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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. How many troops has the U.S. assembled and trained by 1943?
(a) 7.2 million.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 500,000.

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

3. What is used to drop the Allied paratroopers behind enemy lines?
(a) F-150s.
(b) C-47 "Dakotas".
(c) M-626s.
(d) C-37 "Devils".

4. Allies take a soil sample from the proposed landing site hoping not to find _________.
(a) Sand.
(b) Salt water.
(c) Oil.
(d) Peat fields.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that the Allies' best chance is the "blast"?

2. Who are considered the knights in shining armor of World War II?

3. The lesson Hitler took from World War I is that Germany could not win a war of __________.

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

5. How many bombers are shot down by Luftwaffe on D-Day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the role of the normally heralded fighter pilots?

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

4. How does the British airborne fare in comparison to the dismal deployment of the American paratroopers?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the first movement of the invasion?

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