D-Day

When did D-Day take place?

• March 15, 1943

• October 23, 1943

• June 6, 1944

• December 21, 1945

Hitler's elaborate defenses along the coast of Western Europe was known as the _.

(a)  

Who was placed in charge of Germany's defenses at Normandy?

• Kessering

• Yodel

• Rommel

• Goering

How did the Allies fool Germany into believing D-Day would take place at Calais? (Click all that apply)

• Fake radio messages were leaked suggesting Calais was the target.

• A fake army was creating England across from Calais.

• Metallic "chaff" was relaxed making it on radar the invasion was headed towards Calais.

Most of the amphibious tanks sank and failed to reach the shore at D-Day.

• True

• False

Which beach saw the fiercest German resistance and over 3,000 Ally deaths?

• Omaha

• Utah

• Gold

• Sword

Hitler immediately sent armor reinforcements to Normandy to slow the D-Day invasion.

• True

• False

What slowed the Allied invasion of France after the initial success of D-Day?

• Overwhelming Allied causalities.

• A lack of fuel and supplies.

• Germany's use of poison gas.

• The thick foliage of the Bocage countryside.