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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 river is a boundary between the German's Fifteenth and Seventh army divisions, providing an area of weakness for the Allies?
(a) Seine.
(b) Orne.
(c) Seulles.
(d) Vire.

2. What does AEF stand for?
(a) Allied Executive Force.
(b) Allied Expeditionary Force.
(c) American Expenditure Force.
(d) American Executive Force.

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

4. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Marshall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the German divisions are waiting on orders from whom?

2. What is H-Hour scheduled to be on D-Day?

3. Who are the "Old Ladies"?

4. What do Allied troops eat three meals a day before the invasion?

5. What are the panzer units in the German army?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the British gather intelligence about the French coast?

2. What does Eisenhower say in the orders given out as troops head to the invasion site?

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

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

5. What is the experience of the troops in the Higgins boats as they are boarded to take part in the invasion?

6. What is the first movement of the invasion?

7. What is the fourth front for Germany?

8. What plans do the Allies make to breach the Atlantic Wall?

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

10. What is Rommel doing in the days before the invasion?

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