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D-day quiz part 1

have fun with this hard quiz (all answers found in the book "D-day June 6, 1944" by Stephen E. Ambrose) part 2 coming soon.
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1. Who lead the invasion on Utah beach?
America
Great Britan
Canada
Georgia
2. what aircraft was used to drop the paratroops?
B-2
C-135
C-47
A-20
3. Who was th supreme leader of Operation Overlord?
Goerge Washington
Gen. Patton
Gen. Montgomery
Gen. Eisenhower
4. What did the SAS units in the U.K. do to confuse the Germans?
They built a fake fleet of ships to make the Germans think that a bigger invasion was coming from the north.
They dropped hundreds of fake paratroopers to confuse the Germans about the number of paratroopers dropped.
They filled cargo planes with bombs and used them as diy bombers.
they burned down villages that only had german troops in.
5. What was the amphibious duck boats built out of?
a higgins boat and a car.
LCI and some tanks
LCT-R with a small truck
a 2 1/2 ton truck with a boat built around.
6. why was D-Day pushed back to June 6 when it was going to be originally on the 5th?
there was going to be storms on the 5th that would make the landing impossible.
The pandemic of e-coli was still going.
Hitler would be hunting on the 6th.
We don't know.
7. How many DD tanks were in each LCT?
8
4
6
2
8. What was one of the factors that caused the paratrooper drops to fail?
The drops were rushed.
The bombers took off at the same time.
we don't know
Poor communication between the drop crews.
9. How would better communication made the landings better
The over-excited anti-aircraft gunners wouldn't shoot down any C-47.
The airplane formations wouldn't collide with one another.
The first wave of paratrooper drop planes alerted the others of the cloud cover.
the boats could have changed their landing time to link up to the paratroopers earlier.
10. What was one of the factors that caused the drops to not end well?
The Luftwaffe had more fighters in the area than what the Allies expected.
The flak was heavier than expected.
a german spy led a wave of planes into a trap.
Most of the planes couldn't take off.
11. How many divisions of paratrooper were dropped?
7
2
5
4
12. What was one of the challenge words and their responses
welcome, welcome
cheese, ham
sheild, defend
They only used their clickers.
13. What advice was given to the paratroopers that have a german accent.
They were advised to bring extra clickers.
They were held back from the drop.
They were given no advise
We don't know.
14. Will there be a part 2?
yes
no
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