History Quiz

Who is usually credited with inventing the phrase “Iron Curtain” to describe the division of Europe into a democratic and a communist part after World War II?

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

Adlertag (“Eagle Day”) on August 13, 1940, was the first day of Germany’s Operation Adlerangriff (“Eagle Attack”), a part of the Battle of Britain. What was the strategic goal of the operation?

How many U.S. patrol torpedo boats participated in the August 9, 1944, attack on a German convoy in the Channel Islands which ended with the loss of the boat P-509 and the death of all but one men onboard?

Which of these was the first combat jump of the 17th Airborne Division, the Golden Talons?

Which was the most-produced British bomber of World War II? (Photo does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

Lewis Nixon, an officer in the 101st Airborne Division and friend to Dick Winters of Band of Brothers fame, came from a wealthy background. What trade was his grandfather in?

On August 19, 1939, Stalin allegedly made a secret speech to the Politburo to outline the Soviet strategy in World War II. What was the strategy?

Which World War II belligerent nation passed an “Enemy Airmen’s Act,” a law that stated that enemy air crews who participated in bombing missions have violated the “law of war,” and could therefore be tried and punished on capture? (Note: photo does not necessarily depict the correct answer.)

Which two countries formed the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, on August 17, 1940, early in World War II?