What were Hobart's Funnies, named after British Major General Percy Hobart?

A series of bombs and rockets designed for special purposes. Specialized armored vehicles used on D-Day. Equipment designed for spies, and the real-life inspiration behind some of James Bond's movie gadgets. A series of humorous propaganda radio broadcasts mocking the Axis.

Imperial War Museums

What is British WWII pilot Douglas Bader best-known for?

For flying despite having lost both his legs in a crash. For taking his dog with him on missions. For surviving several crashes due to his short stature. For downing zero enemy airplanes but 24 V-1 flying bombs.

Imperial War Museums

For what war crime was Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita, 'the Tiger of Malaya', sentenced to death after the war? (The principle behind the sentence became known as the 'Yamashita standard.')

For ordering the massacre of civilians. For not punishing his soldiers for massacring civilians. For bringing about a military situation where his soldiers were tempted to massacre civilians. For his troops committing massacres, even though he himself didn't know about them or had the means to stop them.

U.S. prosecution team

Can you identify this American machine gun?

Browning M1917 Browning M1919 Browning M2 machine gun Trick question! It's a British Vickers machine gun manned by American soldiers.

The National World War II Museum

Legendary musician Glenn Miller and his Army Air Force Band famously entertained soldiers in Europe. What is the most likely explanation behind Miller's mysterious disappearance over the English Channel?

He was quietly assassinated for being a spy. An Allied bomber dumped its payload into the sea just when his plane was flying past close to the water. Parts of his plane iced over and the aircraft crashed into the sea. He actually died after the flight, in a brothel in Paris.

Billboard magazine

Where exactly in Munich was the National Socialist German Workers' Party (the NSDAP, the "Nazi party") founded on February 24, 1920?

The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl beer hall, which was destroyed in WWII. The Bürgerbräukeller beer hall, which is also where Hitler launched the Beer Hall Putsch from in 1923. Hitler's flat. The offices of the Münchener Beobachter, a nationalist newspaper that was later renamed and became the Nazi party's official paper.

Bundesarchiv

Which of these events (some of them false) influenced the Allied decision to bomb the Italian abbey of Monte Cassino into rubble?

Several Allied soldiers were killed by sniper fire coming from the abbey. Two American generals flew over the abbey in a plane and reported seeing German activity inside. An Italian refugee escaped from the abbey and told the troops about German soldiers inside. The Germans leaked a false report with fictional troop numbers there, and the deception plan backfired.

Naval History & Heritage Command

How many Allied carriers have been sunk by Japanese kamikaze planes during the war?

none 1 3 5

U.S. Navy

What was the name of the late-1942 Soviet operation to encircle Axis forces at Stalingrad and save the city?

Operation Red Star Operation Luna Operation Neptune Operation Uranus

Red Army

Which of these commando raids by the British Commonwealth against Nazi-held Europe ended in an infamous defeat with the loss of many lives, ships and aircraft?

Operation Jubilee, a.k.a. the Dieppe Raid Operation Biting, a.k.a. the Bruneval Raid Operation Chariot, a.k.a. the St Nazaire Raid Operation Archery, against the Norwegian island of Vågsøy

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