World War II Battles

How did General George Patton die on December 21, 1945?

He died as a result of a car accident in Germany.

He was killed during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

His B-24 was shot down over Japan.

Which of the following is generally accepted as the most deadly battle of WWII?

Capture of Kassala

Battle of Badung Strait

Battle of Stalingrad

Operation Battleaxe

Which of the following naval battles is considered one of the most decisive battles of WWII as well as a turning point in the Pacific theater?

Battle of Gabon

Battle of Normandy

Battle of Midway

Battle of Kolberg

Which battle is General Tadamichi Kuribayashi best known for being overall commander of the Japanese garrison?

Battle of the River Plate

Battle of Britain

Battle of Gazala

Battle of Iwo Jima

Who commanded the British Eighth Army during the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy, as well as all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord, the initial stages of the Normandy Invasion?

Bernard Montgomery

Harold Alexander

Wilhelm Keitel

George Marshall

Which weapon was particularly notable in the Battle of Kursk in WWII?

Atomic bomb

Tanks

Machine guns

Which WWII battle was the deadliest for U.S. troops?

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of Wilno

Battle for Narva Bridgehead

Battle of Java

Which general was awarded the Medal of Honor for extreme bravery early in WWII and then went on to preside over the Japanese Unconditional Surrender in 1945?

Douglas MacArthur

Archibald Wavell

Maurice Gamelin

George Marshall

Which battle marked the end of the so-called "Phoney War" (the uncertain period of WWII in which saw neither side committed to serious military action) and witnessed the German forces invade France and the Low Countries?

Battle of the Kasserine Pass

Battle of the Denmark Strait

Battle of France

Battle of Kula Gulf

When did the Battle of Leyte Gulf begin?

October 23, 1944

May 17, 1945

June 12, 1952

October 22, 1939

Towards the end of the war, which U.S. general led a force of over 1.3 million troops (America's largest to serve under one man)?

Petre Dumitrescu

Maxime Weygand

Omar Bradley

Hugh Dowding

Which of the following battles was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan?

Battle of Medenine

Battle of Guadalcanal

Operation Lüttich

Battle of Rimini

The invasion of which country is also known as the September Campaign, and also marks the beginning of WWII?

Poland

Bulgaria

Italy

France

Which battle prevented Germany from gaining air superiority, eventually forcing Hitler to cancel Operation Sea Lion, the planned amphibious and airborne invasion of Britain?

Battle of Britain

Battle of Timor

Battle of Okinawa

Battle of Rotterdam

Which battle was the only battle in which American forces sustained a greater number than total casualties than the Japanese?

Battle of the North Cape

Battle of Iwo Jima

Battle of Dakar

Battle of Zeeland

In which battle did Germany use submarines to devastating effect by cutting off Britain's supply routes?

Siege of Calais

Battle of Bloody Gulch

Battle of El Agheila

Battle of the Atlantic

When did the Japanese first start leveraging kamikaze attacks in WWII?

Late 1944

Early 1939

Middle of 1948

After which battle, deemed a stunning success, did Churchill cautiously advise, "We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations."?

Battle of Timor

Battle of Keren

Battle of La Ciotat

Battle of Dunkirk

What was the name of the US Chief of Staff during WWII, who although he never personally led troops in combat, he picked or recommended the top commands including Eisenhower, Devers, Patton, and McNair?

Keith Park

George Marshall

Georgy Zhukov

Edmund Herring

Which battle inspired Churchill's famous speech including the phrase, "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour"?

Battle of France

Battle of Britain

Battle of Cherbourg

Siege of Bastogne

Beginning three months after the outbreak of WWII, where did the so-called "Winter War" take place?

Italy

Finland

Albania

Philippines

Which of the following is true about the Battle of Badung Strait?

This was the first battle along the Western Front.

Four Japanese destroyers handily defeated a much larger and more heavily armed Allied force.

The combined air-and-sea attack was conducted by the British Royal Navy off the coast of North Africa.

When was WWII's D-Day?

June 6, 1944

July 6, 1943

January 6, 1942

December 6, 1944

What was the name of the 1942-1943 major battle along the Eastern Front for control of a Southern Russian city?

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of Kollaa

Battle of Tarakan

Battle of Tassafaronga

When did the Battle of Nancy begin?

September 5, 1944

January 15, 1940

August 17, 1948

March 4, 1939

Which general spent much of his military career in India before being appointed to Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East theater, but when the war in North Africa turned against the British, he was relieved of the post and once more appointed Commander-in-Chief India?

Claude Auchinleck

Alphonse Juin

Georgy Zhukov

Brudenell White

Which was the longest battle of WWII?

Battle of Kursk

Riga Offensive

Battle of Dutch Harbor

Battle of the Atlantic