Trivia Challenge
How deep does your World War II knowledge go? These aren't your textbook questions.
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆
In what year did World War II end?
1945
Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945 (V-E Day). Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945 (V-J Day) following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The formal surrender ceremony took place on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Source: General knowledge
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ • Normandy & D-Day
Who was the Supreme Allied Commander of the D-Day invasion?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower was responsible for the final go/no-go decision on D-Day, which he made on June 5, 1944, after consulting weather forecasts. He also drafted a letter taking full responsibility in case the invasion failed — he kept it in his wallet throughout the day.
Source: Stephen Ambrose, The Supreme Commander
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ • The Holocaust
What was the Holocaust?
The systematic genocide of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany
The Holocaust — also known as the Shoah — was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. It also targeted Roma, disabled people, political prisoners, and others.
Source: Raul Hilberg, The Destruction of the European Jews