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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?
(a) Organization.
(b) Strategy.
(c) War.
(d) Leadership.

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

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

5. What is the name of Eisenhower's dog that he acquires during the war?
(a) Turk.
(b) Tunis.
(c) Telek.
(d) Tunney.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members of the 101st Airborne are captured by Jahnke's Germans?

2. What is the Russian army called?

3. What are B-24s known as?

4. How many infantry divisions does Germany have in France when they first meet the Allies on the French coast?

5. What are B-26s known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the fourth front for Germany?

2. What are the two problems the Allies face when planning to fight the Germans on the French coast?

3. How are Black American soldiers treated during World War II?

4. What are the plans for taking Omaha beach?

5. What are the "sausages" the Allies refer to?

6. How does the weather effect the start of the invasion?

7. What role do the hedgerows along the French coast play in the battle of D-Day?

8. While the Allies train obsessively, how are the Germans conducting training?

9. What purpose does the British Double Cross System serve in the war?

10. Why is the Calvados coast of Normandy chosen as the landing site for the D-Day invasion?

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