- 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) Adolf Hitler
C) Benito Mussolini
D) Winston Churchill
- 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) Dwight D. Eisenhower
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) Germany
B) Italy
C) France
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) Vivid Emotions
B) Vengeance in Europe
C) Victory Everywhere
D) Victory in Europe
- 7. Which Allied leader famously gave a speech on Victory in Europe Day in May 1945, declaring the end of the war?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Winston Churchill
D) Charles de Gaulle
- 8. What was the code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945?
A) Fat Man
B) Trinity
C) Little Boy
D) Manhattan
- 9. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in May 1945?
A) Mikhail Gorbachev
B) Vladimir Lenin
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Nikita Khrushchev
- 10. What was the name of the policy developed by the United States to contain communism after World War II?
A) Marshall Plan
B) Berlin Airlift
C) Containment Strategy
D) Truman Doctrine
- 11. Who was the commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Bernard Montgomery
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) George S. Patton
- 12. What was the codename for the operation to invade Normandy on June 6, 1944?
A) Operation Neptune
B) Operation Market Garden
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Barbarossa
- 13. What was the name of the Allied operation against the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima in 1945?
A) Operation Detachment
B) Operation Iceberg
C) Operation Downfall
D) Operation Dragoon
- 14. Which country's forces captured Berlin in 1945?
A) Soviet Union
B) United Kingdom
C) United States
D) France
- 15. What was the name of the plan to rebuild war-torn Europe after World War II?
A) Truman Doctrine
B) Bretton Woods Agreement
C) Berlin Airlift
D) Marshall Plan
- 16. Which naval battle in the Pacific in 1945 was a turning point in the war against Japan?
A) Battle of the Coral Sea
B) Battle of Midway
C) Battle of Okinawa
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) Ultra
B) Decipher
C) Enigma
D) Magic
- 18. What conference in February 1945 outlined post-war spheres of influence?
A) Yalta Conference
B) Casablanca Conference
C) Potsdam Conference
D) Tehran Conference
- 19. What was the capital of Germany during World War II?
A) Paris
B) Berlin
C) Vienna
D) Warsaw
- 20. In what month and year did Benito Mussolini die?
A) June 1941
B) December 1942
C) April 1945
D) October 1944
- 21. Who was the Emperor of Japan during World War II?
A) Naruhito
B) Hirohito
C) Akihito
D) Masahito
- 22. What was the name of the first Nazi concentration camp established in Germany?
A) Auschwitz
B) Dachau
C) Buchenwald
D) Treblinka
- 23. What was the name of the Vichy France leader who collaborated with the Nazis?
A) Édouard Daladier
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) Marshal Philippe Pétain
D) Georges Clemenceau
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