History Quiz

What was the codename of the planned Allied invasion of Japan (which never happened because of the Japanese surrender)?

Can you identify this unusual German plane from World War II?

On two different dates leading up to the D-Day landings, the BBC broadcast two fragments from a poem by 19th century French poet Paul Verlaine. The lines were a sign to the French Resistance to prepare for the Allied invasion. What was the title of the poem the lines were taken from?

The Germans had a number of defensive lines stretching across Italy to stop the Allied forces in World War II. What was the name of the last line before the Italian capital of Rome?

What was the AC-47, a modification of the C-47 transport aircraft that saw heavy use in World War II? (Photo depicts the regular C-47.)

Aviazione Legionaria (“Legionary Air Force”) was an Italian air force corps. Where was it deployed before or during World War II?

In what branch of the military did Georgy Zhukov, the most famous Soviet general of World War II, serve early in his career?

In May-July 1945, the allied nations of France and Britain almost declared war on each because of a disagreement over how to handle nationalist protests in a formerly colonial land. Where did this crisis unfold?

During World War II, American cattle breeders set up a fund to protect the original herds of a certain breed of cattle, native to the Channel Islands in Europe, considered to be endangered by the occupying German forces? What breed was it?

The Wormhoudt (or Wormhout) Massacre was the killing of over Allied soldiers by German Waffen-SS troops in a barn. When and where did it happen?