapeake

Battle of Carrhae

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Question 15 of 15

15. What joint Greek and British operations were launched against Bulgarian forces on the Greek-Bulgarian border in Salonika 1918 during World War I? Hint

Campaign on the Doiran-Struma Front

Campaign of 1918

Anglo-Greek

Salonikan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which World War II operation was carried out by British troops as part of the final Allied advance in Italy?

Answer: Battle of the Argenta Gap

The Gap was a heavily defended strip of dry land between Lake Comacchio and the Lombardy marshes blocking the route to the Lombardy plain and northeast Italy. The British 5th Corps used amphibious armoured vehicles to outflank the German positions and breach the Axis lines, allowing the British 6th Armoured Division to pass through the gap.

2. Which British army unit consisted of non-combatant women auxiliaries in World War II?

Answer: Auxiliary Territorial Service

Formed in 1939, the ATS provided cooks, clerks, radar operators, searchlight operators, and undertook other light non-combat duties.

3. What light 40mm anti-aircraft gun designed by Swedish Company in 1929 was used by almost all combatants in World War II?

Answer: Bofors Gun

4. What Nazi concentration camp was situated at a village northeast of Weimar, East Germany 1937-45?

Answer: Buchenwald

5. Which airborne searchlight was used by the RAF in World War II?

Answer: Leigh

First used in 1942, by the end of the war 27 U-boats had been sunk and 31 severely damaged in attacks using Leigh lights.

6. What British flame throwing tank of World War II was a modified version of Churchill?

Answer: Crocodile

7. What principal French heavy tank was developed in World War II in 1930s?

Answer: Char B Tank

8. What name was given to the combined British Naval and Royal Air Force system of defence organized during World War II?

Answer: Coastal command

It was divided into groups which worked in close cooperation with Naval Command, both services being directed from an Area Combined Headquarters.

9. In World War II,what name was given to the first major victory over the Japanese for British and Indian troops at Sinzewa, Burma in 1944?

Answer: Battle of the Admin Box

The 'Admin(istration) Box' was the administrative and base area of 7th Indian Division,which was besieged by the Japanese 55th Division 5-23 Feb 1944. The siege was lifted when the Japanese were taken in the rear by the 5th Indian Division advancing over the Ngakyedauk Pass.

10. What name was given to the art condemned by the Nazi regime in Germany from 1933?

Answer: Degenerate Art

The name was taken from a travelling exhibition mounted by the Nazi Party 1937 to show modern art as sick and decadent - a view that fitted with Nazi racial theories. In German it was known as Entartete Kunst.

11. What Australian intelligence organization was formed in 1919 and was a vital source of information during World War II?

Answer: Coastwatchers

12. What air raid shelter was used in the UK during World War II?

Answer: Anderson Shelter

It was named after Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary 1939-40.

13. What Spanish volunteers fought with the German army against the USSR during World War II?

Answer: Blue Division

14. What battle during World War I was fought between French and German forces in 1914 as the French attempted to make an orderly retreat from Belgium under intense German pressure?

Answer: Battle of Charleroi

15. What joint Greek and British operations were launched against Bulgarian forces on the Greek-Bulgarian border in Salonika 1918 during World War I?

Answer: Campaign on the Doiran-Struma Front

Source: Author swashbuckler

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