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4.3 Major European Battles Quiz "D-Day"

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When was D-Day?
a)
1984
b)
1453
c)
1944
d)
1659
2.
Who was the general in charge of D-Day?
a)
Omar Bradley
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
George Patton
d)
Bernard Montgomery3
3.
What was the code name for the overall D-Day invasion?
a)
Overlord
b)
Pipeline
c)
Enduring Freedom
d)
Barbarossa
4.
In which section of France did the invasion take place?
a)
Champagne
b)
Alsace
c)
Normandy
d)
Bourgogne
5.
Which country had taken over France in 1940?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Canada
6.
Which of the following was NOT one of the code names for the beaches in Normandy?
a)
Sword
b)
Utah
c)
Omaha
d)
Silver
7.
On which beach was the fighting generally considered to be the fiercest?
a)
Juneau
b)
Gold
c)
Sword
d)
Omaha
8.
In which country did the Allied soldiers train in for many months preceding D-Day?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
Ireland
d)
Iceland
9.
Who was the President of the United States during most of World War II, including on D-Day?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Harry Hopkins
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Dwight Eisenhoer
10.
On what two beaches did the British troops land at?
a)
Gold and Sword
b)
Juno and Omaha
c)
Utah and Gold
d)
Juno and Sword
11.
What group of soldiers led the first wave of invaders?
a)
The submariners
b)
The generals 
c)
The paratroopers
d)
The calvary
12.
The Allied landing forces consisted mostly of soldiers from which three nations?
a)
The United States, Britain and Canada
b)
Britain, Canada and Australia
c)
The United States, Britain and Poland
d)
Britain, Australia and the United States
13.

What was the end result of D-Day?

a)

Allied forces successfully invaded France and began to take back Europe from Germany.

b)

The Germans fought off the Allied forces successfully, forcing a surrender and peace agreement.

c)

The Germans fought the Allied forces off, causing them to retreat. A month later, the Allied forces began again, this time, they won.

d)

The Germans and their Atlantic Wall managed to beat off the Allied forces, forcing the Allied countries to come up with another plan.

14.

Review: Which event below officially started WWII?

a)

Hitler's invasion of Poland

b)

Hitler taking over Czechoslovakia

c)

D-Day

d)

Treaty of Versailles

15.

Review: When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, he was breaking an agreement he had made with Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union. This agreement was called:

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

United Nations Peace Agreement

c)

Battle of Britain Peace Accord

d)

Non-Aggression Pact

16.

Which countries made up the "Allied Powers" in World War II? (after Hitler broke the Non-Aggression Pact and the Soviets agreed to join the U.S.)?

a)

Italy, U.S., England, Soviet Union

b)

England, Japan, Italy, Germany

c)

Germany, Soviet Union, Japan, France

d)

U.S., Soviet Union, England, France

17.
What was the name of the complex German defenses along the French coastline?
a)
Maginot Line
b)
The Seigffried Line
c)
Pas de Calais
d)
The Atlantic Wall
18.
Which beaches were the Americans responsible for securing in Normandy?
a)
Juno and Sword
b)
Omaha and Sword
c)
Omaha and Utah
d)
Utah and Juno
19.
The Allied invasion of Normandy would involve moving 156,000 allied troops across what body of water?
a)
The Atlantic Ocean
b)
The English Channel
c)
The Rhine River
d)
The Mediterranean Sea
20.
D-Day was the ____________ of World War II
a)
End
b)
Beginning
c)
Turning Point
d)
Major Allied loss