History Quiz

Which physicist wrote a letter to President Roosevelt and had it signed by Albert Einstein in order to launch American research into nuclear weapons during World War II?

Can you identify this World War II-era tank destroyer?

What event was the direct, immediate cause of Hitler becoming “Führer und Reichskanzler“ (“Führer and Chancellor of the Reich“)?

What was the common nickname of the first-ever atomic bomb, the one used in the Trinity test?

Which one of these future U.S. Presidents served during World War II without going overseas?

Which one of these actions in Normandy began with a deadly friendly fire incident in which Allied bombers kill or wounded hundreds of infantrymen? (Not necessarily the event in the photo.)

Winston Churchill is best known for being the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for much of World War II, but he was also an important figure in World War I. Which one of these battles was his brainchild?

General Lesley McNair, sometimes called “the Army’s architect,” was responsible for the controversial “individual replacement system” during World War II. Which one of these is NOT a criticism commonly leveled against the system?

Which Axis (or Axis-allied) country offered refuge to several thousand Jews because some members of the government believed in the “Jewish world conspiracy” and wanted to get on their good side?

F. D. Roosevelt, the President who led America through World War II, never served as a soldier. He was, however, a high-ranking civilian official at one branch of the military in the 1910s. Which branch was it?