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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Capt. George Lane meet with when he is captured by the Germans when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?
(a) Jodl.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Rommel.
(d) Gestapo.

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

3. What are the Vergeltungswaffen?
(a) Spies.
(b) Elite troops.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Vengeance weapons.

4. What is the name for the German army?
(a) Waffen.
(b) Gestapo.
(c) Wehrmacht.
(d) Kriegsmarine.

5. What are B-17s known as?
(a) Freedom Fighters.
(b) Flying Fortresses.
(c) Marauders.
(d) Liberators.

Short Answer Questions

1. The objective of Ranger Company is taking ___________.

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

3. What are the losses predicted by Commander Leigh-Mallory?

4. What is handed out along with rations to the troops as they board vessels for the invasions?

5. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger battalions are composed of volunteers known as what?

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