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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The area on the French coast between the beach and the bluffs was called the ___________.
(a) Shoal.
(b) Shore.
(c) Scuttle.
(d) Shingle.

4. What are the Freiwilligen?
(a) Volunteers.
(b) Special ops.
(c) Spies.
(d) Elite pilots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rommel say he wants to be when the war ends?

2. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger battalions are composed of volunteers known as what?

3. How many minesweepers clear the Channel for the Allies?

4. Where is the German army's last offensive on the Eastern Front?

5. What compounds Germany's strategic problems as the war goes on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hitler believe an Anglo-American offensive poses a greater threat to Germany than the Russians?

2. What are the similarities in the backgrounds of Eisenhower and Rommel?

3. What is the reason the Allies needed a soil sample from Calvados before a final decision could be made?

4. Who is Pvt. Franz Gockel and what is his view the morning of the invasion?

5. How is the "Transportation Plan" viewed by experts after the war?

6. What role do the hedgerows along the French coast play in the battle of D-Day?

7. What plans do the Allies make to breach the Atlantic Wall?

8. What is the fourth front for Germany?

9. What does Eisenhower say in the orders given out as troops head to the invasion site?

10. What are the exact numbers of Allied bombers and fighters that take part in D-Day?

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