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    When did President Franklin Roosevelt die?World War II Interesting Facts

      April 12, 1945. Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia on April 12th, 1945 from cerebral hemorrhage. He was just over 63 years old when he died.

    Where did President Franklin Roosevelt sometimes go for medical treatment? World War II Interesting Facts

      Warm Springs. In 1927 he established a charitable foundation there for the rehabilitation of polio patients.

    What did Hedy Lamarr, the movie actress do to help toward the war effort?World War II Interesting Facts

      She co-invented a torpedo guidance sysytem, that was approved but not used.

    What was the nickname of the German propaganda broadcaster?World War II Interesting Facts

      Axis Sally. Her real name was Mildred Gillars (1900-88). She was convicted of treason in 1949 and sentenced to 10-30 years. She was released in 1961.

    What would WW2 be without John Wayne? How many WW2 movies did he star in between 1942 and 1966?World War II Interesting Facts

      14.

    On what date did Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, and in turn the United States declared war on Germany and Italy?World War II Interesting Facts

      December 11, 1941.

    Intrepid was the code name of the head of the British intelligence network. Who was he?World War II Interesting Facts

      Sir William Stephenson. Sir William Stephenson was a close friend of Ian Fleming.

    Who commanded the Luftwaffe?World War II Interesting Facts

      Hermann Goering.

    What was the Anzio Express?World War II Interesting Facts

      Nickname given to a German Railway Gun.

    Who was not a Vice President of Franklin Roosevelt?World War II Interesting Facts

      Al Smith. Garner served two terms, Wallace one, and Truman just a few short weeks before he was elevated to the presidency by FDR's death in April, 1945.

    Chester Nimitz, son of Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded what submarine?World War II Interesting Facts

      USS Haddo.

    What is the code name used by General Eisenhower's staff for his retreat outside of London?World War II Interesting Facts

      Da de da. From book WW2 Fascinating Facts

    When did the signing of the Japanese surrender treaty aboard the USS Missouri take place?World War II

      September 2, 1945.

    On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on what city?World War II

      Hiroshima.

    Where were the 1936 Olympic Games held?World War II

      Berlin.

    Who was Adolf Hitler's mistress for most of World War II and the woman whom he married a day before committing suicide?World War II

      Eva Braun.

    Who was the Head of the SS?World War II

      Heinrich Himmler.

    What German field marshal, also known as 'Desert Fox' was in charge of the Atlantic Wall?World War II

      Erwin Rommel.

    What general commanded the U.S. 3rd army in the Battle of the Bulge?World War II

      George Patton.

    What was the name of the American general who captured Rome two days before D-Day?World War II

      Mark Clark.

    What was the biggest tank battle of World War II?World War II

      Kursk.

    What was the longest battle of WWII?World War II

      Battle of the Atlantic.

    What was the German code name for the summer offensive against Russia in 1941?World War II

      Barbarossa.

    On what day did D-Day occur?World War II

      June 6, 1944.

    On which two beaches did the British land on D-Day?World War II

      Sword and Gold.

    What was the name of the US warship upon which the final Japanese surrender was accepted, on September 2nd, 1945?World War 2 Operations

      USS Missouri. During the six years of World War 2 approximately 50 million people, both service personnel and civilians were killed.

    Only 3 men of a crew of 1,420 survived the sudden explosion of this British ship, engaged in a battle with the German warship 'Bismarck' on May 24th, 1941?World War 2 Operations

      HMS Hood. Only eight minutes into the attack on the Bismarck by the British warships Hood and Prince of Wales, the Hood was hit amidships by a shell from the Bismarck. It exploded and sank in less than five minutes.

    From July 1942 to January 1943 Australian troops fought a bloody battle against the Japanese along a muddy jungle trail that tranversed the highlands of New Guinea. What was the name of this trail?World War 2 Operations

      The Kokoda Track. The Battle of the Kokoda Traack (sometimes referred to as Kokoda Trail) lasted six gruelling months and was the first land defeat suffered by the Japanese in World War II.

    In 'Operation Thunderclap' on February 13-15 1945 the RAF and US Army Air Force devasted a major German city. Which was it?World War 2 Operations

      Dresden. Up to that point, Dresden had been left largely untouched by Allied bombing, because of its lack of strategic targets. The preferred range of estimates of the number of people killed (mainly civilian) has narrowed in the 21st century to about 25,000.

    What was the name of the decisive naval battle, in June 1942, that saw the destruction of a major part of the Japanese fleet?World War 2 Operations

      The Battle of Midway. The Japanese attempted to draw the US Pacific Fleet into the open sea and destroy it. The plan failed, and this battle marked the end of Japan's naval dominance in the Pacific.

    What Australian city was bombed more heavily than Pearl Harbour?World War 2 Operations

      Darwin. Darwin was bombed 63 times over a period of 21 months. The most devastating attack occurred on February 19th, 1942.

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