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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which German commander is faulted for the Allies taking Omaha Beach?
(a) Runderstat.
(b) Kraiss.
(c) Marcks.
(d) Rommel.

2. Which German commander is wounded by shrapnel and taken aboard an Allied medical ship?
(a) Rommel.
(b) Jahnke.
(c) Rundstedt.
(d) Jodl.

3. Where do the Germans pick up Capt. George Lane when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?
(a) English Channel.
(b) Calvados.
(c) Pas-de-Calais.
(d) Cotentin.

4. Who is the first American to stand atop the bluffs?
(a) Gen. George Rader.
(b) Pvt. Eldon Wiehe.
(c) Capt. Joe Dawson.
(d) Sgt. Jim Henderson.

5. What does ECB stand for?
(a) Engineer Combat Battalions.
(b) Engineer Company Boats.
(c) Echo Combat Boats.
(d) Echo Company Battalions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?

3. What does LCA stand for?

4. Who is on the top of Churchill's list of "Worries of a Commander"?

5. The ME-262's are to be known as what?

(see the answer key)

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