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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the code name for the Allies' elaborate plan to fool the Germans about D-Day?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Overkill.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Ultra.

5. What compounds Germany's strategic problems as the war goes on?
(a) Troop morale.
(b) Shortages.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Spies.

6. Pegasus Bridge is on which river?
(a) Dives.
(b) Vire.
(c) Seine.
(d) Orne.

7. How many minesweepers clear the Channel for the Allies?
(a) 3200.
(b) 250.
(c) 2500.
(d) 375.

8. How long is the flight over England and the Channel for the paratroopers?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

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

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

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

12. The navy refers to "crafts" as being under _________ feet and "ships" as being anything over that.
(a) 500.
(b) 300.
(c) 200.
(d) 400.

13. What is the date of the final dress rehearsal for D-Day?
(a) May 30.
(b) May 5.
(c) May 10.
(d) May 15.

14. What is the real name of the sexy-voiced Ohio girl known as "Axis Sally"?
(a) Midge Gillars.
(b) Molly Anderson.
(c) Sally Struthers.
(d) Greta Von Sallisord.

15. How many airplanes per month is the U.S. producing by the end of 1943?
(a) 2500.
(b) 8000.
(c) 500.
(d) 4000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name for the German navy?

3. Which unit of paratroopers drops where they are supposed to with minimum problems?

4. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?

5. Who are the "Old Ladies"?

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