History Quiz

Where were the bodies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress publicly displayed after they were captured and killed by partisans?

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

What caused the death of at least 749 American servicemen during Exercise Tiger, a secret rehearsal for the D-Day landings held along the British coast in April 1944?

Which one of these was NOT a major reason beind the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941?

What was the gist of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany, signed in 1935 and abrogated by Hitler in 1939?

What was another name for the so-called "Exterminator," a version of the Soviet T-34 tank armed with a heavier gun?

Which one of these was NOT the title of one of President F. D. Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chat radio addresses?

What was the name of the U.S. Navy river gunboat that was sunk by Japanese aircraft in China in December 1937, causing an international incident that pushed the two countries closer toward eventual war?

When did the Reichstag, the German Parliament, last convene before the end of World War II?

The Battle of Thermopylae of 1941 was fought in the same area as the famous one in 480 BC, the one between the Greeks and the Persians. Which of these four nations' troops were NOT involved in the 1941 battle?