World Military History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What year did the Battle of Hastings take place? 1066 A.D. 1820 A.D. 1689 A.D. 1889 A.D.

2. In what war was the 'Rorke's Drift' fought? Zulu Wars U.S. Civil War Irish Rebellion Boer War

3. Which West Point classmate did Stonewall Jackson face during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign (1862)? U.S. Grant Joe Hooker William Sherman George McClellan

4. The 1983 Invasion of Grenada by the U.S. was codenamed ________? Medical Relief Swift Justice Urgent Fury Island Hopper

5. The D-Day invasion of Normandy was codenamed ________? Fortitude Cobra Torch Overlord

6. The Siege of Delhi (1857) occurred during which war? India - Pakistan Wars The Sikh Wars The Indian Mutiny The Crimean War

7. The victorious commander of the 'Battle of Omdurman' (1898) was ________? Kitchener Roberts Wolsley Buller

8. The only amphibious landing during the Korean War(1950-3)was at______? Inchon Pan Moon Jong Pusan Samchok

9. Who was the creator of the 'Sicily Invasion' plan (1943)? Montgomery Eisenhower Alexander Patton

10. The first 'Battle of Bull Run' (U.S. 1861) is also know as the Battle of ________? Sharpsburg Manassas Chancelorsville Antietam

11. What German Field Marshal was captured at the Battle of Stalingrad (1943)? Kesselring Schmidt Kotel Paulus

12. Whom did the Spartans face at the Battle of Thermopylae? Persians Cretes Greeks Syrians

13. The first victory for Hannibal in Italy was at the Battle of _____? Trebbia Cannae Syracuse Tunis

14. The Battle of Yalu occurred during what conflict? Russo-Japanese War Sino-Japanese War Korean War Boxer Rebellion

15. In what year did the Tet Offensive occur during the Vietnam war? 1968 1969 1967 1974