Military History Trivia Quiz All Trivia Quizzes 0% 0 votes, 0 avg 0 1234567891011121314151617181920 Military History Trivia Quiz 1 / 20 1. Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Civil War? Battle of Bull Run Battle of Antietam Battle of Shiloh Battle of Gettysburg 2 / 20 2. Which World War II battle marked the largest amphibious assault in history? Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Normandy Battle of Okinawa Battle of Stalingrad 3 / 20 3. Who was the commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific theater during World War II? Chester W. Nimitz Dwight D. Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur George S. Patton 4 / 20 4. Which ancient military leader famously crossed the Alps with elephants during the Second Punic War? Xerxes I Hannibal Barca Alexander the Great Julius Caesar 5 / 20 5. What ancient military formation was known for its tight, rectangular structure? Hoplite Phalanx Legion Cavalry Charge 6 / 20 6. Which World War I battle saw the first widespread use of tanks on the battlefield? Battle of Jutland Battle of Verdun Battle of the Marne Battle of the Somme 7 / 20 7. Who was the ancient Greek historian and soldier known as the "Father of History"? Xenophon Aristotle Herodotus Thucydides 8 / 20 8. Which war featured the Battle of Balaclava and the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade? Crimean War Boer War Napoleonic Wars Franco-Prussian War 9 / 20 9. Which war saw the famous Battle of Saratoga, often considered the turning point in the conflict? French and Indian War American Revolutionary War War of 1812 Mexican-American War 10 / 20 10. In what year did the Vietnam War officially end with the fall of Saigon? 1980 1965 1971 1975 11 / 20 11. Which military leader is known for his conquests in Asia and is often called the "Macedonian Conqueror"? Attila the Hun Genghis Khan Julius Caesar Alexander the Great 12 / 20 12. Who was the Allied Supreme Commander during World War II? Douglas MacArthur Dwight D. Eisenhower Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston Churchill 13 / 20 13. During the Korean War, which river became a significant strategic boundary between North and South Korea? Yalu River Han River Mekong River Yellow River 14 / 20 14. In what year did the Normandy Invasion (D-Day) take place during World War II? 1944 1942 1943 1945 15 / 20 15. Who was the famous military commander known as the "Desert Fox" during World War II? Douglas MacArthur Erwin Rommel George Patton Bernard Montgomery 16 / 20 16. In what year did the Berlin Airlift take place during the Cold War? 1948 1950 1945 1953 17 / 20 17. What was the code name for the Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II? Operation Barbarossa Operation Overlord Operation Market Garden Operation Torch 18 / 20 18. What was the code name for the plan to invade Nazi-occupied France during World War II? Operation Overlord Operation Market Garden Operation Neptune Operation Husky 19 / 20 19. Which naval battle is often considered the turning point in the Pacific during World War II? Battle of Guadalcanal Battle of Coral Sea Battle of Midway Battle of Leyte Gulf 20 / 20 20. Who was the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War? William T. Sherman Stonewall Jackson Robert E. Lee Ulysses S. Grant Your score is The average score is 0%>> Try Another One << Share your result with your friends LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback
