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European War Quiz: World War II in Norway | 10 Questions

This quiz is based on the personalities and events of WWII in Norway.

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

Author
woldorchard

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
341,812

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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260

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who commanded the German forces at Narvik April to June 1940? Hint

Nikolaus von Falkenhorst

Alois Windisch

Friedrich Bonte

Eduard Dietl

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Question 2 of 10

2. The British landed an infantry brigade at Aandalsnes in 1940 which was sent up the Gudbrandsdal valley in order to re-enforce the Norwegians near Lillehammer. What was the brigade's number? Hint

118

148

147

165

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of the British cruiser that transported the Norwegian royal family and government members to England in June 1940? Hint

HMS Southampton

HMS Glorious

HMS Devonshire

HMS Exeter

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Question 4 of 10

4. The German battleship Tirpitz was sunk outside which Norwegian town? Hint

Alta

Trondheim

Haakoeya

Tromso

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which two RAF Lancaster squadrons were involved in the sinking of Tirpitz on the 12th November 1944? Hint

10 and 618

90 and 417

9 and 617

10 and 150

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who succeeded Generaloberst Eduard Dietl as commander of the German army in Finland after his death in 1944? Hint

General Ferdinand Jodl

General Franz Boehme

Generaloberst Lothar Rendulic

Generaloberst Ferdinand Schoerner

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Question 7 of 10

7. In one of the most famous convoy battles of the war, in July 1942, the Germans managed to decimate an Allied convoy making its way to the Russian port of Murmansk using a mix of U-boats and aircraft. What was the name of the convoy? Hint

QP 17

PQ 17

PQ 16

QP 18

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Question 8 of 10

8. The German 20th Mountain Army in Finland and Norway, consisted of three mountain corps for most of it's existence, what were these corps? Hint

XXXIII, LXXI, LXX

XXXXVIII, XV, LI

VII, V, LVI

XIX, XXXVI, XVIII

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who commanded the Norwegian 6th Division around Narvik in 1940? Hint

Generalmajor Herluf Nygaard

General Otto Ruge

Generalmajor Gustav Fleischer

General Fredrik Bull-Hansen

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which British aircraft carrier was sunk on the 8th June 1940 off the North Norwegian coast? Hint

HMS Devonshire

HMS Ark Royal

HMS Glorious

HMS Furious

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who commanded the German forces at Narvik April to June 1940?

Answer: Eduard Dietl

Generalleutnant Eduard Dietl commanded the 3rd Mountain Division of the German army, part of which, based mostly on its Mountain Infantry Regiment 139 formed the bulk of the German troops landed at Narvik on the 9th April 1940.
Falkenhorst commanded the over all German ground forces tasked with the invasion of Norway, Bonte was commander of the German destroyer force at Narvik, Windisch was commander of GJR 139.

2. The British landed an infantry brigade at Aandalsnes in 1940 which was sent up the Gudbrandsdal valley in order to re-enforce the Norwegians near Lillehammer. What was the brigade's number?

Answer: 148

The 148th Infantry Brigade was a TA (Territorial Army part timers) brigade, poorly equipped and trained, sent into battle with no heavy weapons, artillery and almost no transport, they stood little chance against the advancing Germans.

3. What was the name of the British cruiser that transported the Norwegian royal family and government members to England in June 1940?

Answer: HMS Devonshire

HMS Devonshire left the North Norwegian port town of Tromsoe on the 7th June 1940.

4. The German battleship Tirpitz was sunk outside which Norwegian town?

Answer: Tromso

Tirpitz was moved to an anchorage off the island of Haakoeya, opposite the town of Tromsoe from it's previous anchorage near Alta, arriving there in October 1944.

5. Which two RAF Lancaster squadrons were involved in the sinking of Tirpitz on the 12th November 1944?

Answer: 9 and 617

617 squadron was the RAF's specialist bomber squadron, more famously known as the 'Dambusters'.

6. Who succeeded Generaloberst Eduard Dietl as commander of the German army in Finland after his death in 1944?

Answer: Generaloberst Lothar Rendulic

Rendulic commanded the 20th Mountain Army from the end of June 1944 until January 1945. He managed the orderly withdrawal of the German forces from Finland from september 1944 for which he was decorated with the swords to his Knights cross of the iron cross with oakleaves.

Answer: PQ 17

The Germans managed to sink 24 out of 35 Allied ships in this battle.

8. The German 20th Mountain Army in Finland and Norway, consisted of three mountain corps for most of it's existence, what were these corps?

Answer: XIX, XXXVI, XVIII

The three corps were the 19th, 36th and the 18th mountain corps, although strangely enough the 36th consisted of two regular infantry divisions, the 163 and 169. For most of it's existence the 19th consisted of the 2nd and 6th mountain divisions and the 18th, the 7th and 6th SS mountain divisions.

9. Who commanded the Norwegian 6th Division around Narvik in 1940?

Answer: Generalmajor Gustav Fleischer

Gustav Fleischer commited suicide on 19 december 1942.

10. Which British aircraft carrier was sunk on the 8th June 1940 off the North Norwegian coast?

Answer: HMS Glorious

HMS Glorious, with only two escorting destroyers was discovered by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and sunk in short order along with her two escorts who tried in vain to protect her.

Source: Author woldorchard

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