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On what date did World War Two formally end?

2 September 1945

8 May 1945

10 August 1945

15 August 1915

What was the name of the final Japanese naval operation?

Ten-Go

Ken

Tan 2

Kon-Go

What was Winston Churchill's feelings toward Hong Kong in 1941?

Hong Kong would have to be sacrificed

Hong Kong must be defended at all costs

Hong Kong is a key bargaining tool

Hong Kong is a key resource centre

Where would you find the Gin Drinkers Line?

Kowloon Peninsula

Torres Strait

Deep Water Bay

Clear Water Bay

How many people died in the Hiroshima bombing?

202,118

140,788

178,109

90,010

What was Operation Meetinghouse?

Tokyo Bombing

Nagasaki Bombing

Japanese Homeland Invasion

Hiroshima Bombing

Which was the deadliest bombing raid in military history?

Tokyo Bombing

Hiroshima Bombing

Nagasaki Bombing

Dresden Bombing

Who led the Japanese forces at the battles of Imphal and Kohima?

General Rentya Mutuguchi

General Yoshio Kozuki

General Shizuichi Tanaka

General Shizuo Yokoyama

Which battle site became known as the 'Admin Box' to the British Army?

Arakan

Imphal

Kohima

Dimapur

Which of these cities was not on the United States initial list of bomb sites in 1945?

Nagasaki

Yokohoma

Kyoto

Hiroshima

Which film was the inspiration for the names of the American atomic bombs?

The Maltese Falcon

Double Indemnity

The Big Sleep

Undercover

On what date was the iconic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of marine soldiers hoisiting an American flag on Iwo Jima?

23 February 1945

23 March 1945

26 February 1945

26 March 1945

Why had the Allies planned to invade the Japanese island of Kyushu?

So that the Japanese homeland was in bombing range

To get a foothold on the Japanese homeland

To secure an airstrip on the Japanese homeland

To begin the invasion of the Japanese homeland

What was the number of US casualties in the battle of Okinawa?

82,000

12,500

31,000

44,750

Where was the centre of focus for the Japanese and Allied occupation of New Guinea?

Rabaul

Port Moresby

Gona

Buna

Where did the Japanese suffer their first defeat on land?

New Guinea

Imphal

Kohima

Sumatra

Where did the Battle of the Philippine Sea occur?

Mariana Islands

Midway Islands

Aleutian Islands

Saipan

What percentage of US Battleships were destroyed in the Pearl Harbor attack?

One quarter

One eighth

One third

One sixth

Which battleship incurred over 1000 casualties in the Pearl Harbor attack?

USS Arizona

USS Oklahoma

USS West Virginia

USS Nevada

Where was known as the 'Gibraltar of the East'?

Singapore

Hong Kong

Taiwan

Malaysia

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