General Awareness: Military Operations Quiz

1. What was the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War Two named?

a) Valkyrie
b) Blitzkrieg
c) Barbarossa
d) Rasputin

The correct answer is c) Barbarossa

2. The US air raids on Libya in April 1986 were given what name?

a) Operation Desert Wind
b) Operation Red River
c) Operation Eagle Fury
d) Operation Eldorado Canyon

The correct answer is d) Operation Eldorado Canyon

3. When Germany unleashed its V-1 and V-2 terror weapons on Britain in World War Two the RAF responded with an operation to find and destroy the German V weapon bases. What was this operation named?

a) Operation Slingshot
b) Operation Longbow
c) Operation Crossbow
d) Operation Catapult

The correct answer is c) Operation Crossbow

4. Operation Yonatan saw Israeli forces swing into action on the 3rd July 1976 in an attempt to rescue airline passengers being held where?

a) Aden
b) Tripoli
c) Beirut
d) Entebbe

The correct answer is d) Entebbe

5. The US invasion of Grenada went by which name?

a) Operation Stingray
b) Operation Caribbean Cruise
c) Operation Urgent Fury
d) Operation Overkill

The correct answer is c) Operation Urgent Fury

6. The destruction of German trains in France and Germany during World War 2 was given what fairly obvious name?

a) Operation Thomas the Tank
b) Operation Take the Bus
c) Operation Locomotion
d) Operation Chattanooga Choo Choo

The correct answer is d) Operation Chattanooga Choo Choo

7. Operation Eagle Claw was the name given to which mission?

a) Rescuing US embassy staff held hostage in Iran
b) The strategic bombing of North Vietnam
c) The capture of Kuwait City
d) The invasion of Corsica

The correct answer is a) Rescuing US embassy staff held hostage in Iran

8. The planned German invasion of Britain during World War Two was given what code name?

a) Thor
b) Northern Lights
c) Sealion
d) Waterloo

The correct answer is c) Sealion

9. The United States invasion of Panama was given what name?

a) Operation El Dorado
b) Operation Pineapple Head
c) Operation Just Cause
d) Operation Transworld

The correct answer is c) Operation Just Cause

10. The Allied invasion of Northern Europe beginning with the Normandy landings became known as Operation ____?

a) Rolling Thunder
b) Stallion
c) Sabre
d) Overlord

The correct answer is d) Overlord