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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says it is "the fury of an aroused democracy" that is the key to victory?

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

3. What is the code name for the Germans' elaborate deception to fool the Russians in 1942?

4. What do Allied troops use to keep water out of their riffles during the invasion?

5. What are B-17s known as?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. While the Allies train obsessively, how are the Germans conducting training?

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

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

5. What are the "sausages" the Allies refer to?

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

7. How does the weather effect the start of the invasion?

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

9. What are the striking differences between Rommel and Eisenhower?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does using the memories of the men who took part in D-Day affect the integrity of the narrative? What are some possible distortions or misrepresentations in Ambrose's telling of D-Day?

Essay Topic 2

Ernie Pyle wrote in 1944: "In this column I want to tell you what the opening of the second front entailed, so that you can know and appreciate and forever be humbly grateful to those both dead and alive who did it for you." Why is it important for the story of D-Day to be told to future generations? What aspect of the American character does this day embody?

Essay Topic 3

How is the German chain of command completely dysfunctional, leading directly to utter defeat?

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