You guys are good, very good!
1) Admiral Yamamoto famously said "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant"
Unlikely, 1st tracable quote of this is from the movie, Tora Tora Tora.
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2) General Patton end his career at West Point.
U guys got this one. He died in a car crash in late 1945.
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3) After Hitler invaded Russia, did Stalin fear that he would be executed by his own generals?
Maybe I should have changed the word generals. So those who said no because he killed his generals got it correct, even though I was looking for yes. When those staff members reported to Stalin that Hitler had invaded, Stalin thought they came in to shoot him precicely because he killed off his generals.
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4) Did Japanese soldiers occupying Attu and Kiska in the Alution Islands resort to cannabalism to stay alive?
Nope. The resorted to cannabalism on New Guinea, Guadalcanal, and in isolated yet highly charged incident on Chi Chi Jima.
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5) The Kasserine Pass a resounding victory for the US army?
Nope!
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6) the "Dam Busters" mission was called Operation Chastie
Oh, my poor spelling!
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The U505 is currently on display at Williamshaven, Germany.
Wrong, Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Ill
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9) Chester Nimitz was from Fredricksburg, Texas.
Correct
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10) Stalin's Organs are Katyusha rockets
correct
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11) Stalin actually means "Strong Man"
Nope, "Man of Steel"
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12) German Army Group A drove to seize Russian oil fields in the Crimea.
Correct, BTW, they never made it. Russian counterattacks during the greater battle of Kursk
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13) Broadway is an airfield in Burma.
Correct - Wingate's Chindits established an airfield some 200 miles behind Japanese lines, they called Broadway. The Japanese never found out about this - until it was too late.
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14) The Kwainung Army skirmished against the Australians in New Guinea.
Nope - the Kwaintung Army was Japan's standing army hanging out at the Russian border. The Japanese never figured out the Russians never planned to attack, so several hundered thousand Imperial soldiers were going to waste, being kept out of the war along the Russian border.
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15) German paratroopers landed in Crete.
correct - Musolini tried to grab some glory for himself and got in over his head, so Hitler had to come along and bail him our
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16) The Bristol Beaufighter's main role was tank-buster.
Nope, coastal patrol plane and night fighter
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17) The British considered the P51 Mustang as a failue.
correct, and as was stated previously, it was underpowered at the time
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17) The Doodle-Bug was a popular dance in 1944.
nope - V1
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