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D-Day

What date did D-Day take place, a day later than originally planned due to poor weather conditions?
10 May 1944
15 May 1944
5 June 1944
6 June 1944
What did British authorities ban on 12 March 1944 to prevent leaking of the date of the invasion?
Leaving the country
Telephone calls
Newspapers
Travel to Ireland
Which city did the allies plan to take on D-Day, it was in fact only captured after a month of fighitng?
Lisieux
Le Havre
Caen
Rouen
Which General did the allies place in SE England as part of the plan to trick the Germans into believing they would invade Calais, not Normandy?
General George S Patton
General Bernard Montgomery
General Omar Bradley
General Frederick Morgan
How did King George VI prevent Churchill from going to sea with the fleet and watching the landings from HMS Belfast?
By insisting that if Churchill went he would also go
Threatened his position as Prime Minister
Threatened to remove funding to the army
Passed a law forbidding Churchill from leaving the country
How many ships took part in the largest seaborne invasion in history?
3,000
5,000
7,000
9,000
By what porportion was the German airforce - the Luftwaffe - outnumbered?
12:1
15:1
25:1
30:1
Which of these was NOT one of the codenames of the five key beaches?
Judo
Gold
Omaha
Sword
What does the 'D' stand for in 'D-Day'?
Dynamo
Defence
The Day
Deutsche
Which of these was not a tactical setback experienced by the Allies on D-Day?
Loss of amphibious tanks
Mines on the beaches
Bad Weather
Loss of communication
What percentage of paratroopers landed in the correct place on the night of the invasion?
10%
15%
23%
30%
What did Glasgow born Bill Millin do as he walked up and down Sword Beach?
Played the bagpipes
Played the guitar
Sung opera
Played the bugle
What was the codename for the naval invasion of France?
Operation Dynamo
Operation Bodyguard
Operation Overlord
Operation Neptune
Where did the Allied troops land?
Dunkirk
Normandy
Calais
Le Havre
How many troops had landed in France by midnight on D-Day?
132,000
157,000
89,000
121,000
How many allied troops are estimated to have been killed on D-Day?
7,500
8,750
9,250
10,500
Who did Hitler appoint as Inspector of Coastal Defences in November 1943?
Erwin Rommel
Gerd von Rundstedt
Karl Donitz
Heinrich Himmler
What was Operation Bodyguard?
The aerial bombardment of Normandy ahead of the D-Day landings
The naval invasion of France
The backup battalions for D-Day
A deceptive strategy to trick the Germans
All information regarding the invasion was marked with what classification?
Commander
Bigot
Top Secret
Classified
In the lead up to D-Day how many maps were drawn up?
87,000
526,000
1.8 million
17 million
What were Allied aircraft's required to do to aid recognition in the lead up to D-Day?
Paint stripes on their plane
Paint their planes blue
Remove all markikng besides their division number
Paint the nose of their plane
During the D-Day invasion, what was the rendezvous area in the middle of the channel known as?
Trafalgar Square
Leicester Square
Buckingham Palace
Piccadilly Circus
How long did the crossing of the English channel take?
6 Hours
9 Hours
13 Hours
17 Hours
Who was the only person who could order the German Panzers to counter-attack the Allied invasion?
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Franz Ritter von Epp
Heinrich Himmler
Which beach was the 'Taxis to Hell and Back – Into the Jaws of Death' photograph taken?
Sword
Gold
Omaha
Utah
Which beach were many of the 'Duplex Drive' amphibious tanks launched too far from shore - never making it to land?
Omaha
Juno
Gold
Sword
Which beach had bluffs that were over 100 feet high?
Juno
Omaha
Utah
Gold
What nickname was given to the sherman tank that was able to overcome the bocage?
Sherman Elephant
Sherman Hippo
Sherman Rhino
Sherman Bull
Which military poem was the title of the photo 'Taxis to Hell – and Back – Into the Jaws of Death' derived from?
Just a Common Soldier
Dulce et Decorum Est
For the Fallen
The Charge of the Light Brigade
How many workers had been used to build Hitler's Atlantic Wall, a formidable defence faced by the Allies?
15,000
35,000
70,000
100,000
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