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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, D-Day Minus One Year to D-Day Minus One Month, pgs. 46-62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What canal did the Pegasus Bridge span?
(a) Loire.
(b) Caen.
(c) Rhone.
(d) Seine.

2. How far from the Pegasus Bridge did the gliders containing the Allied forced need to land according to the plan?
(a) 20 meters.
(b) 600 meters.
(c) 400 meters.
(d) 3000 meters.

3. What did Howard insist all the men in his company do?
(a) Train at hand to hand combat every day.
(b) Participate in some kind of sport.
(c) Watch war movies.
(d) Speak German.

4. What did the members of the 6th airborne know would be coming sometime?
(a) An invasion of North Africa.
(b) A European invasion.
(c) The loss of Gibraltar.
(d) The loss of Karthoum.

5. Where was Hans A. Von Luck's headquarters?
(a) Brest.
(b) Vimont.
(c) Ranville.
(d) Caen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language besides French did Theresa speak?

2. Where did the planners of the Allied invasion of Europe decide it would take place?

3. Where was the 6th Airborne stationed in 1943?

4. How many divisions constituted the British airborne in 1943, according to Chapter 3?

5. How was the Allied war effort going in 1942, according to the start of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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