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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does SOS stand for?

2. How many infantry divisions does Germany have in France when they first meet the Allies on the French coast?

3. What are B-17s known as?

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

5. Where do Roosevelt and Churchill meet with Stalin in 1943?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hitler order German physicists to abandon work on developing the atomic bomb?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What effect does World War II have on the American economy?

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

9. What are the two problems the Allies face when planning to fight the Germans on the French coast?

10. What is the fourth front for Germany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Ambrose a fair narrator, giving his momentous subject the historical perspective and personal touch it calls for?

Essay Topic 2

How does using the memories of the men who took part in D-Day affect the integrity of the narrative? What are some possible distortions or misrepresentations in Ambrose's telling of D-Day?

Essay Topic 3

Considering how the plans had to be quickly abandoned once the invasion began, what purpose if any do the months of planning serve?

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