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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 does Eisenhower go to college?

2. Which American general is used as a decoy to fool the Germans about the location of D-Day?

3. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?

4. The area on the French coast between the beach and the bluffs was called the ___________.

5. Who says that the Allies' best chance is the "blast"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the British airborne fare in comparison to the dismal deployment of the American paratroopers?

3. What is operation Fortitude?

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

5. What is the role of the normally heralded fighter pilots?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Hitler believe an Anglo-American offensive poses a greater threat to Germany than the Russians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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