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World War 2 Operations Trivia Quiz

Questions about the operations and battles of World War 2.

A multiple-choice quiz by paulsr. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
paulsr

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
2,273

Updated
Jun 13 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

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Awards
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Question 1 of 15

1. What was the name of the American project to create an atomic bomb? Hint

The Manhattan Project

The Mammoth Project

The Mannerheim Project

The Madison Project

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Question 2 of 15

2. In the summer of 1940 the German High Command drew up plans for the invasion of Britain. What was the code name for this operation? Hint

Operation Seal

Operation Sea Lion

Operation Walrus

Operation Sea Leopard

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Question 3 of 15

3. The German invasion of Russia was codenamed? Hint

Operation Cossack

Operation Bismark

Operation Danube

Operation Barbarossa

4. The Allies tried to fool the Germans into believing that they were going to invade France through the French port of Calais. To this end they built elaborate fake installations in the Dover area of south-east England. What was the code name given to this operation? Hint

Operation Fortitude

Operation France

Operation Phoney

Operation Forthright

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Question 5 of 15

5. The D-Day landings marked the start of which operation? Hint

Operation Overlord

Operation Highlord

Operation Landlord

Operation Europa

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Question 6 of 15

6. On September 8th, 1943 General Mark Clark led the US 5th Army on this invasion of the Italian mainland, code named? Hint

Operation Alpine

Operation Avalanche

Operation Austral

Operation Kestral

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Question 7 of 15

7. What was the name of the pivotal Naval battle fought between the USA and Japan off the north east coast of Australia in May 1942? Hint

The Battle of Midway

The Battle of the Coral Sea

The Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of Guadalcanal

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Question 8 of 15

8. What was the code name for the allied assault on Arnhem in the Netherlands on September 17th, 1944, depicted in the movie 'A Bridge Too Far'? Hint

Operation Bridgehead

Operation Market Garden

Operation Ulysses

Operation Flying Fox

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Question 9 of 15

9. What was the name given to the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front? Hint

The Last Great Tank Battle

The Battle of the Bulge

Operation Breakout

The Somme

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Question 10 of 15

10. What Australian city was bombed more heavily than Pearl Harbour? Hint

Sydney

Perth

Melbourne

Darwin

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Question 11 of 15

11. What was the name of the decisive naval battle, in June 1942, that saw the destruction of a major part of the Japanese fleet? Hint

The Battle of Guadalcanal

The Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of the Coral Sea

The Battle of Midway

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Question 12 of 15

12. In 'Operation Thunderclap' on February 13-15 1945 the RAF and US Army Air Force devastated a major German city. Which was it? Hint

Munich

Berlin

Dresden

Hamburg

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Question 13 of 15

13. From July 1942 to January 1943 Australian troops fought a bloody battle against the Japanese along a muddy jungle trail that traversed the highlands of New Guinea. What was the name of this trail? Hint

The Kodak Trackl

The Kokoda Track

The Kodiak Trail

The Konyoda Trail

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Question 14 of 15

14. Only 3 men of a crew of 1,420 survived the sudden explosion of this British ship, engaged in a battle with the German warship 'Bismarck' on May 24th, 1941? Hint

HMS Suffolk

HMS Hood

HMS Norfolk

HMS Prince of Wales

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Question 15 of 15

15. What was the name of the US warship upon which the final Japanese surrender was accepted, on September 2nd, 1945? Hint

USS Hornet

USS Enterprise

USS Missouri

USS Yorktown

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the American project to create an atomic bomb?

Answer: The Manhattan Project

The first atomic bomb to be used against an enemy target was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6th, 1945. Between 140,000 and 200,000 people died as a result.

2. In the summer of 1940 the German High Command drew up plans for the invasion of Britain. What was the code name for this operation?

Answer: Operation Sea Lion

This operation was abandoned as the Luftwaffe failed to gain air supremacy over England.

3. The German invasion of Russia was codenamed?

Answer: Operation Barbarossa

During World War II an estimated 25-26 million Soviet citizens perished.

Answer: Operation Fortitude

The Germans were deceived by this operation and diverted a large number of their troops to the Calais area.

5. The D-Day landings marked the start of which operation?

Answer: Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord refers to the invasion of Normandy. The Allied invasion force on D-Day consisted of 5,000 ships and 165,000 men.

6. On September 8th, 1943 General Mark Clark led the US 5th Army on this invasion of the Italian mainland, code named?

Answer: Operation Avalanche

General Clark accepted the final German surrender in Italy in May 1945.

7. What was the name of the pivotal Naval battle fought between the USA and Japan off the north east coast of Australia in May 1942?

Answer: The Battle of the Coral Sea

The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle in history where the opposing fleets never sighted each other. It was fought entirely between ships and aircraft.

8. What was the code name for the allied assault on Arnhem in the Netherlands on September 17th, 1944, depicted in the movie 'A Bridge Too Far'?

Answer: Operation Market Garden

This failed allied operation was an attempt to shorten the war by going through 'Hitler's back door'.

9. What was the name given to the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front?

Answer: The Battle of the Bulge

Hitler's last great gamble, an attempt to break through the allied lines in the Ardennes, began on 16 December 1944. The Germans called it Operation Watch on the Rhine.

10. What Australian city was bombed more heavily than Pearl Harbour?

Answer: Darwin

Darwin was bombed 63 times over a period of 21 months. The most devastating attack occurred on February 19th, 1942.

11. What was the name of the decisive naval battle, in June 1942, that saw the destruction of a major part of the Japanese fleet?

Answer: The Battle of Midway

The Japanese attempted to draw the US Pacific Fleet into the open sea and destroy it. The plan failed, and this battle marked the end of Japan's naval dominance in the Pacific.

12. In 'Operation Thunderclap' on February 13-15 1945 the RAF and US Army Air Force devastated a major German city. Which was it?

Answer: Dresden

Up to that point, Dresden had been left largely untouched by Allied bombing, because of its lack of strategic targets. The preferred range of estimates of the number of people killed (mainly civilian) has narrowed in the 21st century to about 25,000.

Answer: The Kokoda Track

The Battle of the Kokoda Track (sometimes referred to as Kokoda Trail) lasted six gruelling months and was the first land defeat suffered by the Japanese in World War II.

14. Only 3 men of a crew of 1,420 survived the sudden explosion of this British ship, engaged in a battle with the German warship 'Bismarck' on May 24th, 1941?

Answer: HMS Hood

Only eight minutes into the attack on the Bismarck by the British warships Hood and Prince of Wales, the Hood was hit amidships by a shell from the Bismarck. It exploded and sank in less than five minutes.

15. What was the name of the US warship upon which the final Japanese surrender was accepted, on September 2nd, 1945?

Answer: USS Missouri

During the six years of World War 2 approximately 50 million people, both service personnel and civilians were killed.

Source: Author paulsr

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