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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 are the best tanks that the Germans produce called?
(a) Das Reich.
(b) Geshalts.
(c) Sand Sharks.
(d) Tigers.

2. What is the name of the commander who wants the paratroopers to be utilized better during the war?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Marshall.

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

4. Utah Beach is the code name for what part of the French coast?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Pas-de-Calais.
(c) Calvados.
(d) Cotentin.

5. What is Rommel given command of in 1940?
(a) SS Division.
(b) Fifteenth Army.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Afrika Korps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the flight over England and the Channel for the paratroopers?

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

3. What is the name of the subordinate who Rommel told, "the war is lost"?

4. Who are the "Old Ladies"?

5. What compounds Germany's strategic problems as the war goes on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are the Allied troops entertained in the weeks leading up to the invasion?

4. How does the French Resistance help the Allies as they prepare for D-Day?

5. How do the British and American armies differ?

6. What is the reason the Allies needed a soil sample from Calvados before a final decision could be made?

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

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

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

10. What roles do Rommel and Eisenhower have in World War I?

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