History Quiz

Which nation invaded and occupied the Northwest African city of Tangier (previously an international zone) for most of World War II?

Can you identify this strange-looking heavy bomber proposed in Germany during World War II but never actually built?

What was a noted shortcoming of the early versions of the iconic P-51 Mustang fighter?

Stalag Luft III was a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II and the site of the famous “Great Escape,” in which British POWs dug three tunnels. Which of these other escape attempts did also take place at the camp?

Which of these was the central point of the Enabling Act of 1933, one of the German laws that paved Hitler’s way to dictatorial power?

What weather phenomenon did greatly hinder German forces during Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive during World Wari II?

Operation Squabble was a propaganda mission performed by a single RAF plane over Paris on June 12, 1942. What did the plane do? (Photo does not necessarily show the correct answer.)

Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff was a German officer who almost assassinated Hitler on March 21, 1943. Von Gersdorff was to guide Hitler through an exhibition of captured Soviet weapons, and he planned to grab the Führer in a deadly embrace as bombs in his pockets went off. What prevented his success?

Which was the SECOND concentration camp established by the Nazi regime in Germany?

In which European country did members of a local German nationalist movement try and fail to take over the government in March 1939, half a year before World War II began?