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

2. Who interviews Eisenhower about D-Day in 1964?

3. What would be the perfect, yet too obvious, landing site for the D-Day invasion?

4. What does Eisenhower want to use behind enemies lines attacking targets in France during D-Day?

5. What do Allied troops use to keep water out of their riffles during the invasion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the British and American armies differ?

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

4. What is the first movement of the invasion?

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

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

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

8. What are the plans for taking Omaha beach?

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

10. What is operation Fortitude?

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

Ambrose says in the Prologue that his book is about the young men who were molded by the 20's and 30's to become the heroes of D-Day. Discuss what he means by this.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the enormous task of committing this historical day to the page. What effect is created with the divisions of chapters? Where do the chapter titles originate? What is the overall effect for the reader created by Ambrose?

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