History Quiz

Do you know what the SECOND most produced aircraft of World War II was? (Photo does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

Can you identify this German rocket launcher?

Which of these statements about the famous photograph of the U.S. flag being raised on Iwo Jima is false?

What is the name of the type of air-raid shelter seen in the photo, widely used in Britain during World War II?

Where did Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier of World War II, first saw combat?

Where was the NSDAP, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or simply the Nazi Party, founded on February 24, 1920? (Photo does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

What type of ship were the heaviest U.S. military (not cargo) vessels sunk by Japanese kamikaze planes in World War II?

How many U.S. presidents were World War II veterans? (Not counting Jimmy Carter, who enrolled in the Naval Academy during the war, but graduated after it ended.)

Which nation sent a division-sized expeditionary force named "Smoking Snakes" (only in their own language) to aid the Allies in the Mediterranean theater?

The end of World War II was also the beginning of the Cold War. One of the fundamental documents that influenced U.S. foreign policy at the time was the so-called 'X Article' published in Foreign Affairs magazine in 1947, based on the earlier 'long telegram' written by the same author. What did the article concern?