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Sporcle has three types of multiplayer activities: Showdowns, [23] Live 5, [24] and Trivia Bingo. [25] In showdowns, users go head to head with other Sporcle users to answer as many questions on a quiz before the other user can answer the same questions. On Live 5, users are given five questions and they have four options to choose from on each ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.
2 August 1947 Sunk while under tow 4 November 1951 Scharnhorst Kriegsmarine: Scharnhorst: fast battleship: 32,000 7 January 1939 26 December 1943 Sunk 26 December 1943 Schlesien: Deutschland: pre-dreadnought: 14,218 5 May 1908 4 May 1945 Blown up 4 May 1945 Schleswig-Holstein: pre-dreadnought: 14,218 6 July 1908 25 January 1945
2 "Hitler: The New Messiah / Sinking of the Graf Spee" 3 "The Germans Strike North" 4 "Glider Strike on World's Strongest Fort / The Balance of Arms Assessed / Hitler's Troops Crush Norway" 5 "Invasion of Holland and Belgium, Panzers Break Through At Sedan" 6 "Dunkirk" 7 "The Fall of France" 8 "Operation Sea Lion: The Plan to Invade Britain"
List of Luftwaffe aircraft prototype projects during World War II; List of Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer, World War II; List of aircraft of Russia, World War II; List of aircraft of the U.S. military, World War II; List of undersea-carried planes during World War II; List of units using the B-26 Marauder during World War II
At the outbreak of World War II, the British Indian Army numbered 205,000 men. Later during World War II, the Indian Army became the largest all-volunteer force in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in size. [107] These forces included tank, artillery and airborne forces. Indian soldiers earned 30 Victoria Crosses during the Second World War.
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.