On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland; Soviet forces entered from the east later that month. What was the campaign's result?

In April 1940, German forces struck north toward Denmark and Norway. What did that campaign achieve for Germany?

German armored columns drove through the Ardennes in May 1940 and reached the Channel behind Allied armies. What followed in June?

In late May 1940, British and French troops were trapped around Dunkirk on the Channel coast. What happened next?

After France fell, the Luftwaffe attacked Britain in 1940 to win control of the skies. What was the result?

Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941 with a huge German attack on the Soviet Union. What happened by winter?

In November 1942, American and British forces landed in French Morocco and Algeria. What did Operation Torch help lead to?

Allied troops landed in Sicily in July 1943. Which result followed that summer and fall?

After D-Day, Allied troops fought for weeks in the Normandy beachhead before breaking out near Saint-Lô. What did that campaign make possible?

In April 1945, Soviet armies encircled Berlin. What was the outcome of the final battle there?

The German Sixth Army surrendered at Stalingrad in February 1943. Why is that surrender treated as a major turning point?

In 1942, Allied forces stopped Rommel's advance at El Alamein in Egypt. Why did that matter?

By mid-1943, the Allies had improved convoy protection in the Atlantic. Why did that help turn the European war?

At Kursk in July 1943, Germany tried to pinch off a Soviet salient with armored attacks. Why was the failure important?

Why did the Normandy landings change Germany's strategic situation in June 1944?

Two weeks after D-Day, the Red Army launched Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre. Why was it decisive?

Hitler's Ardennes offensive began in December 1944 and created a bulge in Allied lines. Why did its failure matter?

Britain remained in the war after the air battles of 1940. Why was that strategically important for later campaigns?

Which Allied officer was Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, for the Normandy invasion?

Which leader ordered the Ardennes counteroffensive in December 1944 in hopes of splitting British and American armies?

At Tehran in 1943, which Allied leader pressed hardest for a second front in France?

Who commanded the British Eighth Army when it broke the Axis line at the Second Battle of El Alamein?

Which U.S. general commanded the Fifth Army that entered Rome in June 1944?

Which Soviet marshal commanded the 1st Belorussian Front in the main assault toward Berlin from the Oder?

What did blitzkrieg tactics combine in the early German victories?

During the Battle of Britain, what advantage did Chain Home radar give Fighter Command?

By May 1943, very long-range aircraft and escort carriers closed the mid-Atlantic 'air gap.' What did that achieve?

Before D-Day, Operation Fortitude used fake radio traffic, agents, and dummy forces. What was its purpose?

Why did the Allies build Mulberry harbors after landing in Normandy?

Before Operation Bagration, Soviet forces used radio silence, camouflage, and staged troop movements elsewhere on the front. What did that maskirovka deception achieve?

Which event happened first in the European war?

Which event happened after Stalingrad but before D-Day?

Which of these happened last in Europe?

Which sequence is in the correct order?

In 1944, which event came soon after the Normandy landings and attacked Germany's central front in the east?

Which March 1945 event came before the final Soviet assault on Berlin?

At Casablanca in January 1943, what policy did Roosevelt and Churchill announce toward the Axis powers?

At the Quebec Conference in August 1943, what cross-Channel plan did Roosevelt and Churchill reaffirm?

At Tehran in late 1943, what military bargain linked the western and eastern fronts?

At Yalta in February 1945, what occupation issue for Germany was settled in principle?

At Potsdam after Germany's defeat, which policy toward Germany did the Allies agree to pursue?

Use the map. Which 1939 campaign is shown by attacks from west and east into the same country?

Use the map. The German arrow passes through the Low Countries and around a fixed defensive line. Which campaign does it show?

Use the shaded extent map. Which date best matches Axis control shown before the attack on the Soviet Union?

Use the map. Three arrows drive east toward Leningrad, Moscow, and Ukraine from a long frontier. Which operation is shown?

Use the map. The Axis arrow stops at the narrow gap between the Mediterranean and the Qattara Depression. What battle is shown?

Use the map. Allied sea routes converge on Morocco and Algeria in November 1942. Which operation is shown?

Use the map. Arrows move from North Africa to a large island and then onto a mainland peninsula. Which campaign sequence is shown?

Use the map. Routes cross from southern England to five beaches on the French coast. Which invasion is shown?

Use the map. A landing in southern France drives north and links with forces advancing from Normandy. Which operation is shown?

Use the map. Soviet arrows break through around Vitebsk, Bobruisk, and Minsk in summer 1944. Which operation is shown?

Use the map. One German attack pushes west through the Ardennes toward Antwerp, making a protrusion in the Allied line. Which battle is shown?

Use the map. What military problem does it show for Germany in early 1945?

Use the map. Western and Soviet arrows meet at a river line in central Germany in April 1945. Which event is shown?

Use the map. Germany is split into four shaded zones, and Berlin is also divided into sectors. What postwar arrangement is shown?