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World Wars
1. What was the name of the clause that forced Germany to accept full responsibility for WWI?
2. Which major world power never joined the League of Nations, despite its president proposing it?
3. Which future WWII leader of Spain was supported by Hitler and Mussolini during the Civil War?
4. What does the German military term 'Blitzkrieg' literally translate to in English?
5. What was the primary ideological goal of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union?
6. What was the nickname of the German General Erwin Rommel, who led the Axis forces in North Africa?
7. What Japanese suicide tactic was used extensively against Allied ships during the Battle of Okinawa?
8. Which Allied nation's army was responsible for the final capture of Berlin in 1945?
9. What new legal category was established during the Nuremberg Trials to prosecute Nazi atrocities?
10. Which famous general led the Allied occupation of Japan and oversaw its new constitution?
11. Which aircraft was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter?
12. By what percentage did penicillin help reduce the death rate of soldiers from bacterial pneumonia compared to WWI?
13. What primary 'weapon' did the Ghost Army use to deceive German aerial reconnaissance?
14. Approximately what percentage of the drivers for the Red Ball Express were African American?
15. Which future baseball legend was a member of the 761st Tank Battalion during training?
16. Why was the Navajo code especially effective against Japanese cryptographers?
17. What was the primary addition to the 1949 Geneva Conventions compared to earlier versions?
18. Which battle is generally considered the largest naval engagement of World War II?
19. In what year did the Japanese 'holdout' soldier Hiroo Onoda finally surrender?
20. The establishment of which modern nation was heavily influenced by the aftermath of the Holocaust?