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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 does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?
(a) Strategy.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Organization.
(d) War.

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

3. One soldier compared riding a LCT to all of the following EXCEPT for _____________.
(a) Bucking bronco.
(b) Roller coaster.
(c) Camel.
(d) Terrible hangover.

4. The lesson Hitler took from World War I is that Germany could not win a war of __________.
(a) Strategy.
(b) Attrition.
(c) Politics.
(d) Fire power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Allies' best source for information about the Atlantic Wall?

2. Who is a master of sabotage against the Germans?

3. What do the bomber pilots think is Hitler's "secret weapon"?

4. How many infantrymen crowd into the boats carrying them to the beach?

5. The navy refers to "crafts" as being under _________ feet and "ships" as being anything over that.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the British airborne fare in comparison to the dismal deployment of the American paratroopers?

2. What happens with the three bridges the Allies had predetermined to destroy in the opening phase of the invasion?

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

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

5. What goes wrong with many of the paratroopers' jumps during the invasion?

6. How does Hitler misjudge the need for fighter jets over bombers?

7. How do the British gather intelligence about the French coast?

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

9. Why is the Calvados coast of Normandy chosen as the landing site for the D-Day invasion?

10. What is operation Fortitude?

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