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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. Interrogators threaten to turn the German POWs over to whom?

2. How many weeks after D-Day do the Allies capture Caen?

3. What is Sgt. Harrison Summers awarded for his bravery in taking the German barracks?

4. What does ECB stand for?

5. What poet does Ambrose quote on the last page of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Captain Rich assemble his plane after arriving on Omaha Beach?

2. What is the story of Jacqueline Thornton on Sword Beach?

3. What do Americans criticize the British for after the events of D-Day are analyzed?

4. How does Eisenhower describe his feelings to Walter Cronkite 20 years after the invasion?

5. How is the situation with the wounded on D-Day unique in military history?

6. Who are the POWs that the 2nd Battalion, 16th Regiment see being lead toward them at first light?

7. What are the Allies' mistakes during D-Day?

8. How does World War II dramatically change the lives of women on the home front?

9. Why do the Rangers of the 116th A Company quickly lose their cockiness as they approach Omaha Beach?

10. How do the warships contribute to D-Day?

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

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

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?

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