August 1945 - Quiz
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  • 1. On August 21, 1945, which leader ordered an immediate halt to Lend-Lease aid?
A) Clement Attlee
B) Douglas MacArthur
C) Bảo Đại
D) Harry Truman
  • 2. Where did the first major Japanese surrender ceremony in China take place?
A) Yokohama
B) Hong Kong
C) Tokyo
D) Zhijiang Airport
  • 3. Which puppet ruler of Manchukuo was taken into custody by Soviet forces on August 22, 1945?
A) Bảo Đại
B) Hirohito
C) Puyi
D) Chiang Kai-shek
  • 4. Which battle ended in a Soviet victory on August 23, 1945?
A) Battle of Shumshu
B) Battle of Wuhe
C) Battle of Yinji
D) Battle of Baoying
  • 5. Which battle ended in a communist victory on August 23, 1945?
A) Battle of Shumshu
B) Battle of Maoka
C) Battle of Baoying
D) Battle of South Sakhalin
  • 6. What was the result of the Battle of Wuhe on August 24, 1945?
A) Soviet victory
B) Allied victory
C) Japanese victory
D) Communist victory
  • 7. In which city did the Matsue incident take place on August 24, 1945?
A) Yokohama
B) Shanghai
C) Matsue
D) Tokyo
  • 8. Who stated on August 24, 1945, that Britain was in a very serious financial position?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Clement Attlee
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Harry Truman
  • 9. Which American official was appointed Assistant Secretary of State on August 25, 1945?
A) Nelson Rockefeller
B) Douglas MacArthur
C) Harry Truman
D) Spruille Braden
  • 10. Who abdicated on August 25, 1945, ending an empire that lasted 2,000 years?
A) Franz Werfel
B) Puyi
C) Bảo Đại
D) Hirohito
  • 11. Which American admiral died on August 25, 1945?
A) Spruille Braden
B) Douglas MacArthur
C) Harry Truman
D) Willis Augustus Lee
  • 12. Which campaign began on August 26, 1945?
A) Battle of Shumshu
B) Southern Jiangsu Campaign
C) Xinghua Campaign
D) Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign
  • 13. What natural disaster made landfall near Seadrift, Texas, on August 27, 1945?
A) An earthquake
B) A hurricane
C) A flood
D) A wildfire
  • 14. What happened on August 28, 1945, regarding the occupation of Japan?
A) The war officially ended
B) The Allied occupation began
C) The Allied occupation ended
D) MacArthur resigned
  • 15. Which campaign ended in a communist victory on August 28, 1945?
A) Battle of Baoying
B) Battle of Wuhe
C) Southern Jiangsu Campaign
D) Battle of Yinji
  • 16. Which film was released on August 29, 1945?
A) State Fair
B) The Matsue Incident
C) The Empire of Vietnam
D) The Battle of Yinji
  • 17. What was the name of the British aircraft carrier that arrived at Hong Kong on August 30, 1945?
A) Indomitable
B) Victorious
C) Illustrious
D) Ark Royal
  • 18. Where did Douglas MacArthur set up his temporary headquarters on August 30, 1945?
A) Tokyo
B) Yokohama
C) Beijing
D) Hong Kong
  • 19. Which organization was founded in Australia on August 31, 1945?
A) Allied Control Council
B) United Australia Party
C) Liberal Party of Australia
D) United Nations
  • 20. Which country ratified the United Nations Charter on August 31, 1945?
A) Britain
B) France
C) United States
D) Japan
  • 21. On what date did Emperor Hirohito's surrender broadcast take place?
A) August 14, 1945
B) August 15, 1945
C) August 16, 1945
D) August 17, 1945
  • 22. Who was the first President of Indonesia?
A) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Sukarno
C) Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 23. Which novella by George Orwell was published on August 17, 1945?
A) Brave New World
B) 1984
C) Animal Farm
D) The Road to Wigan Pier
  • 24. Who replaced the Japanese cabinet and became Prime Minister on August 17, 1945?
A) Takijirō Ōnishi
B) Emperor Hirohito
C) Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
D) Korechika Anami
  • 25. Which country declared its independence on August 17, 1945?
A) Japan
B) Korea
C) Indonesia
D) China
  • 26. How did Japanese general Korechika Anami die on August 15, 1945?
A) Executed by Allies
B) Plane crash
C) Seppuku
D) Kamikaze mission
  • 27. Who gave Philippe Pétain a reprieve from his death sentence?
