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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what hour on June 4 does Eisenhower give the order to proceed with the invasion?
(a) 0300.
(b) 2030.
(c) 2145.
(d) 2315.

2. What is the name of the subordinate who Rommel told, "the war is lost"?
(a) Reichert.
(b) Von Horn.
(c) Lecht.
(d) Luck.

3. Where is the most extensive Assault Training Center?
(a) Woolacombe.
(b) Sandhurst.
(c) West Point.
(d) Slapton Sands.

4. What is handed out along with rations to the troops as they board vessels for the invasions?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Condoms.

5. What is Maj. John Howard's D Company known as?
(a) Bulls and Broncs.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Ox and Bucks.

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

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

8. What are the best of the young German recruits called?
(a) Gudt Amry.
(b) SS-Hitler.
(c) Waffen-SS.
(d) Gestapo.

9. Where do Rommel and Eisenhower first engage in battle?
(a) Kasserine Pass.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Ardennes.
(d) Berlin.

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

11. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger battalions are composed of volunteers known as what?
(a) Suicide squads.
(b) Sucker squads.
(c) Silence squads.
(d) Second squads.

12. Where do the Allies want the Germans to believe the D-Day invasion would be?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Norway.
(d) Russia.

13. How many bombers are shot down by Luftwaffe on D-Day?
(a) 113.
(b) 0.
(c) 9.
(d) 47.

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

15. Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear is assigned to destroy three bridges on the ______ River.
(a) Orne.
(b) Sienne.
(c) Douve.
(d) Dives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real name of the sexy-voiced Ohio girl known as "Axis Sally"?

2. What is the code name for the British system for breaking the German Enigma encoding machine?

3. What is the name for the German navy?

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

5. What are B-26s known as?

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