World War Two Basics

What this quiz asks

• In which year did World War II begin in Europe?
• The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 took place on the beaches of which French region?
• The Soviet Union fought on the Allied side for the entire war.
• Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?
• Which event brought the United States into the war in December 1941?
• Select ALL of these countries that were Axis powers.
• Operation Barbarossa was the code name for which event?
• Did the war in Europe end before the war in Asia?
• Who was President of the United States when the country entered the war in 1941?
• Who was Supreme Allied Commander for the invasion of Normandy?
• The Battle of Britain in 1940 was fought mainly between which two air forces?
• Operation Torch, in November 1942, landed Allied troops in which region?
• The Battle of Midway in June 1942 was fought in which ocean?
• Order these Allied operations from earliest to latest.
• Italy stayed on the Axis side until the end of the war.
• The United Nations was founded in 1945.
• Did Switzerland remain neutral throughout the war?
• Did the Battle of Stalingrad end in defeat for the German army?
• Select ALL of these cities that hosted wartime conferences of the Allied leaders.
• Select ALL of these countries that were occupied by Germany during the war.