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History Quiz

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What is the name of the city in Tennessee that was originally built in secrecy to serve as a production site for the Manhattan Project?

Pine Ridge Fir Ridge Oak Ridge Maple Ridge

U.S. Department of Energy

Can you identify this World War II-era Soviet submachine gun?

PPsh-41 PPD-40 PPS-43 PPD-34

MKFI

General Omar Bradley ordered the U.S. First Army, fighting in Normandy at the time, to celebrate Independence Day on July 4, 1944. What form did the celebration take?

Bombers dropped American flags in local towns and cities. All artillery units opened fire on German lines at exactly noon, some units firing red, white and blue smoke shells. Most units were given bottled Coca Cola and cake. A multi-hour concert of American patriotic songs and popular music was broadcast on radio.

Carol M. Highsmith

What was the strategic importance of the British-held Mediterranean island of Malta in World War II?

It could be used to build up troops in preparation of an Allied invasion of Italy or Italian-held parts of North Africa It was the home port of the British Mediterranean Fleet Aircraft based there could attack Sicily and Southern Italy Aircraft and submarines based there could attack Axis convoys headed for North Africa

Imperial War Museums

The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen had a busy career. Which of these operations did she NOT participate in?

Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Denmark and Norway Operation Rheinübung, the first and last voyage of the Bismarck Operation Cerberus, also known as the Channel Dash Operation Crossroads, the U.S. atomic weapon tests at Bikini Atoll

Naval History & Heritage Command

For what historical reason is Normandy, the site of the Allied D-Day landings in World War II, called “Normandie” in French, “nor-“ meaning “north”?

It belonged to the northern half of the Carolingian Empire after its division It was settled by men from the north It was along the northern coast of France It is north of Paris

Normandy Regional Tourism Committee

Where did the German Ferdinand (later Elefant) heavy tank destroyer first see action (almost all Ferdinands ever produced were deployed there)?

Siege of Leningrad Battle of Moscow Siege of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk

Bundesarchiv

Which Southeast Asian puppet state, created by Japan, had this flag?

State of Burma Second Philippine Republic Provisional Government of Free India Kingdom of Kampuchea

Wikimedia Commons

What was the purpose of the British naval attack on Mers-el-Kébir in North Africa during World War II?

Supporting Allied landings during Operation Torch Sinking surrendered French ships so the Germans can’t use them Catching the Italian fleet unawares with a carrier-launched air strike Distracting Italian warships and preventing them from intercepting a vital supply convoy headed for Malta

Jacques Mulard

Which World War II belligerent nation was in the habit of naming several major operations after celestial bodies and past military leaders? (Image does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

United Kingdom Germany Japan Soviet Union

military-history.org

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