History Quiz

Which famous American actress had a vest-like flotation device nicknamed after her by Allied aircrews in World War II?

Can you identify this World War II-era British self-propelled gun?

Which World War II belligerent nation had a class of destroyers all members of which were named after various weapons?

What made the Battle of the Coral Sea, fought in early May, 1942, historically noteworthy?

Why did the Tiger tank (and several others) use a complex system of interleaved roadwheels?

Operation Mincemeat was an April 1943 deception operation: a dead body, dressed up as a British officer, was arranged to be washed ashore with documents designed to mislead Germany into thinking that the next Allied attack would be in Greece instead of Sicily. Where was the body washed ashore?

“Ohi!” (spelled “OXI” in Greek) was a common Greek battle cry during the Italian invasion of Greece in World War II, and is memorialized to this day with “Ohi Day” on October 28. What does the word mean?

What was the “Imperial Rule Assistance Association” (“Taisei Yokusankai”) in Japan during World War II?

In his last will and testament, signed in the early hours of April 29, 1945, whom did Adolf Hitler name as his successor as the next chancellor, the head of government (but NOT the head of state)?

“Black May” was the nickname for one May, coined by one of the belligerent nations of World War II. What year was it in, and why was it called that?