D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the German army's last offensive on the Eastern Front?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Kursk.
(d) Prague.

2. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Bradley.

3. What does Eisenhower want to paralyze in the weeks leading up to D-Day?
(a) French railway system.
(b) French and German farms.
(c) German artillery stockpiles.
(d) German oil reserves.

4. Where do the Germans pick up Capt. George Lane when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?
(a) Calvados.
(b) Pas-de-Calais.
(c) Cotentin.
(d) English Channel.

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

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

7. What is the name of the subordinate who Rommel told, "the war is lost"?
(a) Reichert.
(b) Lecht.
(c) Von Horn.
(d) Luck.

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

9. Where is the soldier from who forgets his name when asked by Eisenhower?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Texas.
(d) Maine.

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

11. What does the French girl leading Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear and his team to the bridges want them to blow up instead?
(a) German headquarters.
(b) A church.
(c) A tank.
(d) Polish POWs.

12. Where is the most extensive Assault Training Center?
(a) Sandhurst.
(b) Woolacombe.
(c) West Point.
(d) Slapton Sands.

13. Who says it is "the fury of an aroused democracy" that is the key to victory?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Marshall.

14. What is the favorite boredom killer in the days leading up to the invasion?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Radio.
(c) Television.
(d) Gambling.

15. How many infantry divisions does Germany have in France when they first meet the Allies on the French coast?
(a) 30 divisions.
(b) 50 divisions.
(c) 5 divisions.
(d) 10 divisions,

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eisenhower go to college?

2. What are B-24s known as?

3. What does Eisenhower want to use behind enemies lines attacking targets in France during D-Day?

4. What do the Germans guarding the artillery posts do to pass time in April and May?

5. The lesson Hitler took from World War I is that Germany could not win a war of __________.

(see the answer keys)

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