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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 group is the first to attend the Assault Training Center?

2. What novel does Ambrose refer to when discussing the bomber missions?

3. Who has the greatest doubts about the probability of D-Day success until witnessing the dress rehearsal?

4. What are B-26s known as?

5. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. While the Allies train obsessively, how are the Germans conducting training?

3. What is the fourth front for Germany?

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

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

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

7. How do the British and American armies differ?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book is largely told through the voices of the men who survived the fight. Choose two or three stories in particular to discuss the impact they had on the reader and the overall story of D-Day.

Essay Topic 2

The reporter Ernie Pyle said, "We did it with every advantage on the enemy's side and every disadvantage on ours." What are the advantages of the German Army? What are the disadvantages for the Allies? How does this make the victory more miraculous and the loss more devastating?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the preparation for the invasion made by the Germans and the Allies. What explains the Germans' lackadaisical approach to preparing for the coming Allied invasion?

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