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Who lead the invasion on Utah beach?
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what aircraft was used to drop the paratroops?
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Who was th supreme leader of Operation Overlord?
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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.
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They dropped hundreds of fake paratroopers to confuse the Germans about the number of paratroopers dropped.
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They filled cargo planes with bombs and used them as diy bombers.
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they burned down villages that only had german troops in.
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What was the amphibious duck boats built out of?
a higgins boat and a car.
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LCT-R with a small truck
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a 2 1/2 ton truck with a boat built around.
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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.
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The pandemic of e-coli was still going.
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Hitler would be hunting on the 6th.
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How many DD tanks were in each LCT?
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What was one of the factors that caused the paratrooper drops to fail?
The bombers took off at the same time.
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Poor communication between the drop crews.
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How would better communication made the landings better
The over-excited anti-aircraft gunners wouldn't shoot down any C-47.
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The airplane formations wouldn't collide with one another.
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The first wave of paratrooper drop planes alerted the others of the cloud cover.
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the boats could have changed their landing time to link up to the paratroopers earlier.
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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.
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The flak was heavier than expected.
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a german spy led a wave of planes into a trap.
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Most of the planes couldn't take off.
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11.
How many divisions of paratrooper were dropped?
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What was one of the challenge words and their responses
They only used their clickers.
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13.
What advice was given to the paratroopers that have a german accent.
They were advised to bring extra clickers.
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They were held back from the drop.
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They were given no advise
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14.
Will there be a part 2?