World War II Technology and Innovations: Multiple Choice

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01What was the designation of the German weapon often considered the first modern assault rifle?
02The mass production of which antibiotic, pioneered during the war, saved countless lives from bacterial infections?
03Which German aircraft was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter?
04What crucial Allied invention allowed artillery shells to detonate automatically when close to a target, dramatically increasing their effectiveness?
05The DUKW, a versatile six-wheel-drive amphibious truck used by the U.S. military, was widely known by what nickname?
06What was the name of the network of coastal radar stations built by the British before and during WWII to detect incoming aircraft?
07The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle in history where opposing fleets fought without ever seeing each other, relying entirely on what?
08What was the codename for the Allied project to develop the first nuclear weapons?
09What was the name of the British electronic device, considered one of the first computers, built to decipher high-level German teleprinter ciphers?
10The German V-2, the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile, was officially known by what technical designation?
11What was the name of the German cipher machine whose codes were famously broken by Allied cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park?