Wars quiz

More questions about Wars

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1. 1 Easy

   In what year did the Battle of Hastings take place?

   Answer: 1066

   Why: Victory at Hastings led directly to William the Conqueror being crowned king on Christmas Day.

2. 2 Medium

   During which war did the famous Charge of the Light Brigade occur?

   Answer: Crimean War

   Why: A garbled order sent the brigade down the wrong valley into massed artillery, and Tennyson had it in verse within weeks.

3. 3 Hard

   Which army accidentally attacked itself during a 1788 night retreat at Karánsebes?

   Answer: Austrian army

   Why: No account of the schnapps quarrel predates an 1831 army journal, 43 years on, and casualty estimates range from 150 to 10,000.

4. 4 Easy

   Who led French troops at the 1429 siege of Orléans?

   Answer: Joan of Arc

   Why: She was only about 17 years old when she rallied French forces to lift the siege.

5. 5 Medium

   What animal did the Soviet Union train to carry bombs under tanks?

   Answer: Dogs

   Why: Soviet sources claimed around 300 German tanks were damaged this way, a figure many Russian historians now dismiss as propaganda.

6. 6 Hard

   Which WWII unit used inflatable tanks to deceive German forces?

   Answer: Ghost Army

   Why: It carried inflatable tanks, sound trucks and fake radio traffic, and its work stayed classified for over forty years.