World War 1 (WW1) and World War 2 (WW2) are the major events in history. We are here with some important facts about these wars in the form of trivia questions and answers. Because trivia questions are the easiest and entertaining way of learning.
The WW2 trivia facts include some questions about the major event in history. The Second World War is also known as the global war. The war started on September 1, 1939, when Germany attacked Poland over a border dispute and lasts till September 1945.
WW2 Trivia
1. What was the start date of World War 2?
Show Answer1 September 19392. What was the end date of World War 2?
Show Answer2 September 19453. How many opposing military alliances formed during the war?
Show AnswerTwo4. What were the military alliances?
Show AnswerThe Allies and the Axis5. When the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima dropped?
Show AnswerAugust 6, 19456. What was the name of the bomber?
Show AnswerEnola Gay7. Who piloted that B-29 bomber?
Show AnswerLt. Col. Paul Warfield Tibbets8. How many lives were lost from China in the war?
Show AnswerApproximately 11 million9. Which country lost the most lives?
Show AnswerSoviet Union10. When the Allied Manhattan Project exploded an atom bomb in the New Mexico desert?
Show AnswerJuly 16, 1945Want to know about Disney princess?: 65+ Memorial Day Facts Trivia Questions and Answers
WW2 Trivia Facts
11. Which country first declared the war?
Show AnswerGermany12. On which country Germany attacked against a border dispute?
Show AnswerPoland13. When the Germans did invaded Norway and Denmark?
Show AnswerIn April 194014. The code name ‘Operation Overlord’ was launched for which battle?
Show AnswerBattle of Normandy15. When the code was launched?
Show AnswerJune 6, 194416. Who brought Italy into the war?
Show AnswerThe dictator Benito Mussolini17. On which country Italy attacked?
Show AnswerFrance18. What was the famous German ship in WW2?
Show AnswerThe Bismarck19. When Japan surprisingly attacked on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
Show AnswerOn December 7, 194120. When the United States entered the war?
After the attack on Pearl Harbor
The most important event that happened during WW2 was the Pearl Harbor attack. On 7 December 1941 Japan surprisingly attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which leads to the entrance of the United States into the war as well. 64 Japanese and 2403 Americans were killed in the attack.
WW2 Trivia Hard
21. Which agreement formed the Axis powers?
Show AnswerTripartite Pact22. When the agreement was signed?
Show AnswerSeptember 27, 194023. Which countries were part of the agreement?
Show AnswerJapan, Italy and Germany24. When did Hitler die?
Show AnswerApril 30, 194525. Who shot Hitler?
Show AnswerHe shot himself.26. “Operation Iceberg” was the code name for which battle?
Show AnswerBattle of Okinawa27. Where the battle fought?
Show AnswerIn the Japanese Ryukyu Island.28. How many U.S Navy Battleship damaged in the Pearl Harbor attack?
Show AnswerEight29. How many Japanese cruisers sank or damaged in the attack?
Show AnswerThree30. What date was proclaimed as ‘a date which will live in infamy’?
Show AnswerDecember 7, 1941Us History WW2 Trivia
31. Who said this statement?
Show AnswerPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt32. Why the date was proclaimed as ‘a date which will live in infamy’?
Show AnswerDue to the Pearl Harbor attack33. What were the largest battleships ever built by Germany?
Show AnswerBismarck and his sister ship Tirpitz34. Which battleship destroyed the HMS Hood?
Show AnswerBismarck35. Who surrendered to the Japanese Army at the Battle of Singapore?
Show AnswerLieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival36. Who was the Japanese sailor captured in the Pearl Harbor attack?
Show AnswerKazuo Sakamaki37. How many Japanese servicemen killed in the attack?
Show AnswerSixty-four38. How many aircrafts were lost?
Show AnswerTwenty-Nine39. How many Americans were killed?
Show Answer240340. Between Japan and America, which country’s loss were more?
