World War II Mixture Trivia Quiz

Answer: Heinz Guderian

After von Manstein came up with the idea for a circumvention of the large Maginot Line, and Hitler accepted the idea. The general that led the German armored columns into France was Heinz Guderian.

Answer: Firefly

The Churchill was a box-like heavy tank that was rugged and reliable, and the Crusader was a light tank that could circle around and hit armor from behind. The Tiger was a German tank, which boasted a heavier armor outfit and cannon throughout its service in the war.

Answer: 6th Airborne

The 22nd SAS is a special forces group, definitely not large enough to carry out an operation of such a large size. The 17th and 13th Airborne divisions were both American units. The 6th Airborne was dropped behind the British and Canadian sectors of Normandy, and captured many important targets, including the famous Pegasus Bridge.

The 6th Airborne was a British unit, but it had many Canadian and Polish elements.

Answer: Battle of Savo Island

A small force of cruisers under Vice Admiral Mikawa slipped behind an American landing force, and struck without warning. They left later that night, leaving behind many American cruisers and transports and no Japanese ships. At the Battle of the Coral Sea, a stalemate occurred when American and Japanese ships slugged it out with carrier-borne fighters.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was one of the last major naval engagements of the war, where a brilliant Japanese plan turned to nothing due to a lack of fighter support and piloting skills.

A Battle of Tokyo Bay never took place.

Answer: Bougainville

After American code-breakers discovered his location, 16 P-38 Lightning fighters hunted his plane down. To hide the secret that the code had been broken, the American intelligence staged it as a coincidental meeting.

Answer: No German general did that in World War II

Erwin Rommel, known as the Desert Fox, ravaged the British in North Africa. He came very close to reaching Cairo, but the British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery drove him back in a huge battle at El Alamein. Kesselring was responsible for the German defense of Italy, while Archibald Wavell was the commander of the British Eighth Army before Montgomery.

Answer: Konstantin Rokossovskiy

Konstantin Rokossovskiy was a brilliant general, who was instrumental in driving German forces out of Russia. He also played a part in the Battle of Berlin.

Answer: Operation Zitadelle

This third operation was thwarted by the Russians early on thanks to the British code-breaking intelligence. The offensive began around the town of Kursk, where Russian troops waited expectantly. After a large armored engagement, the Germans began a long retreat, one that would ultimately end in Berlin.

The engagement at Kursk has since become recognized as a famous turning point, ranking up on top of the lists alongside Stalingrad and Midway.

Answer: Pzkpf V Panther and the T-34

These two tanks were toe and toe in combat situations, but the T-34 was produced in huge numbers, while the Panther and the heavier Tiger were only produced at an average rate of 148 and 56 a month, respectively. Therefore, the T-34 won the armored conflicts, and facilitated the Russian drive to Berlin.

Answer: Japanese sniper

Just at the end of the war, as Pyle wrote, "I think I have used up all my chances", his jeep was attacked by a sniper on a Japanese island. He dived into cover, but poked his head up when the sniper stopped shooting. The sniper shot him, and he was dead by the time Allied soldiers found him.

He was a well-loved and respected war correspondent who covered almost all conflicts across the war.