History Quiz

What was the name of the ship on which the five Sullivan brothers famously served and died together, providing some of the inspiration for the film Saving Private Ryan?

Can you identify this World War II-era British tank?

What was a “Sunshield,” used by British and Commonwealth forces in the Second Battle of El Alamein? (Photo does not depict correct answer.)

Which occupied nation formed a resistance group called the “Union of Armed Struggle” or “Association for Armed Struggle” during World War II? (Photo does not necessarily depict correct answer.)

Midge at the Mike was an English-language German propaganda radio program delivered by “Axis Sally.” What did it feature?

Operation Uranus was a major Soviet operation involving over 1 million soldiers (including reserves) during World War II. Where did it take place?

The German commerce raider Kormoran wrote history in November 1941, when it became the only commerce raider in modern history to sink a dedicated warship. Where did this happen?

Charles de Gaulle, former leader of the Free French Forces and Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic late in the war, resigned from the latter position in 1946 because he couldn’t get along with what group of people in the politics of the liberated country?

What people were divided by the Nazis into “sedentary” and “nomadic” groups on the orders of SS-leader Heinrich Himmler, with the former treated as regular citizens in occupied countries and the latter placed into concentration camps like Jews? (Photo does not necessarily depict correct answer.)

In 1940, the German heavy cruiser Deutschland (“Germany”) was renamed to avoid the propaganda disaster its possible loss might have caused. What was its new name?