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

2. What are the Vergeltungswaffen?
(a) Vengeance weapons.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Spies.
(d) Elite troops.

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

4. What is the code name for the British system for breaking the German Enigma encoding machine?
(a) Excalibur.
(b) Usher.
(c) Ultra.
(d) Extra.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does SOS stand for?

2. The navy refers to "crafts" as being under _________ feet and "ships" as being anything over that.

3. Who is Tetty, one of the best sub-agents, who is stealing oil from the Germans?

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

5. What is handed out along with rations to the troops as they board vessels for the invasions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is operation Fortitude?

3. What are the similarities in the backgrounds of Eisenhower and Rommel?

4. How does Hitler misjudge the need for fighter jets over bombers?

5. What happens with the three bridges the Allies had predetermined to destroy in the opening phase of the invasion?

6. Who is Pvt. Franz Gockel and what is his view the morning of the invasion?

7. What is the fourth front for Germany?

8. What are the plans for taking Omaha beach?

9. What causes the panzer unit to arrive fourteen days late to Normandy?

10. What is the first movement of the invasion?

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