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Which one of these nations contributed the most pilots to the defense of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain?
Canada
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States of America
LIFE Magazine
What piece of Japanese equipment was nicknamed the 'suicide special'?
The Type 94 shin guntō officer's sword, for its use in seppuku suicides
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero, for its use in kamikaze attacks
The Type 94 Nambu pistol, which could easily go off by accident while a surrendering soldier was disarming himself
The "Frangible hydrocyanic acid grenade, arsenic trichloride stabilized type", which held deadly nerve gas in a fragile glass ball
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Can you identify this World War II-era Soviet tank?
IS-3
KV-1
KV-2
T-44
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Why were early versions of the M4 Sherman tank nicknamed 'Zippo' and 'Tommycooker'?
The fuel tank caught fire very easily
The engine caused unbearable heat inside
Short circuits sometimes caused internal fires
The stored ammunition caught fire very easily
ww2armor.org
What did Marines get next to their turkey meal on the Thanksgiving of 1942 on Guadalcanal?
A bottle of captured Japanese sake
A bottle of Coca-Cola
A bottle of beer
A bottle of Pepsi
USMC Archives
The British air attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto achieved which of these goals?
It knocked the Italian Navy out of the war
It made it easier for the British to support their troops in Africa
It proved the accuracy of heavy bombers against ships
It stopped the Italian Navy from conducting offensive operations
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Which World War II-era rifle has a barrel which reciprocates (moves backward) with every shot?
SVT (Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva)-40
Fallschirmjägergewehr 42
Johnson M1941 rifle
Ross model 1905
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German carpenter Georg Elser tried to kill Hitler with a bomb in 1939. After he was captured, how did his Nazi interrogators get him to open up about how he made the bomb?
They tortured him.
They praised his bomb-making skills
They told him Hitler had died
They threatened his family
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Which one of the following policies did Philippe Pétain, the head of Vichy France, champion at an earlier stage of his career?
Using more artillery in World War I
Having a smaller French army
Not constructing the Maginot Line
Using guerilla warfare against Nazi Germany
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What were auxiliary cruisers most commonly used for in World War II?
Transporting troops through hostile waters
Guarding minor ports in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans
Training warship crews.
Attacking the enemy's merchant shipping
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