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10 Questions about World War II | History

This quiz will test your knowledge on World War II and is written especially for all my friends at the Axis History Forum.

A multiple-choice quiz by Potsdamerplatz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Potsdamerplatz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
247,277

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which two German generals came to Rommel's home to arrest him for treason for his complicity in the 20th July bomb plot to kill Hitler? Hint

Wilhelm Burgdorf and Ernst Maisel

Kurt Zeitzler and Wilhelm Burgdorf

Heinz Guderian and Erich Hoepner

Hermann Hoth and Hans Krebs

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which famous Japanese battleship was sunk on 7th April 1945 after being attacked by US aircraft? Hint

Mutsu

Musashi

Nagato

Yamato

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who succeeded Reinhard Heydrich as Chief of the SD and RSHA in January 1943? Hint

Adolf Eichmann

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Odilo Globocnik

Hans Frank

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which US general who evacuated the Phillipines in 1942 famously said, "I came out of Bataan and I shall return"? Hint

General Omar Bradley

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

General Douglas MacArthur

General Mark Clark

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which German officer rescued Mussolini from Gran Sasso after he was imprisoned by his Italian countrymen? Hint

Max W�nsche

Fritz Witt

Otto Skorzeny

Joachim Peiper

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which British general commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France during 1940 and was rescued from Dunkirk? Hint

General Lord Gort

General Bernard Montgomery

General Harold Alexander

General Edmund Ironside

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Russian general displayed considerable bravery personally leading a counter-attack against German tanks armed only with a pistol in the early days of Operation Barbarossa in 1941? Hint

Georgy Zhukov

Vasily Chuikov

Ivan Konev

Kliment Voroshilov

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was Hitler's last Chief of the Army General Staff? Hint

General Alfred Jodl

General Hans Krebs

General Wilhelm Burgdorf

General Kurt Zeitzler

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which US admiral was blamed for heavy American losses at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 by his commanding officer Admiral Nimitz? Hint

Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Admiral Harold Rainsford Stark

Admiral Ernest King

Admiral William Halsey

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Question 10 of 10

10. What famous battle was referred to by Winston Churchill as "not the beginning of the end, but, perhaps, the end of the beginning"?
Hint

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of El Alamein

Battle of Britain

Battle of Kursk

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which two German generals came to Rommel's home to arrest him for treason for his complicity in the 20th July bomb plot to kill Hitler?

Answer: Wilhelm Burgdorf and Ernst Maisel

Rommel was arrested by General Wilhelm Burgdorf and General Ernst Maisel. He chose to commit suicide rather than face a trial which would have resulted in the persecution of his family.

2. Which famous Japanese battleship was sunk on 7th April 1945 after being attacked by US aircraft?

Answer: Yamato

The Yamato was sunk by 386 US aircraft on 7th April 1945, 200km from Okinawa. The Japanese battleship was finally destroyed by 8 bombs and 10 torpedo hits.

3. Who succeeded Reinhard Heydrich as Chief of the SD and RSHA in January 1943?

Answer: Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Ernst Kaltenbrunner succeeded Heydrich in January 1943. He was later convicted at the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal and executed on 16 October 1946.

4. Which US general who evacuated the Phillipines in 1942 famously said, "I came out of Bataan and I shall return"?

Answer: General Douglas MacArthur

General Douglas MacArthur kept his word. He commanded US forces when the Phillipines were recaptured from Japanese control in 1944.

5. Which German officer rescued Mussolini from Gran Sasso after he was imprisoned by his Italian countrymen?

Answer: Otto Skorzeny

Skorzeny and his men later went on to cause havoc behind the scenes disguised as US Military Police during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.

6. Which British general commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France during 1940 and was rescued from Dunkirk?

Answer: General Lord Gort

General Lord Gort's quick thinking at Dunkirk saved the British Army from total defeat. He later went on to become Military Governor of both Gibraltor and Malta for the remainder of World War II.

7. Which Russian general displayed considerable bravery personally leading a counter-attack against German tanks armed only with a pistol in the early days of Operation Barbarossa in 1941?

Answer: Kliment Voroshilov

He was later dismissed by Stalin for failing to prevent German troops from surrounding Leningrad.

8. Who was Hitler's last Chief of the Army General Staff?

Answer: General Hans Krebs

General Krebs was the last Chief of the General Staff in 1945. He committed suicide in Hitler's bunker on 1st May 1945.

9. Which US admiral was blamed for heavy American losses at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 by his commanding officer Admiral Nimitz?

Answer: Admiral William Halsey

Admiral William Halsey was blamed for the loss of an aircraft carrier and three destroyers at the Battle of Leyte Gulf as he had taken his Task Force in the wrong direction, allowing a Japanese carrier force to escape.

10. What famous battle was referred to by Winston Churchill as "not the beginning of the end, but, perhaps, the end of the beginning"?

Answer: Battle of El Alamein

Churchill was referring to the Battle of El Alamein, which was a key turning-point in World War II.

Source: Author Potsdamerplatz

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