World War Two : Part C Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sicily (Operation Husky)

Sicily's invasion beach in Operation Husky was subdivided into three sections. Their code-names were Cent, Dime and Joss. Normandy, North Africa and Southern France used names such as Dog Red, Easy Red, Easy Green, Fox Green, Dog Green, Fox Red, Dog White and Charlie. There were other code-names, however Cent, Dime and Joss were only used in the Sicily invasion.

Answer: SS Major Otto Skorzeny

SS Major Otto Skorzeny, was asked by Hitler himself to bring the Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini back to Berlin. Mussolini was being held prisoner by the Badoglio Government on Gran Sasso. German paratroopers commanded by Major Sorzeny rescued him.

Answer: The Tripartite Pact

The Tripartite Pact was signed on September 27, 1940. Article Three stated: Germany, Italy and Japan agree to co-operate in their efforts on aforesaid lines. They further undertook to assist one another with all political, economic and military means when one of the three contracting powers was attacked by a power at present not involved in the European war or in the Chinese-Japanese conflict.

Answer: 4th Infantry Division

The 4th U.S. Army Infantry Division, which moved inland from Utah beach was quicker than the most optimistic estimates. Troopers from the 101st Airborne Division and soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division linked up behind Utah beach on the first day of the invasion.

Answer: 52

Fifty-two U.S. Navy submarines were lost in World War Two. Forty-nine were in the Pacific. First was the USS Sealion SS-195, three days after Pearl Harbor was attacked and the last was the USS Bullhead SS-332, on August 6, 1945, the day the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Three U.S. submarines were lost in the Atlantic the S-26, R-12 and the USS Dorado SS-248, for a total lose of 52 U.S. Navy submarines in World War Two.

Answer: December 31, 1946

On 31 December 1946 President Harry S. Truman announced that the state of war with Germany had officially ended. (See: http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1946/december_31_1946_107639.html). However, there was no peace treaty with Germany till 1990.

Answer: USS Corvina SS-226

The USS Corvina SS-226 was sunk on November 16, 1943, by Japanese submarine I-176 while patrolling off Truk.

Answer: March 4, 1944

The RAF had been bombing Berlin as early as August 1940. However, they bombed at night. The U.S. Eighth Air Force bombed in the day and did not bomb Berlin until March 4, 1944.

Answer: September 8, 1944

On September 8, 1944 the first V-2 bombs fell on London and more than 2,850 people died from the bombs during the nearly seven months of terror and another 6,000 sustained serious injuries.

Answer: The Soviet Union

Men from the Soviet 322nd Rifle Division found about 7,500 survivors, most of them extremely ill and malnourised. A few days earlier, most of the inmates had been taken by the SS on a death march. 27 January is Holocaust Remembrance Day in many countries.