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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The navy refers to "crafts" as being under _________ feet and "ships" as being anything over that.
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 400.

2. What do the troops use to blow holes in the barbed wire?
(a) Banglores.
(b) Rockets.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Grenades.

3. Of the 2,400 tons of supplies scheduled to reach Omaha Beach, how much gets ashore?
(a) 200 tons.
(b) 2000 tons.
(c) 1000 tons.
(d) 100 tons.

4. What is the real name of the sexy-voiced Ohio girl known as "Axis Sally"?
(a) Sally Struthers.
(b) Molly Anderson.
(c) Midge Gillars.
(d) Greta Von Sallisord.

5. What is the name of the command group in charge of planning D-Day?
(a) DUKW.
(b) CCS.
(c) SHAEF.
(d) COSSAC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the assignment of Sgt. Elmo Jones, 505th PIR?

2. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?

3. What is Rommel given command of in 1940?

4. What does RAF stand for?

5. What is the Allied code name for the planned invasion for the spring of 1944?

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