Another set of questions on World War I and World War II. Click on “Show Answer” under each question to reveal the correct answer.
1. Which major WWI battle in France in 1916 became one of the bloodiest battles in history, symbolizing the horrors of trench warfare?
2. Which international body was created after World War I to promote peace but failed to prevent World War II?
3. Which European empire’s collapse after WWI led to the creation of new nations such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia?
4. What was the main German objective in launching the Schlieffen Plan at the start of World War I?
5. Which 1930s global economic crisis contributed to political instability and the rise of extremist movements before World War II?
6. Which country did Italy, under Mussolini, invade in 1935, signaling growing aggression before WWII and testing the League of Nations?
7. Which massive 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union opened the largest land front of World War II?
8. Which 1942 naval battle in the Pacific is considered a turning point, where the U.S. Navy decisively defeated the Japanese fleet?
9. Which city was the site of a heroic 872‑day siege during WWII, where Soviet citizens endured extreme hardship but did not surrender?
10. Which WWII conference in July–August 1945, involving Truman, Churchill/Attlee, and Stalin, finalized many postwar arrangements for Germany and Europe?
