D-Day - Allies make crucial push into France

1. When did D-Day take place?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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