A) Sukarno
B) Winston Churchill
C) Emperor Hirohito
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 28. Which secret technology did the British government reveal details about on August 15, 1945?
A) Radar
B) Enigma machine
C) Atomic bomb
D) Jet propulsion
  • 29. Who was the last American to die in World War II?
A) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Korechika Anami
C) Anthony J. Marchione
D) Takijirō Ōnishi
  • 30. Which British leader spoke about an 'iron curtain' on August 16, 1945?
A) Winston Churchill
B) George Orwell
C) Ernest Bevin
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 31. When did Emperor Hirohito order all Japanese forces to cease fire?
A) August 16, 1945
B) August 17, 1945
C) August 18, 1945
D) August 15, 1945
  • 32. What was the fate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on August 18, 1945?
A) Captured by the British
B) Surrendered to Soviets
C) Died in a plane crash
D) Executed by firing squad
  • 33. Which historical figure did Radio Tokyo compare the American bombing methods to in their report on Hiroshima?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Julius Caesar
C) Genghis Khan
D) Attila the Hun
  • 34. What significant legal document was issued on August 8, 1945, regarding upcoming trials?
A) The United Nations Charter
B) The Potsdam Declaration
C) The Nuremberg Charter
D) The Geneva Convention
  • 35. Which country ratified the United Nations Charter on August 8, 1945?
A) Japan
B) United Kingdom
C) Soviet Union
D) United States
  • 36. In which city did the film 'Pride of the Marines' have its world premiere?
A) Chicago
B) Philadelphia
C) Washington D.C.
D) New York City
  • 37. How many veterans of the Guadalcanal Campaign attended the premiere of 'Pride of the Marines'?
A) More than 1,500
B) Exactly 1,000
C) Fewer than 500
D) More than 5,000
  • 38. What was the name of the French flatulist who died on August 8, 1945?
A) Harry Hillman
B) Jun Tosaka
C) Al Schmid
D) Joseph Pujol
  • 39. What was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
A) Little Boy
B) Fat Man
C) Trinity
D) Big Boy
  • 40. At what time local did the Nagasaki bombing occur?
A) 9:00 a.m.
B) 8:15 a.m.
C) 12:00 p.m.
D) 11:02 a.m.
  • 41. Which country declared war on Japan on August 9, 1945?
A) France
B) Poland
C) China
D) Mongolia
  • 42. How many people were killed in the Michigan train wreck on August 9, 1945?
A) 100
B) 34
C) 55
D) 12
  • 43. What condition did the Japanese government attach to their acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration?
A) No occupation of the mainland
B) The Emperor remains the sovereign ruler
C) Immediate withdrawal of Soviet forces
D) Retention of all overseas territories
  • 44. Which war resumed on August 10, 1945, with the Opening Campaign?
A) Chinese Civil War
B) The Korean War
C) World War II
D) Soviet–Japanese War
  • 45. Who died on August 10, 1945, known as the inventor of the first liquid-fueled rocket?
A) Harry Hillman
B) Jun Tosaka
C) Joseph Pujol
D) Robert H. Goddard
  • 46. The invasion of which island began on August 11, 1945, by Soviet forces?
A) South Sakhalin
B) Iwo Jima
C) Manchukuo
D) Okinawa
  • 47. Who refused Japan's offer of conditional surrender on August 11, 1945?
A) John Garfield
B) Al Schmid
C) Harry Hillman
D) James F. Byrnes
  • 48. In which city did the pogrom occur on August 11, 1945?
A) Hiroshima
B) Kraków
C) Nagasaki
D) Philadelphia
  • 49. Which song hit #1 on the Billboard singles charts on August 11, 1945?
A) The Nagasaki Blues
B) On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
C) Pride of the Marines
D) Victory March
  • 50. Who was the only victim of the Kraków pogrom?
A) Jun Tosaka
B) Harry Hillman
C) Róża Berger
D) Al Schmid
  • 51. What was the name of the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
A) Bockscar
B) Enola Gay
C) Silverplate
D) Augusta
  • 52. What was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
A) Fat Man
B) Big Boy
C) Little Boy
D) Trinity
  • 53. What was the estimated range of deaths in Hiroshima in the short term?
A) 150,000 to 200,000
B) 90,000 to 146,000
C) 20,000 to 40,000
D) 50,000 to 75,000
  • 54. What information was omitted from President Truman's press statement regarding the bomb?
