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D-Day 70th Anniversary Quiz

It's been 70 years since over 150,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe in one of the greatest military operations in history. Some 12,000 brave men never returned. Have a go at this quiz and I hope while you're trying to answer the questions you might remember their sacrifice and give thanks. :-)
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Allied codename for the Battle of Normandy
Operation Overlord
German fortifications along the French coast built to repel the invasion
Atlantic Wall
British beach where over 900 Allied troops died during an invasion rehearsal
Slapton Sands
English seaside town where the Supreme Allied Commander sited his HQ
Portsmouth
Allied deception plan that involved mobilising fake armies and inflatable tanks
Operation Fortitude
Spanish double agent who played a leading role in decieving the Germans about where the invasion would happen
Juan Pujol Garcia "Garbo"
Supreme Allied Commander
General Dwight Eisenhower
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder
Overall commander of the Allied ground forces during D-Day
General Bernard Montgomery
Commander of the US First Army during D-Day, the "GI's General"
General Omar Bradley
Commander of the main British and Canadian armies during D-Day
General Sir Miles Dempsey
Overall commander of Allied Naval Operations
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay
Supreme Commander of the German Army in the West (OB West)
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
General who supervised the Axis defence of the French coast from the invasion threat
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Date and year of D-Day
6th June, 1944
Operational name of the British Glider assault on the Orne River and Caen Canal
Operation Deadstick
Bridge captured during that assault^
Pegasus Bridge
First Allied soldier to be killed, during the Glider assault
Lieutenant Herbert 'Den' Brotheridge
British officer who led the Glider assault
Major John Howard
Actor who portrayed ^ this officer in "The Longest Day" and was himself part of the real Glider assault
Richard Todd
9mm British submachine gun used extensively during the invasion
Sten Gun
11.43mm American submachine gun used extensively during the invasion
Thompson M1A1
7.62mm American semi-automatic rifle used extensively during the invasion
M1 Garand
US Parachute Regiment CO whose troops defended the town of St Mere Eglise
Colonel Benjamin H Vandervoort
Nickname given to the specially modified tanks used by British forces
Hobart's Funnies
Primary American tank used in the invasion
M4 Sherman
Amphibious swimming tank that was a variant of the above^
DD "Duplex Drive" Tank
Primary British tank used in the invasion
Churchill MkVII
Primary German tank during the invasion
Panzer Mark IV
Primary transport aircraft of the Airborne Landings
Douglas C-47 Skytrain "Dakota"
Signalling device used by the 101st US Airborne Division to communicate in enemy territory
Cricket
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Prominent headland assaulted by the US 2nd Ranger Battalion
Pointe du Hoc
Commander of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in that assault^
Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder
Landing beach where US forces suffered heavy losses
Omaha Beach
French commune above Omaha Beach
Vierville-sur-Mer
Nickname given to the LCVP Landing Craft used in the invasion
Higgins Boat
American photographer and journalist who landed with the second wave of troops at Omaha Beach
Robert Capa
Explosive charge used to force gaps in the barbed wire at Omaha
Bangalore Torpedo
First American soldier to come ashore from a landing craft on D-Day
Captain Leonard T. Schroeder
Eldest son of the 26th US President who was the first senior officer ashore at Utah Beach
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jnr
American writer who landed and saw combat at Utah Beach
J D Salinger
British senior officer who brought his personal piper with him when he landed at Sword Beach
Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat
The name of that piper, who marched up Sword Beach playing his bagpipes in the face of enemy fire
Private Bill Millin
Free French Commando leader who landed his troops at Sword Beach
Captain Philippe Kieffer
First French village liberated on D-Day
Ranville
First French City liberated, home of a famous tapestry
Bayeux
Strategic peninsular that needed to be secured to link the Utah and Omaha invasion enclaves
Cotentin Peninsular
Fortification threatening Sword Beach that was a primary target for the British 9th Parachute Battalion
Merville Gun Battery
Main Canadian landing beach
Juno Beach
Airfield that was a primary capture target of the forces that landed on Juno Beach
Carpiquet Airfield
Town near Juno Beach liberated by the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
Bernieres-sur-Mer
Canadian Star Trek actor who was a Lieutenant and fought at Juno Beach
James Doohan
Royal Navy Beach Master at Juno Beach
Captain Colin Maud
Artificial port set up on Gold and Omaha Beaches
Mulberry Harbour
Town on Gold Beach where one of the artificial ports was constructed
Arromanches-les-Bains
British Royal Navy Light Cruiser that bombarded Gold Beach prior to the landings
HMS Ajax
City that was identified as a vital objective for troops on Sword and Juno Beaches
Caen
Characteristic terrain of Western Normandy that hampered US troops as they forged inland
Bocage
What the letters G.I. stood for
Government Issue/Galvanised Iron
American historian and biographer who wrote "Band of Brothers" and an account of D-Day
Stephen E. Ambrose
Name of the 1998 Steven Spielberg film based around D-Day
Saving Private Ryan
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