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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The lesson Hitler took from World War I is that Germany could not win a war of __________.
(a) Strategy.
(b) Attrition.
(c) Politics.
(d) Fire power.

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

3. Where does Eisenhower give an impromptu graduation address in the spring of 1944?
(a) Slapton Sands.
(b) Sorbonne.
(c) Sandhurst.
(d) West Point.

4. What does Eisenhower want to paralyze in the weeks leading up to D-Day?
(a) French railway system.
(b) German artillery stockpiles.
(c) German oil reserves.
(d) French and German farms.

5. What are the troops given to communicate with each other once they are on the ground?
(a) Flares.
(b) Whistles.
(c) Radios.
(d) Toy crickets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many airplanes per month is the U.S. producing by the end of 1943?

2. What is the name for the German navy?

3. What are the Vergeltungswaffen?

4. What do Allied troops eat three meals a day before the invasion?

5. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?

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