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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. Rommel thinks the D-Day invasion would come when?

2. What are B-26s known as?

3. One soldier compared riding a LCT to all of the following EXCEPT for _____________.

4. Where does Eisenhower go to college?

5. What is the name for the German navy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the plans for taking Omaha beach?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the reason the Allies needed a soil sample from Calvados before a final decision could be made?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does D-Day change the parameters of modern warfare? What lessons of D-Day can be applied to the wars of today?

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