Think you know your military history?
Put your knowledge to the test with BattlefieldTravels’ military history quizzes — challenging questions drawn from the battles, commanders, armies and terrain explored across this site.
Test Your Military History Knowledge
BattlefieldTravels military history quizzes cover battles, commanders, armies, weapons, strategy and battlefield terrain across more than 2,000 years of warfare.
Back in the day when I was a young infantry soldier, I would routinely create quizzes for the other guys when we had some downtime in the jungle. Decades later, many of those same questions have found their way into this BattlefieldTravels quiz page!
These are not simple trivia quizzes. Questions draw on the research behind the battle studies, fieldwork and military history explored across the site. Many answers also link directly to the relevant BattlefieldTravels article, so the quizzes are another way to explore the research behind the questions.
Each attempt draws a random selection of questions from a much larger bank, with both the questions and answers shuffled. More than 500 questions are already in the collection, with more being added.
Score 60% to pass — and expect a challenge.
Military History Quizzes
❓Military Thinkers, Theorists & Innovators Quiz. Test your knowledge!
Every student of military history knows Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, but how deep does your knowledge really go? For thousands of years, soldiers and theorists have wrestled with the nature of war — how armies should fight, and how technology, politics and society reshape the battlefield.
❓Test Your Knowledge of Military Operation Codenames
From OVERLORD and BAGRATION to JAYWICK, and GOTHIC SERPENT, military history is filled with memorable, and sometimes mysterious, operational codenames. Test your knowledge with 20 questions, spanning conflicts around the world.
❓Easy Company Quiz. Test your ‘Band of Brothers’ knowledge!
Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, fought from Normandy to the Netherlands, Bastogne and the final advance into Germany and Austria. Test your knowledge with 20 questions covering the men, battles, commanders and campaigns of the real Easy Company.
❓Guadalcanal Campaign Quiz. Test your knowledge!
The Guadalcanal Campaign centred on the airfield. The Japanese started building it in May 1942, the Americans seized it in August, and the Japanese spent six months trying to take it back. Test your knowledge with 20 questions covering the naval and land battles of the campaign?
❓French Foreign Legion Quiz: Test your knowledge of Legion history!
For almost 200 years, the Legion has fought in campaigns from Algeria and Mexico to Madagascar, Indochina and France itself. Test your knowledge with 20 questions, spanning the history of the Legion from its founding in 1831 to the modern era.
❓American Civil War Quiz. Test your knowledge!
The American Civil War divided the nation, and killed more Americans than any other war in history. Test your knowledge with 20 questions drawn from a bank of 96, spanning all theatres of the war, leaders, battles, and weapons.
❓Seven Years’ War & French and Indian War Quiz
Forty questions spanning the Seven Years’ War and French and Indian War — from Frederick the Great and the struggle for Silesia to Quebec, India, Havana and Manila. Test yourself, challenge your students, or use it as a classroom resource.
❓Battle of Thermopylae History Quiz
20 questions testing your knowledge of Leonidas, Xerxes, the Greek and Persian forces, commanders, terrain and the three-day battle. Score 60% to pass — but expect a challenge!
❓D-Day Quiz: Test your knowledge of the D-Day landings
20 questions testing your knowledge of the D-Day landings including the US and British airborne operations, and all five invasion beaches. Score 60% to pass — but expect a challenge!
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