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WorksheetsD-Day
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who was PM of the UK at the time?
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Theodore Roosevelt
David Lloyd George
Where in France did the invasion take place?
Champagne
Alsace
Normandy
Bourgogne
Who was in charge of the overall operation?
General Dwight D Eisenhower
Sir Bernard Montgomery
General George S. Patton
General Mark W Clark
What was the name of the operation that started with D-Day?
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Neptune
What was the allies code name for d-day?
Operation Neptune
Operation Doomsday
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 allies created a special type of artificial harbour to take with them for D-Day called____________________?
Raspberry Harbours
Strawberry Harbours
Mulberry Harbours
Blackberry Harbours
What were the 5 main beaches in the DDay invasion? (make sure to check the spelling 👍)
Utah, 0maha, Gold, John, Gun
Utah, Virginia, Omaha, Juno, Gold
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword
Utah, Omana, Gold, Jnuo, Sword
A multiple layer of defenses built by Hitler and the Germans in northern France that included Belgian gates, hedgehogs, land mines, barbed wire, pillboxes, and large artillery guns was the ___________________________.
Holocaust
Operation Overlord
Erwin Rommel
Atlantic Wall
none of the above
What were the names of the 2 senior German Commanders in the West on D-Day?
Erich Von Manstein & Feodor Von Bock
Walter Model & Albert Kesselring
Heinz Guderian & Herman Hoth
Gert Von Rundstedt and Erwin Rommel
True or False: The Allies deceived the Germans by making them think they were attacking Calais.
True
False
On which beach was the fighting fierce, causing the Americans to lose many lives?
Omaha
Gold
Juno
Utah
Why is the D-Day battle significant?
It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
It was the turning point of the war in Europe.
It began the liberation of Western Europe.
It was the turning point of the war in Africa.
