Check how well you fared in this quick survey put together by YouGov about the Second World War
Here are the answers, which you can check against those gathered in the survey. See how much you know:
The D-Day landings of 1944 took place in Germany
(ANSWER: FALSE)
83% correct 8% incorrect 10% don’t know
Adolf Hitler was shot dead by the Allies at the end of the Second World War
(ANSWER: FALSE)
83% correct 6% incorrect 12% don’t know
Italy changed sides during the Second World War
(ANSWER: TRUE)
48% correct 27% incorrect 25% don’t know
Germany’s invasion of France sparked the outbreak of the Second World War
(ANSWER: FALSE)
69% correct 19% incorrect 12% don’t know
The attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 took America into the Second World War
(ANSWER: TRUE)
84% correct 7% incorrect 9% don’t know
Japan was on the side of the Allies in the Second World War
(ANSWER: FALSE)
79% correct 8% incorrect 14% don’t know
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the USSR (ie the Soviet Union) during the Second World War
(ANSWER: FALSE)
49% correct 24% incorrect 27% don’t know
General Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander of the D-Day landings
(ANSWER: TRUE)
61% correct 10% incorrect 29% don’t know
The Russians seized Berlin in 1945
(ANSWER: TRUE)
56% correct 19% incorrect 26% don’t know
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