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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.

XenonRush · M

Hitler fought in WW1?@SumKindaMunster

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@XenonRush [c=#359E00]and get caught if my memory correct[/c]

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

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Yes he did and survived. Shitty eh lol @XenonRush