Quiz: The D-Day Invasion

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June 8, 2009

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What was the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944?
1. Operation Torch
2. Operation Mincemeat
3. Operation Overlord
4. Plan Rubber
Which of these beaches was not one of the main landing sites of the Allied invasion of Normandy?
1. Sword Beach
2. Trouville Beach
3. Juno Beach
4. Utah Beach
The Allied landing forces consisted mostly of soldiers from which three nations?
1. The United States, Britain, and Canada
2. The United States, Britain, and Poland
3. The United States, Canada, and Australia
4. The United States, Britain, and Australia
What does the "D" stand for in D-Day?
1. Doom
2. Debarkation
3. Disaster
4. It is a military term that simply stands for "day"
Which of these military leaders was not heavily involved in planning the invasion of Europe?
1. George S. Patton
2. Omar Bradley
3. Douglas MacArthur
4. Dwight Eisenhower
Where in France did the Allies deceive the German Army into thinking they would attack instead of Normandy?
1. Somme
2. Pas-de-Calais
3. Hérault
4. Landes
True or false: The invasion was postponed a day because of bad weather.
1. True
2. False
Which of these films does not depict the invasion of Normandy on D-Day?
1. The Longest Day (1962)
2. The Americanization of Emily (1964)
3. The Thin Red Line (1998)
4. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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Considerably well written read

Portal Online of AL 8:21AM October 19, 2011

This is just too easy for anyone even moderately interested in military history. I mean you would have to be a real simpleton to think MacArthur - who had some work over in the Pacific to do - would be involved in DDay planning. And not to know it was Operation Overlord when many DDay books have that in their titles. Even children's maps show the flags of the USA, Canada and Britain as the landing forces. Most 2 page summaries record the Pas de Calais deception plans. The code names Sword Gold Juno Utah and Omaha are also shown on most children's maps. Which leaves Questions 4 and 8. I hadn't heard of The Americanisation of Emily, but the jungle scenes in The Thin Red Line clearly indicate it is not set on the English Channel coast!
So that leaves DDay itself. No general would call the key day of an operation Doom Day or Disaster Day. Debarkation Day might seem possible, except it should be Disembarkation Day (when the ships unload), since the ships were loaded at least 24 hours earlier (I'm not even sure the word Debarkation exists). I had thought DDay came from a German phrase - Der Tag (The Day), and that DDay came from that, but the explanation offered seemed commonsense. So I got 8/8. Who's the Daddy!

Dan Filson 10:38AM March 07, 2011

Raman can you read thIS?

Raman B of NE 2:25PM November 23, 2009

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