European Front
What is the full name of D-Day?
Operation Overlord.
What is the name of the US's retaliation for Pearl Harbor?
The Doolittle Raid
Who was the British Prime Minister during World War 2?
Winston Churchill.
Naval warefare during WW2 shifted from traditional battleship guns to what?
Carrier-based aircraft, specifically dive-bombers and torpedo bombers.
What is the largest land battle fought by the U.S. Army during World War 2?
The Battle of The Bulge.
What battle destroyed Japan's ability to reinforce its forces in New Guinea by sea?
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
Which U.S. president ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped?
President Harry S. Truman.
What groundbreaking new aircraft changed aerial warfare in WW2?
The fighter jet
What Soviet City was put under a 900-day siege by Germany from 1941 to 1944.
DOUBLE POINTS: What is the current name of the city?
Leningrad.
+Saint Petersburg.
What was the Jewel Broadcast?
A 4.5-minute radio broadcast where Hirohito announced the acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and surrender to the Allied Powers.
Why did Joseph Stalin refuse to sign the Potsdam Declaration?
The Soviet Union was not yet at war with Japan at the time the declaration was issued.
What type of gas was utilized in the Battle of Kerch Peninsula?
Nerve gas
What was the name of the meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Morocco to strategize?
The Casablanca Conference.
What battle crippled the Japanese Navy for the rest of the war?
The Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Who appointed themselves commander-in-chief of the German army in 1941?
Adolf Hitler.
What was the nickname for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
"Little Boy."
What German operation was launched on New Year's Eve of 1945?
Operation Norwind.
After what battle was the iconic "Raising the Flag" photograph taken?
The Battle of Iwo Jima.
What Japanese leader tried to kill himself after Japan's surrender but missed his heart?
Hideki Tojo.
What gun was most produced and used overall during the course of WW2?
The Soviet Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifle.