- 1. When did World War II officially end in Europe?
A) June 30
B) May 8
C) July 4
D) April 15
- 2. What infamous leader died by suicide in April 1945, before the end of World War II in Europe?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Benito Mussolini
C) Winston Churchill
D) Adolf Hitler
- 3. Who became the President of the United States in May 1945 following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Harry S. Truman
C) George H. W. Bush
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 4. Which country declared its surrender to the Allies on May 7, 1945, effectively ending the war in Europe?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Japan
D) Germany
- 5. The United Nations was established in May 1945. Where was the UN conference held?
A) Geneva
B) San Francisco
C) London
D) New York
- 6. The term 'V-E Day' is often used to describe the end of World War II in Europe. What does 'V-E' stand for?
A) Vengeance in Europe
B) Victory Everywhere
C) Victory in Europe
D) Vivid Emotions
- 7. Which Allied leader famously gave a speech on Victory in Europe Day in May 1945, declaring the end of the war?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Winston Churchill
D) Joseph Stalin
- 8. What was the code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945?
A) Trinity
B) Fat Man
C) Manhattan
D) Little Boy
- 9. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in May 1945?
A) Nikita Khrushchev
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Vladimir Lenin
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
- 10. What was the name of the policy developed by the United States to contain communism after World War II?
A) Berlin Airlift
B) Marshall Plan
C) Containment Strategy
D) Truman Doctrine
- 11. Who was the commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II?
A) George S. Patton
B) Douglas MacArthur
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Bernard Montgomery
- 12. What was the codename for the operation to invade Normandy on June 6, 1944?
A) Operation Neptune
B) Operation Barbarossa
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Market Garden
- 13. What was the name of the Allied operation against the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima in 1945?
A) Operation Iceberg
B) Operation Dragoon
C) Operation Detachment
D) Operation Downfall
- 14. Which country's forces captured Berlin in 1945?
A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) Soviet Union
D) France
- 15. What was the name of the plan to rebuild war-torn Europe after World War II?
A) Marshall Plan
B) Truman Doctrine
C) Berlin Airlift
D) Bretton Woods Agreement
- 16. Which naval battle in the Pacific in 1945 was a turning point in the war against Japan?
A) Battle of Midway
B) Battle of Okinawa
C) Battle of the Coral Sea
D) Battle of Leyte Gulf
- 17. What was the name of the code-breaking operation that helped decipher Axis messages during World War II?
A) Magic
B) Enigma
C) Ultra
D) Decipher
- 18. What conference in February 1945 outlined post-war spheres of influence?
A) Tehran Conference
B) Potsdam Conference
C) Yalta Conference
D) Casablanca Conference
- 19. What was the capital of Germany during World War II?
A) Vienna
B) Warsaw
C) Paris
D) Berlin
- 20. In what month and year did Benito Mussolini die?
A) April 1945
B) October 1944
C) June 1941
D) December 1942
- 21. Who was the Emperor of Japan during World War II?
A) Naruhito
B) Masahito
C) Hirohito
D) Akihito
- 22. What was the name of the first Nazi concentration camp established in Germany?
A) Auschwitz
B) Buchenwald
C) Dachau
D) Treblinka
- 23. What was the name of the Vichy France leader who collaborated with the Nazis?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) Marshal Philippe Pétain
C) Édouard Daladier
D) Georges Clemenceau
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