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General knowledge quiz about WWII?

1. What range of years did WWII occur?

2. What event do most historians agree started WWII?

3. Who was the president of US during the war?

4. Who was the emperor of Japan during the war?

5. Why were the Germans so good at winning battles? Where did hitler study war tactics?

6. What event officially ended the war? Was there a treaty?

BONUS: Do you have any relatives who served in the war?

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SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

1. 1938-1945
2. Germany's invasion of Poland
3. Franklin Delano Rosevelt
4. Hirohito?
5. The "blitzkreig" or lightning war. Hitler eschewed the trench warfare of WW1. I don't know where Hitlter studied war tactics....
6. The nuclear attack on Nagasaki. I don't know if there was a treaty...

Bonus: Yes, both my grandfathers served. One was a medic in the European theater, the other a tailgunner in the Pacific theater.

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SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

@XenonRush No of course not. That's not what I am saying. I am saying he learned from the futility of the trench warfare of WW1 and applied those lessons to his military strategy.

XenonRush · M

Who were some famous American war heroes from WW2?
@SumKindaMunster

SW-User

Yes he did and survived. Shitty eh lol @XenonRush

WeighedDown · 36-40, M

America entered the war in 43 but I think it started in 37 or 38 i know it ended in 45

2. No idea

3.FDR

4.no idea

5.not sure where Hitler studed but his solders were on amphetamines

6. Seems like the bomb or the death of Hitler

7. Yeah on both sides

Now I have one for you

Why did Hitler choose the swastika as the symbol of the nazis?

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WeighedDown · 36-40, M

@XenonRushit's actually older than that and is Hindu originally it was a mark of Good Fortune and a symbol of protection

XenonRush · M

Who were some famous American war heroes from the war?
@WeighedDown

WeighedDown · 36-40, M

@XenonRush idk I remember Alvin york was one in WW1 but I don't remember any from WW2

Dlrannie · 31-35, F

1) China 1937-45 Europe 1939 -45. USA 1941-45

2) invasion of Poland ( unless your Chinese)

3) Roosevelt

4) Hirohito

5) Highly trained troops, Hitler serve in WW1 but had no material knowledge of Military Tactics

6) In Europe - the fall of Berlin and Hitlers suicide - unconditional surrender. In the Pacific the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki- unconditional surrendet

YukikoAmagi

[c=#359E00]1939 to 1945[/c]
[c=#359E00]Blietzkrieg on Poland[/c]
[c=#359E00]Kennedy? Not sure[/c]
[c=#359E00]Hirohito[/c]
[c=#359E00]No it's not Hitler, it was his general deeds, like Rommel and the others[/c]
[c=#359E00]The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for Asia, and the ransacked of Berlin for Europe[/c]

DDonde · 31-35, M

1. 1930s-1945
2. Invasion of China by the Japanese or the Invasion of Poland by Germany
3. FDR and then Truman
4. Hirohito
5. Blitzkrieg? I don't know.
6. It's generally thought that the second atomic bomb was it, but it's controversial to what extent it was the deciding factor.
Bonus: No.

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