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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the best of the young German recruits called?
(a) Gudt Amry.
(b) SS-Hitler.
(c) Waffen-SS.
(d) Gestapo.

2. Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear is assigned to destroy three bridges on the ______ River.
(a) Douve.
(b) Dives.
(c) Sienne.
(d) Orne.

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

4. What is the code name for the British system for breaking the German Enigma encoding machine?
(a) Extra.
(b) Usher.
(c) Ultra.
(d) Excalibur.

5. How many troops has the U.S. assembled and trained by 1943?
(a) 7.2 million.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eisenhower spend most of 1943 commanding troops?

2. Who is the American commander in the Pacific in 1943?

3. What does SOS stand for?

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

5. Who is on the top of Churchill's list of "Worries of a Commander"?

(see the answer key)

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