WW1
WW2
Korean War
Vietnam War
Other US Trivia
100

This treaty ended World War 1

Treaty of Versailles

100

This date, according to FDR is one "which will live in infamy"

December 7, 1941

100

The Korean War was given this nickname because it was overshadowed by World War II, which occurred just a few years prior, and the Vietnam War which followed shortly after

The "Forgotten War"

100

This theory, created by President Eisenhower claimed if Vietnam fell, other countries would soon follow

Domino Theory

100

The 2001 film “Blackhawk Down”, directed by Ridley Scott, centers on a military operation that took place in this East African country in 1993

Somalia

200

The following countries made up what alliance during WW1: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire

The Central Powers

200

This 'project' produced the first nuclear weapon

The Manhattan Project

200

This parallel divided the Korean peninsula in 1945

38th parallel

200

This harmful defoliant used by U.S. forces during the conflict has a colorful name

Agent Orange

200

This battle is considered the bloodiest in American history (most Americans killed in a single day)

Battle of Antietam

300

This Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Gavrilo Princip

300

This battle is considered the turning point for the war in the Pacific

Battle of Midway

300

This general was appointed supreme commander by the United Nations

Douglas MacArthur

300

Ho Chi Minh used this country's statement of independence as a model for the 1946 Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam's own statment

United States of America

300

This man was given the title of colonel as the highest honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Sanders

400

This country was the first to use chemical weapon attacks during WW1

France

400

This language was utilized by the U.S. Marines as a means for secret communication

Navajo

400

This man was the first president of South Korea

Syngman Rhee

400

This lengthy North Vietnamese supply route ran through the north and ended in South Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh Trail

400

This Civil War-era woman was recently posthumously commissioned as a one-star general in the Maryland National Guard

Harriet Tubman

500

This battle saw the first usage of tanks

Battle of the Somme

500

This is the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Enola Gay

500

The Korean War was fought under the flag of the United Nations. That also included this African country

Ethiopia

500

This U.S. bombing campaign significantly widened the war in 1965

Operation Rolling Thunder

500

The french word for "undermining" is the source for this current qualification that many soldiers and officers earn today in the army

Sapper