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

Denmark and Norway were invaded on 9 April 1940 to secure Germany's supply of Swedish iron ore, shipped through the port of Narvik; Denmark gave in wi...

Q 02/05

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

A) Canada

B) Australia

C) Poland

D) China

Answer · why

D) China

China was the fourth of Roosevelt's 'Four Policemen', the powers he wanted to enforce the post-war peace, which is how it gained a permanent seat on t...

Q 03/05

Which country did German troops march into on 12 March 1938, in the union known as the Anschluss?

A) Austria

B) Czechoslovakia

C) Hungary

D) Denmark

Answer · why

A) Austria

Austria's Chancellor Schuschnigg, browbeaten by Hitler at Berchtesgaden a month earlier, had called a vote on independence for 13 March; the invasion ...

Q 04/05

Which October 1944 engagement is often called the largest naval battle 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

The Battle of Leyte Gulf nearly went wrong for the US: a decoy carrier force lured Admiral Halsey's fleet north, leaving the invasion shipping guarded...

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

The Battle of Stalingrad ended after Hitler promoted the trapped Friedrich Paulus to field marshal, expecting him to die fighting; Paulus surrendered ...