World War II quiz

More questions about World War II

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1. 1 Easy

   Whom did Adolf Hitler marry in his Berlin bunker just before his death?

   Answer: Eva Braun

   Why: Eva Braun's marriage to Hitler lasted less than two days before the pair committed suicide on April 30, 1945.

2. 2 Medium

   Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in December 1941?

   Answer: To secure Southeast Asian oil

   Why: Roosevelt froze Japanese assets on 26 July 1941, cutting the oil lifeline and leaving Japan roughly 18 months of stockpiled fuel.

3. 3 Hard

   Which wartime policy did Roosevelt and Churchill declare at Casablanca?

   Answer: Unconditional surrender of Axis powers

   Why: The demand aimed to eliminate any chance for future German leaders to claim their armed forces had never truly been defeated in the field.

4. 4 Easy

   What machine did Germany use to encrypt messages?

   Answer: Enigma machine

   Why: Bletchley Park cracked Enigma with the Turing-Welchman Bombe, and the intelligence it produced was codenamed Ultra.

5. 5 Medium

   Which US Navy cruiser delivered atomic bomb components to Tinian before being sunk in 1945?

   Answer: USS Indianapolis

   Why: The cruiser raced more than 5,000 miles from San Francisco to Tinian in ten days, carrying about half of America's enriched uranium supply.

6. 6 Hard

   Which 1942 German sabotage mission landed agents by U-boat in the US?

   Answer: Operation Pastorius

   Why: The sabotage plot collapsed when team leader George John Dasch turned himself in to the FBI in Washington.