History Quiz

Which country had a bitter civil war going on before and after World War II, only suspending it temporarily and superficially for the duration of the war?

Can you identify the submachine gun held by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill?

Which was the only ship ever sunk by the Bismarck, the pride of the German navy in World War II?

What technological invention was one of the main causes for the development of operation code names in World War I?

Which one of these positions did General Dwight Eisenhower NOT hold at some point during World War II?

Where did the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) perform their last strategic-scale airborne operation during World War II?

American comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks served in World War II before becoming famous. Which of these was one of his main jobs in the military?

After Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini was killed by partisans, his body was hung upside down on public display. At what sort of venue was he displayed at?

World War II famously ended with the first-ever deployment of nuclear weapons against an enemy by the United States. Going by the date of first test detonation, which was the SECOND country in the world to have atomic bombs?

Of these four tracked, armored and cannon-armed World War II fighting vehicles, which one is the only actual tank? (Note: order of vehicles in images differs from order of answers.)