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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days after D-Day does Germany's premier tank division arrive at the French coast?
(a) 7.
(b) 13.
(c) 3.
(d) 17.

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

3. What are the "Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel" (LCVP) also known as?
(a) Omaha Boats.
(b) Eureka Boats.
(c) U Boats.
(d) Safety Boats.

4. The Germans have an elite tank division, but lack the ______to sustain operations.
(a) Trained soldiers.
(b) Fuel.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Strategy.

5. Where do the Americans beat the Germans in battle prior to D-Day?
(a) Ardennes.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Kasserine Pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. The navy refers to "crafts" as being under _________ feet and "ships" as being anything over that.

2. Who has the greatest doubts about the probability of D-Day success until witnessing the dress rehearsal?

3. What is the assignment of Sgt. Elmo Jones, 505th PIR?

4. The lesson Hitler took from World War I is that Germany could not win a war of __________.

5. What compounds Germany's strategic problems as the war goes on?

(see the answer key)

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