A) The date of the attack
B) Radiation effects
C) The type of aircraft used
D) The city name
  • 55. Who was the highest-scoring U.S. air ace of WWII who died on August 6, 1945?
A) Jacques Vaillant de Guélis
B) Hiram Johnson
C) Richard Bong
D) Alan Page
  • 56. Why could the Americans not immediately assess the bombing results in Hiroshima on August 7?
A) Impenetrable cloud
B) Lack of fuel
C) Radio communication failure
D) Japanese air defenses
  • 57. Where was President Truman when he announced the bombing of Hiroshima?
A) Aboard the USS Augusta
B) The White House
C) Tokyo
D) Potsdam
  • 58. Who did Josip Broz Tito refuse to permit to return to Yugoslavia?
A) Hiram Johnson
B) Alan Page
C) Peter II
D) Richard Bong
  • 59. Which aircraft made its first flight on August 7, 1945?
A) Little Boy
B) USS Augusta
C) Nakajima Kikka
D) Enola Gay
  • 60. Which U.S. Senator from California died on August 6, 1945?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) Richard Bong
C) Hiram Johnson
D) Alan Page
  • 61. What type of bomb was used on Hiroshima?
A) Incendiary bomb
B) Plutonium-239 atomic bomb
C) Hydrogen bomb
D) Uranium-235 atomic bomb
  • 62. Who was brought to Paris on August 1, 1945, to face trial?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Paul Tibbets
C) Douglas Clifton Brown
D) Pierre Laval
  • 63. What song did the Labour Party sing when Winston Churchill entered the House of Commons on August 1, 1945?
A) For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
B) The Red Flag
C) God Save the King
D) Rule, Britannia!
  • 64. Who was re-elected Speaker of the House of Commons on August 1, 1945?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Curtis LeMay
C) Douglas Clifton Brown
D) Pierre Laval
  • 65. Which baseball player became the third member of the 500 home run club on August 1, 1945?
A) Mel Ott
B) Babe Ruth
C) Joe DiMaggio
D) Johnny Hutchings
  • 66. How many B-29s participated in the raid on August 2, 1945?
A) 1000
B) 800
C) 600
D) 720
  • 67. Which conference concluded on August 2, 1945?
A) The Tehran Conference
B) The Potsdam Conference
C) The Paris Peace Conference
D) The Yalta Conference
  • 68. Who died on August 2, 1945?
A) Douglas Osheroff
B) Pierre Laval
C) Pietro Mascagni
D) Mel Ott
  • 69. What was the name of the covert listening device gifted to the U.S. Ambassador to Moscow on August 4, 1945?
A) The Ear
B) The Thing
C) The Secret
D) The Bug
  • 70. What was the name of the house where the bugged plaque hung for seven years?
A) The Embassy House
B) Spaso House
C) The White House
D) Potsdam House
  • 71. Who briefed his crew on the Hiroshima bombing mission on August 4, 1945?
A) Paul Tibbets
B) Douglas Clifton Brown
C) Curtis LeMay
D) Winston Churchill
  • 72. Who was the lead plane in the Hiroshima mission named after?
A) His wife
B) Paul Tibbets' mother
C) His sister
D) His daughter
  • 73. What was the name of the B-29 assigned to take photos on the Hiroshima mission?
A) Necessary Evil
B) Enola Gay
C) Hiroshima Hope
D) The Thing
  • 74. Who was born on August 12, 1945?
A) Ron Mael
B) Steve Martin
C) Wim Wenders
D) Karl Leisner
  • 75. At what time did U.S. President Harry S. Truman announce the Japanese surrender?
A) 23:00 hrs Washington, D.C. time
B) 12:00 hrs GMT
C) 09:00 hrs Tokyo time
D) 19:00 hrs Washington, D.C. time
  • 76. Who took the famous 'V-J Day in Times Square' photograph?
A) Steve Martin
B) Alfred Eisenstaedt
C) Ron Mael
D) Wim Wenders
  • 77. Which famous comedian and actor was born on August 14, 1945?
A) Wim Wenders
B) Ron Mael
C) Steve Martin
D) Karl Leisner
  • 78. In which city was the filmmaker Wim Wenders born on August 14, 1945?
A) Culver City
B) Tokyo
C) Waco
D) Düsseldorf
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