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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 does OWI stand for?

2. What does ECB stand for?

3. How high are the French hedgerows?

4. Where is the command post of General Bradley?

5. What is the deepest the Allies penetrate the French coast on D-Day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Omaha Beach constituted to give advantage to the Germans?

3. How is the movie The Longest Day inaccurate?

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

5. What happens when a signalman mistakenly thinks the Vierville steeple is an observation point?

6. What is the "best ally" the Allies had lost by dawn of D-Day?

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

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

9. Who is the "Sergeant York of World War II"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the days before the battle on the German side versus all that was going on with the Allies. What are the German leaders doing in those early days of June 1944 versus the flurry of activities on the Allies' part?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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