D-Day - Allies make crucial push into France

1. When did D-Day take place?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Created with That Quiz — the site for test creation and grading in math and other subjects.