D-Day - Allies make crucial push into France

1. When did D-Day take place?

A) June 6, 1944
B) May 6, 1944
C) August 6, 1944
D) July 4, 1944

2. Which Allied countries participated in the D-Day invasion?

A) United States, United Kingdom, Canada
B) United States, Germany, Japan
C) United States, Australia, India
D) France, Soviet Union, Italy

3. What was the codename for the D-Day operation?

A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Neptune
D) Operation Overlord

4. Which beaches were targeted in the D-Day invasion?

A) Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal
B) Anzio, Salerno, Tarawa, Okinawa
C) Dieppe, Dunkirk, Gibraltar, Sicily
D) Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, Sword

5. Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force on D-Day?

A) Bernard Montgomery
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) George S. Patton

6. Which German leader was in charge of defending France at the time of D-Day?

A) Erwin Rommel
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Heinrich Himmler
D) Hermann Göring

7. What airborne division dropped behind enemy lines to secure key objectives on D-Day?

A) 82nd Airborne Division
B) 1st Airborne Division
C) 101st Airborne Division
D) 173rd Airborne Brigade

8. In what year did the Battle of Stalingrad take place?

A) 1942-1943
B) 1941-1942
C) 1944-1945
D) 1943-1944

9. What was the German defensive barrier along the French coast that the Allies had to breach on D-Day?

A) Siegfried Line
B) Maginot Line
C) Atlantic Wall
D) Gustav Line

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