Show AnswerAmerica
WWII Fun Trivia
41. What were the two Nuremberg Laws?
Show AnswerThe Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor and the Reich Citizenship Law42. Which law forbade marriages and extramarital intercourse between Jews and Germans?
Show AnswerThe Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor43. What does the Reich Citizenship Law states?
Show AnswerIt declared that only those of German or related blood were eligible to be Reich citizens.44. What was the codename for the Dunkirk evacuation?
Show AnswerOperation Dynamo45. The Dunkirk Evacuation is also known as what?
Show AnswerThe Miracle of DunkirkThere was a conference held during the war between the three people Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin on February 4, 1945, and lasts till February 11, 1945. Many experts claim that this meeting leads to the Cold War among the powers. The meeting was named the Yalta Conference.
World War 2 Quiz Questions And Answers Pdf
46. What was the period of the Miracle of Dunkirk?
Show Answer26 May to 4 June 194047. Who lost the Battle of Midway?
Show AnswerJapan48. Which Axis power first surrendered?
Show AnswerItaly49. When did Italy surrender to the Allies?
Show AnswerSeptember 8, 194350. What was the conference considered as the cause of Cold War by many experts?
Show AnswerThe Yalta Conference51. Who were the members of the conference?
Show AnswerFranklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin52. When did the meeting held?
Show AnswerFrom February 4 to 11, 194553. What were the main issues discussed in the conference?
Show AnswerGerman War reparations, Division of Germany into zones of occupations and the reparation of all Soviet soldiers.54. When the Axis leader Benito Mussolini was imprisoned?
Show AnswerJuly 24, 194355. How many were killed in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Show Answer129,000 peopleThe division of Germany into zones of occupation was also discussed in the Yalta Conference. After WW2 Germany was divided into four zones, the American, French, British, and the Soviet zone. The first three zones formed West Germany while the Soviet zone formed East Germany.
WW2 Difficult Trivia
56. How many Jews were killed between 1941 and 1945?
Show AnswerAbout six million57. How many children were included in the victims?
Show Answer1.5 million58. What was the Operation Sea Lion?
Show AnswerCodename for the invasion of United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain59. What was there on the Nazi Germany Jew’s clothes for their recognition?
Show AnswerA yellow star of David60. What was the time when the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor?
Show Answer7:48 am Hawaii time61. What was the greatest tank battle in history?
Show AnswerThe Battel of Kursk62. How many tanks were involved in the battle?
Show AnswerAround 600063. Into how many zones of occupation Germany was divide after the WW2?
Show AnswerFour64. Which countries were grouped together as West Germany?
Show AnswerThe American, British and French zones65. The formed the East Germany?
Show AnswerThe Soviet zoneWant to know about Disney princess?: 110+ 80s Trivia Questions and Answers
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66. What was the last major battle of WW2?
Show AnswerThe Battle of Okinawa67. What was the time period of the battle of Okinawa?
Show AnswerApril 1, 1945 to June 21, 194568. How many Japanese died during the battle?
Show AnswerMore than 200,00069. How many U.S soldiers were killed in the battle?
Show Answer15,90070. When did Japanese attacked on Hiroshima?
Show AnswerAugust 6, 1945The First World War (WW1) started in 1914 and lasts till 1918. The war is also famous as the Great War. It started after the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria among the Central and Allied powers.
WW1 Trivia
71. Which war is also known as the Great War?
Show AnswerWorld War 172. When the war started?
Show AnswerIn 1914, after the killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.73. Who were the Central powers?
Show AnswerGermany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire74. Who were the Allied powers?
Show AnswerGreat Britain, France, Russia Italy, Japan, Romania and the United States75. Who was blamed for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
Show AnswerThe Serbian Government76. Who supported Serbia?
Show AnswerRussia77. When the Austria-Hungary declared war of Serbia?
Show AnswerOn July 2878. According to which military strategy Germany began fighting World War 1?
Show AnswerSchlieffen Plan79. When the German troops crossed the border into Belgium?
Show AnswerAugust 4, 191480. Until when the war lasted?
Show Answer1918
