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

2. The ME-262's are to be known as what?

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

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

5. What day are the two soldiers sent to the French coast to get secret soil samples by the Allies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the weather effect the start of the invasion?

2. What is operation Fortitude?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the first movement of the invasion?

9. What does Eisenhower say in the orders given out as troops head to the invasion site?

10. What is Rommel doing in the days before the invasion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is said that the war was won with British brains and American brawn. What are the differences between the armed forces of the two countries and how do their strengths and weaknesses contribute to victory?

Essay Topic 2

How does the image of a young soldier beside someone whose dead hand bobs, "Cornelia Otis Skinner's Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" capture the essence of what happened on D-day?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the home fronts and the dramatic changes the war brought to the fabric of the various nations involved.

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