Which country lost the most soldiers in World War II?

Soviet Union China Germany United States

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Can you identify this type of knife, used in World War II?

Puukko knife NR ("nozh razvedchika")-40 Ka-Bar knife Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife

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The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a territory annexed by Nazi Germany in early 1939. Which modern country did it largely overlap with?

Czechia Slovakia Poland Hungary

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What was the designation of a Sherman tank up-gunned with a British 17-pounder gun capable of taking out German heavy tanks?

Bodkin Hornet Firefly Cobra

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Which future leader of the Soviet Union was in Stalingrad during the bloody battle for the city?

Georgy Malenkov Nikita Khrushchev Leonid Brezhnev Yuri Andropov

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Half-Indian British spy Noor Inayat Khan served in Nazi-occupied France until her capture. What was her job there?

wireless operator honeytrap agent propagandist assassin

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What was the best tool to destroy enemy tanks with, according to Gen. Jacob L. Devers, head of the Armored Force in 1941-42, and supporter of the development of the Sherman tank?

infantry equipped with anti-tank weapons airplanes other tanks dedicated tank destroyers

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What was the strategic goal of the famous British commando raid at St Nazaire?

To kill high-ranking Nazi statesmen who were supposed to be there on that date. To acquire a copy of the German Enigma cipher machine. To destroy massed Luftwaffe forces there before they could be used to bomb Britain. To destroy the dock so German battleships damaged in the Atlantic couldn't be repaired there.

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Which German tank was produced in the highest numbers during World War II?

Panzer III Panzer IV Panzer V Panther Panzer VI Tiger

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Why did many German warplanes have yellow as part of their paint scheme?

It was highly visible and helped avoid friendly fire accidents with other planes or flak. It blended in with the bright sky, so Allied pilots had a harder time seeing the exact shape (and thus type) of the plane. Yellow paint was cheap in Germany during the war. As a tradition dating back to World War I, when many German pilots gave their planes custom paintjobs.

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