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The Second World War | 10 Question History Multiple Choice Quiz

A difficult quiz for those who think they know WWII.

A multiple-choice quiz by pattons3rd. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pattons3rd

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
233,817

Updated
Jun 09 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1797

Last 3 plays: Guest 31 (9/10), Guest 213 (5/10), Guest 207 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the codename for the breakout at St Lo, Normandy? Hint

Buffalo

Typhoon

crawdad

Cobra

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who commanded the German 6th paratroop (Fallshirmj�ger) regiment in Normandy on D-day? Hint

Werner Henke

Walter Wenck

Baron von der Heydt

Siegfried Knappe

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which German U-Boat Commander sunk the most ships? Hint

Wolfgang Luth

Otto Kretschmer

Herbert Schultze

Werner Henke

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which American submarine commander sunk the most ships? Hint

Richard O'Kane

John Lee

Edward Shelby

Richard Donafrio

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Question 5 of 10

5. Victor was FDR's codename.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the name of the Allied operation to Capture Sardinia? Hint

Brimstone

Chesterfield

Husky

Gold

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Question 7 of 10

7. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor what was the first target hit by a Japanese bomb? Hint

Ford Island

Sub base

Battleship Row

Hickham Field

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the nickname for paradummies used on D-day? Hint

Oscars

Ruperts

Steves

Toms

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Question 9 of 10

9. Whom did some Germans (mainly Berliners) sarcastically refer to as "Groefaz"? Hint

Hermann Goering

Adolf Hitler

Josef Goebbls

Erwin Rommel

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Allied plane did bomber crews nickname "Little Friend"? Hint

Spitfire

Mustang

Hellcat

Thunderbolt

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the codename for the breakout at St Lo, Normandy?

Answer: Cobra

General Omar Bradley came up with Operation Cobra in July, 1944.

2. Who commanded the German 6th paratroop (Fallshirmj�ger) regiment in Normandy on D-day?

Answer: Baron von der Heydt

The 6th Paratroop regiment was an elite parachute regiment belonging to the German 2nd Fallschirmj�ger Division.

3. Which German U-Boat Commander sunk the most ships?

Answer: Otto Kretschmer

Otto Kretschmer sunk 45 ships in 16 patrols.

4. Which American submarine commander sunk the most ships?

Answer: Richard O'Kane

O'Kane was the commander of the Submarine TANG with 31 kills in five patrols.

5. Victor was FDR's codename.

Answer: True

He was also known as Admiral Q.

6. What was the name of the Allied operation to Capture Sardinia?

Answer: Brimstone

On July 20th of 1943 Operation Brimstone was cancelled in favor of alternate landings in the area S of Naples (Anzio).

7. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor what was the first target hit by a Japanese bomb?

Answer: Ford Island

Ford Island was at the center of the Pearl Harbor attack, because of the battleship moorings surrounding the island.

8. What was the nickname for paradummies used on D-day?

Answer: Ruperts

The first known use of paradummies was during the German invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium in 1940.

9. Whom did some Germans (mainly Berliners) sarcastically refer to as "Groefaz"?

Answer: Adolf Hitler

On the whole, Berliners who were never as fond of Hitler as many people from other parts of Germany and they sometimes referred to Hitler as "Groefaz". This stood for "groe�ter Feldherr aller Zeiten", which means "greatest general of all times", a description given him by sycopathants after the victory over France. But since Stalingrad it had a rather less flattering flavor.

10. Which Allied plane did bomber crews nickname "Little Friend"?

Answer: Mustang

The Mustang was the longest range fighter escort that saw action during the war.

Source: Author pattons3rd

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