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

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

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

4. Who interviews Eisenhower about D-Day in 1964?
(a) Ernie Pyle.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) Dan Rather.
(d) Mike Wallace.

5. What are B-24s known as?
(a) Flying Fortresses.
(b) Freedom Fighters.
(c) Liberators.
(d) Marauders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the commander who wants the paratroopers to be utilized better during the war?

2. Which American general is used as a decoy to fool the Germans about the location of D-Day?

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

4. What does the French girl leading Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear and his team to the bridges want them to blow up instead?

5. Where do the Americans beat the Germans in battle prior to D-Day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What efforts does Rommel make to defend the French coastline in addition to the Atlantic Wall?

3. What are the exact numbers of Allied bombers and fighters that take part in D-Day?

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

5. How is the "Transportation Plan" viewed by experts after the war?

6. What are the plans for taking Omaha beach?

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

8. What are the striking differences between Rommel and Eisenhower?

9. What is the Allies' "Transportation Plan" versus the "Oil Plan"?

10. How do the commanders and leaders feel about the D-Day plans by the time of the May 15 dress rehearsal?

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