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D-Day Landings WWII

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the codename for the invasion of Normandy?

a)

Operation Barbarossa

b)

Operation Uranus

c)

Operation Sealion

d)

Operation Overlord

2.

Why is the D-Day battle significant?

a)

It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

b)

It was the turning point of the war in Asia.

c)

It liberated Western Europe.

d)

It was the turning point of the war in Africa.

3.
When did D-Day occur?
a)
September 1, 1939
b)
March 1941
c)
December 7, 1941
d)
June 6, 1944
4.

Where did the D-Day battle take place?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

5.

What part of France did the landings occur?

a)

Beaches of Dunkirk

b)

The beaches of Normandy

c)

In Brittany France

d)

Just south of Calais

6.

Which troops were invading France at D-Day

a)

English, US, Polish and French troops

b)

English, US and Canadian troops

c)

English, US, Canadian and Frech troops

d)

English, US, Canadian, French and Dutch troops

7.

Who was PM of the UK at the time?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Neville Chamberlain

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

David Lloyd George

8.
Which famous American general, and later President, helped plan the battle at D-Day?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
Harry S. Truman
9.
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
10.
How did the Allies arrive on the beaches of Normandy France?
a)
Sea
b)
Air
c)
Both
11.
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
12.

Which beach was not part of D-Day

a)

Juno

b)

Sword

c)

Omaha

d)

Colorado

13.
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
14.

What conference was the D-Day landings plan made at?

a)

Teheran

b)

Casablanca

c)

Potsdam

d)

Yalta