Q 01/05

Operation Weserübung, launched on 9 April 1940, was the German invasion of which two countries?

A) Belgium and the Netherlands

B) Denmark and Norway

C) Sweden and Finland

D) Greece and Yugoslavia

Answer · why

B) Denmark and Norway

Germany framed it as a pre-emptive move against a planned Anglo-French occupation of Norway.

Q 02/05

Which of these was one of the "Big Four" Allied powers?

A) Italy

B) Japan

C) Hungary

D) China

Answer · why

D) China

Together with the Big Three, China was later counted among the "Four Policemen".

Q 03/05

Which country was annexed into Nazi Germany in March 1938, in the event known as the Anschluss?

A) Austria

B) Czechoslovakia

C) Hungary

D) Denmark

Answer · why

A) Austria

Chancellor Schuschnigg had been browbeaten by Hitler at Berchtesgaden a month earlier.

Q 04/05

Which October 1944 engagement is the largest naval clash of World War II?

A) Battle of the Philippine Sea

B) Battle of Leyte Gulf

C) Battle of Midway

D) Battle of Okinawa

Answer · why

B) Battle of Leyte Gulf

More than 200,000 naval personnel took part, and by some measures it is the largest naval battle in history.

Q 05/05

Which Eastern Front clash of massive urban fighting is often called the turning point against Nazi Germany?

A) Battle of Berlin

B) Battle of Stalingrad

C) Battle of Sevastopol

D) Battle of Kursk

Answer · why

B) Battle of Stalingrad

Fought from August 1942 to February 1943, it is considered the largest and deadliest urban battle in military history.