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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Freiwilligen?
(a) Special ops.
(b) Spies.
(c) Elite pilots.
(d) Volunteers.

2. Where do Roosevelt and Churchill meet with Stalin in 1943?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Tehran.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

3. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?
(a) Henry Ransom Paulding.
(b) William Rockefeller.
(c) James Clark Wilson.
(d) Andrew Jackson Higgins.

4. Which American general is used as a decoy to fool the Germans about the location of D-Day?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Patton.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Marshall.

5. What do the bomber pilots think is Hitler's "secret weapon"?
(a) Low lying wires.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Bombs.

6. Where is Rommel on June 4?
(a) Inspecting the Atlantic Wall.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Visiting his wife.
(d) Hunting.

7. More than 40 years later, what does German commander Luck believe would have been key to turning the battle?
(a) Controlling the villages.
(b) Taking more POWs.
(c) Controlling the beaches.
(d) Controlling the bridges.

8. What does SOS stand for?
(a) Service of Ships.
(b) Save Our Ships.
(c) Supply or Services.
(d) Services of Supply.

9. What is always the weakest spot on any Allied line during the war?
(a) The lack of a strong navy.
(b) The boundary between the Germans and Russians.
(c) The boundary between the American and British armies.
(d) The gap between the air assault and ground fire.

10. German generals warn Rommel that he should keep his tanks out of range of what?
(a) Panzer units.
(b) Allied infantry.
(c) Paratroopers.
(d) Allied naval guns.

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

12. What is the Allied code name for the planned invasion for the spring of 1944?
(a) Overboard.
(b) Outlook.
(c) Overlord.
(d) Oberon.

13. Who has the greatest doubts about the probability of D-Day success until witnessing the dress rehearsal?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Eisenhower.

14. What does RAF stand for?
(a) Royal Aeiral Force.
(b) Royal Air Force.
(c) Radar Aerial Freighter.
(d) Radar Air Freight.

15. What does Rommel say he wants to be when the war ends?
(a) Hydraulic engineer.
(b) Electrical engineer.
(c) American.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of the final dress rehearsal for D-Day?

2. What is used to drop the Allied paratroopers behind enemy lines?

3. Who wants to sign onto the crew of one the King of England's ships?

4. Who does Capt. George Lane meet with when he is captured by the Germans when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?

5. How many divisions do the Allies have in France when they first meet German troops in 1944?

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