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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 are B-17s known as?

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

3. Where do the Germans build the Atlantic Wall?

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

5. What is the Russian army called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do the commanders and leaders feel about the D-Day plans by the time of the May 15 dress rehearsal?

7. How are Black American soldiers treated during World War II?

8. How do the British and American armies differ?

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

10. Why is the Calvados coast of Normandy chosen as the landing site for the D-Day invasion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Operation Fortitude was an integral part of the success of D-Day.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Is Ambrose a fair narrator, giving his momentous subject the historical perspective and personal touch it calls for?

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