Famous Generals Recall

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Instructions: Test your knowledge of history's greatest military commanders!

1.
Which American general commanded Allied forces on D-Day and later became president?
A
Dwight D. Eisenhower
B
Douglas MacArthur
C
Omar Bradley
D
George Patton
2.
Which Confederate general was known as the greatest tactician of the American Civil War?
A
James Longstreet
B
Stonewall Jackson
C
Robert E. Lee
D
J.E.B. Stuart
3.
Which French military leader crowned himself Emperor in 1804?
A
Napoleon Bonaparte
B
Charles de Gaulle
C
Marquis de Lafayette
D
Louis XIV
4.
Which Union general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House?
A
William Sherman
B
Ulysses S. Grant
C
George McClellan
D
Philip Sheridan
5.
Which British general defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
A
Bernard Montgomery
B
Duke of Wellington
C
Horatio Nelson
D
Duke of Marlborough
6.
Which American general famously said 'I shall return' when leaving the Philippines in WWII?
A
Dwight Eisenhower
B
Douglas MacArthur
C
George Patton
D
Chester Nimitz
7.
Which Mongol conqueror built the largest contiguous land empire in history?
A
Tamerlane
B
Attila the Hun
C
Kublai Khan
D
Genghis Khan
8.
Which WWII American general was known as 'Old Blood and Guts'?
A
George Patton
B
Mark Clark
C
Omar Bradley
D
Douglas MacArthur
9.
Which British field marshal led the Eighth Army to victory at El Alamein in 1942?
A
Claude Auchinleck
B
Bernard Montgomery
C
Harold Alexander
D
Archibald Wavell
10.
Which German general was known as 'The Desert Fox'?
A
Friedrich Paulus
B
Erwin Rommel
C
Erich von Manstein
D
Heinz Guderian
11.
Which ancient Roman general reformed the army and was elected consul seven times?
A
Pompey the Great
B
Scipio Africanus
C
Lucius Sulla
D
Gaius Marius
12.
Which French general led the Free French Forces during World War II?
A
Charles de Gaulle
B
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
C
Henri Giraud
D
Philippe Pétain
13.
Which Soviet general led the defense of Stalingrad?
A
Vasily Chuikov
B
Georgy Zhukov
C
Ivan Konev
D
Konstantin Rokossovsky
14.
Which Prussian general helped the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo?
A
August von Gneisenau
B
Helmuth von Moltke
C
Carl von Clausewitz
D
Gebhard von Blücher
15.
Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC?
A
Scipio Africanus
B
Julius Caesar
C
Gaius Marius
D
Marcus Aurelius

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