These are the ten questions from War Dossier daily challenge #29, of 21 October 2026, with the correct answer and an explanation for each. Today's challenge is a different one and it is free to play.
You can spot it by its cylindrical steel head attached to a long wooden handle, nicknamed the 'potato masher' for its resemblance to a kitchen tool. The handle allowed it to be thrown farther than a conventional hand grenade.
2 / 10
In what year did the transfer of the Siberian divisions to the Moscow front take place?
1941
1942
1943
1940
The transfer took place throughout October and November 1941.
3 / 10
How was the SOE suitcase radio normally transported to avoid drawing attention?
Inside an ordinary leather suitcase
Hidden inside a motorcycle engine
Disguised as a typewriter
Sewn into the lining of a coat
The initial version came in an unobtrusive leather suitcase, letting the agent travel without arousing suspicion; later it was also dropped by parachute in watertight containers for resistance groups.
4 / 10
What material were the Ohka's wings and tail made of?
Plywood
Riveted aluminum
Carbon fiber
Armored steel
Due to the shortage of strategic materials in Japan by the war's end, the Ohka's wings and tail were built from plywood, while its tiny torpedo-shaped fuselage housed the warhead and rocket motors.
5 / 10
At which Soviet destination port was icebreaker assistance essential during the winter months?
Arkhangelsk
Murmansk
Kola
Vladivostok
Arkhangelsk was blocked by ice in winter and needed icebreakers to remain operational.
6 / 10
In what year was the British medal established to honor the bravery of animals in military service?
In 1943
In 1939
In 1945
In 1950
The medal was created in 1943 by a British animal welfare organization.
7 / 10
Unlike the advance of Soviet troops toward the city, which of these elements was a decision made by the Polish command itself?
The moment set for the simultaneous start of the fighting
The Red Army's advance to the Vistula
The shortage of weapons among the fighters
The attitude of German troops in the city
Setting the starting time was a decision made by the Armia Krajowa command, while the Soviet advance was an external event the resistance could only observe.
8 / 10
Which inter-Allied technical body designed the division of zones even before the war ended?
The European Advisory Commission
The Combined Chiefs of Staff
The League of Nations
The Security Council
The European Advisory Commission drafted the occupation-zone protocol before Yalta.
9 / 10
What ultimately happened to the barge fleet gathered for Operation Sea Lion?
It was dispersed again among its ports of origin
It was used to invade Norway
It was entirely sunk by the RAF before the postponement
It was transferred to the Italian navy
After the indefinite postponement, the fleet gathered in the Channel ports was dispersed again and the operation was never resumed.
10 / 10
Unlike the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled by her own crew months earlier, the German destroyers at Narvik...
were lost in direct combat against British naval forces
were deliberately scuttled by their own crews without fighting
all returned intact to German ports
fought in the South Atlantic, far from European waters
Unlike the deliberate scuttling of the Graf Spee, the Narvik destroyers were lost fighting directly against British warships superior in numbers and firepower.
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