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1. Which World War I battle is regarded as the first widespread use of tanks in combat?

2. Which legendary Carthaginian general is said to have sworn undying enmity against Rome prior to carrying out a nearly 20-year military campaign against the city and its allies?

3. When this German officer surrendered at Stalingrad in January 1943, he became the first field marshal in German history to be captured.

4. This naval battle took place shortly after the Spartan stand at Thermopylae, and it checked the Persian advance in Greece.

5. The sinking of this ocean liner during the final months of World War II in Europe was the deadliest maritime disaster in history.

6. This Shawnee chief led what was arguably the most-formidable pan-Indian military force in North America, and he helped capture Detroit without firing a shot.

7. What kind of aircraft was the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

8. Upon hearing of his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, this British admiral’s last words were “Now I am satisfied. Thank God, I have done my duty.”

9. This battle, which took place a short distance southwest of the Sea of Galilee, halted Mongol expansion to the west.

10. Disease accounted for a hugely disproportionate number of casualties in this 19th-century war, so much so that nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale was enlisted to improve conditions in military hospitals.