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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, D-Day: 0016 to 0026 Hours, pgs. 88-97.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the local resistance leader?
(a) Vion.
(b) Cabu.
(c) Bion.
(d) Charlie.

2. What bridges did General Gale decide should be taken intact?
(a) Orne river and Caen canal bridges.
(b) The Rhone and Saone bridges.
(c) The Saone and Seine bridges.
(d) The Seine bridges.

3. What did Colonel Hans A. Von Luck command?
(a) 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment.
(b) 2nd Army.
(c) 10th Panzer Regiment.
(d) 1st Panzer Corp.

4. Howard decided that the men from glider #2 would ________________.
(a) Find the German officers.
(b) Clear the banks.
(c) Find the German radio.
(d) Destroy the pillbox.

5. What was the 6th airborne doing in 1943?
(a) Fighting the Germans.
(b) Fighting in the Pacific.
(c) Continuing their training.
(d) Taking general leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Company D go at the end of May 1944?

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

4. How far from the Pegasus Bridge did the gliders containing the Allied forced need to land according to the plan?

5. Where was Von Luck assigned in 1942?

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