D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the American commander in the Pacific in 1943?
(a) Munson.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Marshall.
(d) MacArthur.

2. Which American general is used as a decoy to fool the Germans about the location of D-Day?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Patton.

3. Who says that the Allies' best chance is the "blast"?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Eisenhower.

4. What compounds Germany's strategic problems as the war goes on?
(a) Spies.
(b) Shortages.
(c) Troop morale.
(d) Arrogance.

5. What is the Allies' best source for information about the Atlantic Wall?
(a) Night flyovers.
(b) Submarine surveillance.
(c) Postcards.
(d) French Resistance.

6. What does AEF stand for?
(a) Allied Executive Force.
(b) American Executive Force.
(c) American Expenditure Force.
(d) Allied Expeditionary Force.

7. How many phases has the Assault Training Center broken down into?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

8. What are the losses predicted by Commander Leigh-Mallory?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 60 percent.
(c) 70 percent.
(d) 40 percent.

9. Which unit of paratroopers drops where they are supposed to with minimum problems?
(a) 4th Battalion of the 325th.
(b) 2nd Battalion of the 505th.
(c) 1st Battalion of the 505th.
(d) 3rd Battalion of 222nd.

10. What is the name of Eisenhower's dog that he acquires during the war?
(a) Tunney.
(b) Tunis.
(c) Turk.
(d) Telek.

11. How many infantrymen crowd into the boats carrying them to the beach?
(a) 28.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

12. What do the Germans guarding the artillery posts do to pass time in April and May?
(a) Dig trenches.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Write letters home.
(d) Fortify the Atlantic Wall.

13. The ME-262's are to be known as what?
(a) Spy planes.
(b) Blitz-bombers.
(c) Troop carriers.
(d) Fighter jets.

14. What are the best tanks that the Germans produce called?
(a) Sand Sharks.
(b) Geshalts.
(c) Das Reich.
(d) Tigers.

15. Where is Eisenhower born?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Maine.
(d) Kansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the SHAEF stand for?

2. What is the Allied code name for the planned invasion for the spring of 1944?

3. What day are the two soldiers sent to the French coast to get secret soil samples by the Allies?

4. Pegasus Bridge is on which river?

5. What is attached to the LCTs by wire cable as they make their way to the beach?

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