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History Quiz

Name: Band of Brothers Tour®
Brand: Beaches of Normandy Tours
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What was the gist of the “Through Ticket” strategy, considered by the U.S. before World War II, but eventually rejected?

Take control of New Guinea and other islands north of Australia, so the Japanese can’t use them to drive a wedge between Australia, the Philippines, and British Malaya Rush the Pacific Fleet to the Philippines as soon as the war with Japan breaks out, and have them operate from there Sail the Pacific Fleet directly toward Japan and force the Imperial Japanese Navy into a decisive battle Secure a route between Allied territories and China, so that the latter could receive supplies by ship

U.S. Navy

The British AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) vehicles could carry a variety of specialized attachments. Can you identify the attachment on this Churchill tank by its codename?

Double Onion Boffin Petard Snake

U.S. Army

For what action did Audie Murphy, often described as the most decorated American soldiers of World War II, receive the Medal of Honor?

Capturing several fleeing Italian officers in Sicily Taking out a German machine gun position while exposed to its fire Single-handedly stopping a German attack by climbing atop a burning vehicle and firing its machine gun at them Rescuing a squad under German attack, then killing or capturing all Germans defending a house

U.S. Army

What World War II event nicknamed Big Week? (Photo does not necessarily depict the event.)

A series of air raids over Europe by the Western Allies A period of extreme success for German U-boats hunting Allied Atlantic convoys A set of American and Australian amphibious landings on New Guinea in the Pacific The first week of Japanese invasions all over the Pacific region after the attack on Pearl Harbor

Australian War Memorial

In what Allied country did a wartime fundraising event feature the “invasion” of a city by fake German soldiers, guns firing blanks, and even airplanes painted in German colors?

United States United Kingdom Canada Australia

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The German battleship Bismarck famously led the Royal Navy on an extended chase before it was finally sunk in the Atlantic on May 27, 1941. What was it eventually destroyed by?

Lancaster heavy bombers dropping special bombs Obsolete Swordfish torpedo bomber biplanes Submarines A force of battleships and heavy cruisers

Bundesarchiv

Which Australian city or town was attacked by Japanese aircraft in February 1942 in what became the largest single attack ever launched against Australia?

Port Douglas Darwin Derby Minjilang

Australian War Memorial

John Rabe was a German businessman and Nazi party member who is celebrated for his humanitarian efforts taken during World War II. What did he do?

Protected Jews working in his factory Helped Jews acquire fake passport and flee abroad Protected Chinese civilians from the Japanese during the Rape of Nanking Supplied resistance fighters in the Balkans with food and information

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The Sportpalast speech, delivered in February 1943, is one of the most famous speeches of German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, and was the first to publicly admit that Germany was facing serious difficulties in the war. Do you know what went notably wrong during the speech?

The speech had to start late because many audience members were not let in after a security mix-up. An anti-Nazi resistance member who wanted to kill Goebbels on stage almost got in with a gun. Goebbels’ microphone malfunctioned, and he had to record the speech again later. Goebbels almost admitted to the Holocaust by saying “extermination” instead of “exclusion” of Jews.

Bundesarchiv

Which Central European capital city was bombed accidentally in early 1945 by American Flying Fortresses that got lost on a mission intended to strike at another city?

Prague in Czechoslovakia Vienna in Austria Warsaw in Poland Budapest in Hungary

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