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On May 26th, 1940, British troops began to evacuate what French beachhead by crossing the English Channel?
Dunkirk
Rawlins
Normandy
Lorraine
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On August 29th, 1939, Nazi Germany signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that established nonaggression with what other country?
Italy
Japan
The Soviet Union
France
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The bloody but crucial Battle of Kursk began on July 5th of what year?
1941
1943
1945
1947
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On Feb. 19th, 1945, American amphibious troops captured what strategic position in the Pacific that would later serve as the inspiration for the United States Marine Corps Memorial?
Borneo
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Tokyo
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The U.K. and France were brought into World War Two after Germany invaded what other country on September 1st, 1939?
Australia
Poland
Chechnya
Albania
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On what date did France officially surrender during World War Two?
September 3rd, 1942
February 14th, 1941
June 20th, 1940
December 4th, 1939
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On May 27th, 1941, what massive German battleship was sunk in a grand morale-boosting victory for the Allies?
The Bismarck
The Bruetner
The Kaisermarine
The Kiregholdt
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On May 10th, 1940, German armies passed the Maginot Line to begin invading which of the following countries?
The U.S.S.R.
Italy
France
The U.K.
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On what date did the critical Battle of Midway begin?
October 29th, 1940
June 3rd, 1942
March 11th, 1944
January 2nd, 1945
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On February 13th, 1945, the Allied Forces began their infamous firebombing campaign against what German city?
Berlin
Lundt
Dusseldorf
Dresden
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On June 10th, 1940, what country joined the Axis Powers' war effort when it declared war against the U.K. and France?
Saudi Arabia
Türkiye
The U.S.S.R.
Italy
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When did the Battle of Britain start?
May 27th, 1944
July 5th, 1943
July 10th, 1940
August 4th, 1939
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What "date that will live in infamy" was the day upon which Pearl Harbor was attacked?
Dec. 7th, 1941
February 25th, 1942
August 18th, 1942
March 3rd, 1943
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On what date was an atomic bomb launched against the city of Hiroshima?
June 4th, 1945
August 6th, 1945
December 13th, 1945
April 21st, 1946
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Three days after Hiroshima, on August 9th, 1945, the United States dropped an additional atomic bomb on what other Japanese city?
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Kyoto
Edo
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On November 8th, 1942, Allied Forces commenced Operation Torch to begin invading what continent?
Australia
South America
Africa
North America
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At what date did the Battle of Stalingrad begin?
July 10th, 1944
December 8th, 1943
March 31st, 1943
August 23rd, 1942
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July 1-27, 1942, was the date when what historic WW2 battle was fought in Egypt?
The First Battle of Karros
The First Battle of the Nile Banks
The First Battle of El Alamein
The First Battle of Cairo
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What was the date of D-Day?
May 20th, 1943
December 17th, 1943
June 6th, 1944
January 12th, 1945
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On June 22nd, 1941, Germany launched what operation where they invaded the Soviet Union thus breaking their nonaggression pact?
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Zacstroff
Operation Bismarck
Operation Reval
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On what date did Italy officially surrender to the Allied Powers?
February 15th, 1942
July 29th, 1942
March 1st, 1943
September 3rd, 1943
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The largest naval battle of World War Two began on Oct. 23rd, 1944. What was the name of this battle fought between Japan and the U.S.A.?
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Tonkin
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On August 25th, 1944, The Allies officially liberated what previously conquered country from German occupation?
Spain
Switzerland
France
The Netherlands
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When did the Tehran Conference begin?
December 30th, 1941
April 17th, 1942
November 28th, 1943
August 4th, 1944
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On what date did the Doolittle Raids launch against Tokyo?
June 27th, 1941
April 19th, 1942
November 3rd, 1942
August 9th, 1943
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On December 16th, 1944, Germany launched its final offensive near the town of Bastogne. What is the common name given to this futile assault?
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Seine
The Battle of the Crater
The Four-Nights Battle
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On December 11th, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S.A. This was necessitated by which of the following preceding events?
The Siege of Stalingrad
The Spanish Revolution
The Doolittle Raids
Pearl Harbor
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On what date did German forces surrender Stalingrad?
December 11th, 1944
August 3rd, 1943
Feb. 2nd, 1943
October 19th, 1942
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On what date did Adolph Hitler kill himself?
June 27th, 1944
October 24th, 1944
February 1st, 1945
April 30th, 1945
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On what date did Germany surrender unconditionally to the Allied Powers?
May 8th, 1945
September 4th, 1945
December 3rd, 1945
March 17th, 1946
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