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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to drop the Allied paratroopers behind enemy lines?
(a) C-47 "Dakotas".
(b) F-150s.
(c) M-626s.
(d) C-37 "Devils".

2. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?
(a) Henry Ransom Paulding.
(b) William Rockefeller.
(c) James Clark Wilson.
(d) Andrew Jackson Higgins.

3. Rommel thinks the D-Day invasion would come when?
(a) June 5.
(b) May 15.
(c) June 15.
(d) May 1.

4. What is the landing site the Allies choose for the D-Day invasion?
(a) Calvados.
(b) Le Harve.
(c) Pas-de-Calais.
(d) Brittany.

5. What does the SHAEF stand for?
(a) Strategy Handling Allied Executive Force.
(b) Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.
(c) Strategy Handling Allied Expeditionary Force.
(d) Supreme Headquarters Allied Executive Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Germans have an elite tank division, but lack the ______to sustain operations.

2. What does SOS stand for?

3. What is the name of the commander who wants the paratroopers to be utilized better during the war?

4. Who says it is "the fury of an aroused democracy" that is the key to victory?

5. What are the Freiwilligen?

(see the answer key)

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