D-Day

What was the codename for the invasion of Normandy?

• D-Day
• Operation Torch
• Operation Seal Lion
• Operation Overlord

Where did the D-Day battle take place?

• England
• France
• Germany
• Hawaii

When did D-Day occur?

• September 1, 1939
• March 1941
• December 7, 1941
• June 6, 1944

Which beaches were the Americans responsible for securing in Normandy?

• Juno and Sword
• Omaha and Sword
• Omaha and Utah
• Utah and Juno

The Allied invasion of Normandy would involve moving 156,000 allied troops across what body of water?

• The Atlantic Ocean
• The English Channel
• The Rhine River
• The Mediterranean Sea

Where in France did the invasion take place?

• Champagne

• Alsace

• Normandy

• Bourgogne

The Allied landing forces consisted mostly of soldiers from which three nations?

• The United States, Britain and Canada

• Britain, Canada and Australia

• The United States, Britain and Poland

• Britain, Australia and the United States

The capital city of France that was freed from Nazi (German) control by August of 1944 by the Allies was ________________________.

• Berlin

• Washington D.C.

• Rome

• Paris

• none of the above

What did the Allied troops use to get from the ships to the beaches on D-Day?

• rafts

• row boats

• they swam

• Higgins' boats