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