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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many airplanes per month is the U.S. producing by the end of 1943?
(a) 2500.
(b) 8000.
(c) 4000.
(d) 500.

3. What are the panzer units in the German army?
(a) Paratroopers.
(b) Special operations.
(c) Armored.
(d) Snipers.

4. What is the name of the commander who wants the paratroopers to be utilized better during the war?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Bradley.

5. What are the troops given to communicate with each other once they are on the ground?
(a) Toy crickets.
(b) Radios.
(c) Flares.
(d) Whistles.

6. What compounds Germany's strategic problems as the war goes on?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Spies.
(c) Troop morale.
(d) Shortages.

7. What is the code name for the Allies' elaborate plan to fool the Germans about D-Day?
(a) Overkill.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Ultra.

8. What river is a boundary between the German's Fifteenth and Seventh army divisions, providing an area of weakness for the Allies?
(a) Vire.
(b) Orne.
(c) Seulles.
(d) Seine.

9. Who is the American commander in the Pacific in 1943?
(a) Munson.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Marshall.
(d) MacArthur.

10. Who interviews Eisenhower about D-Day in 1964?
(a) Dan Rather.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) Mike Wallace.
(d) Ernie Pyle.

11. What does RAF stand for?
(a) Radar Aerial Freighter.
(b) Radar Air Freight.
(c) Royal Air Force.
(d) Royal Aeiral Force.

12. What is always the weakest spot on any Allied line during the war?
(a) The boundary between the American and British armies.
(b) The boundary between the Germans and Russians.
(c) The gap between the air assault and ground fire.
(d) The lack of a strong navy.

13. Which unit of paratroopers drops where they are supposed to with minimum problems?
(a) 3rd Battalion of 222nd.
(b) 4th Battalion of the 325th.
(c) 1st Battalion of the 505th.
(d) 2nd Battalion of the 505th.

14. What is the Allied code name for the planned invasion for the spring of 1944?
(a) Outlook.
(b) Oberon.
(c) Overboard.
(d) Overlord.

15. Utah Beach is the code name for what part of the French coast?
(a) Cotentin.
(b) Pas-de-Calais.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Calvados.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the French girl leading Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear and his team to the bridges want them to blow up instead?

2. Who are the "Old Ladies"?

3. The ME-262's are to be known as what?

4. What are the "Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel" (LCVP) also known as?

5. What is the name of the subordinate who Rommel told, "the war is lost"?

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