Take Our D-Day History Quiz Written by Todd DePastino D-Day Quiz 1 / 13 What are the code names of the two remaining British invasion beaches? Check 2 / 13 What was the name of the Canadian invasion beach? Check 3 / 13 What was the original code name for the Canadian beach that was changed because it sounded silly? Check 4 / 13 What were the code names of the two American invasion beaches on Normandy? Check 5 / 13 Despite exhaustive preparation, the Allies were surprised by a topographical feature on Normandy that didn’t appear on their maps and greatly hampered their battle inland. What was it? Check 6 / 13 The First United States Army Group (FUSAG) was critical to the Allies’ success on D-Day. What was unusual about FUSAG? It didn't exist. It was already in Europe. It was made up of German refugees. It failed to land on Normandy because of the tide. 7 / 13 Name the general in command of FUSAG. Patton Bradley Eisenhower Stilwell 8 / 13 Which is the Allies’ official description of the meteorological conditions facing them on June 6, 1944? Perfect Conditions Near Perfect Conditions Barely Tolerable Conditions Intolerable Conditions 9 / 13 If the weather forced Ike to cancel the Normandy invasion on June 6, he would have had to wait as long as one month to try again. Why? Tide and moon conditions German troop movements Not enough supplies to hold soldiers in Southampton The need to wait for the liberation of Rome 10 / 13 What did the “D” in “D-Day” stand for? Debarkation Decision Day Delivery 11 / 13 Why did Dwight Eisenhower later say that the Allie’s success on D-Day was due to Andrew Jackson Higgins? Higgins was the last general to lead an invasion of the French coast. Higgins had gathered the intelligence on German defenses. Higgins had manufactured landing craft. Higgins had used radar to create the weather forecast. 12 / 13 The US suffered about 100,000 casualties in the Normandy campaign up to July 30. What was the number Ike and other commanders predict? 750,000 500,000 50,000 10,000 13 / 13 The Allied invasion fleet on D-Day involved over 5,000 ships and boats. How many did the German Navy sink? 150-200 50-100 10-40 1-10 Your score isThe average score is 50% 0% Restart quiz ATTEND AN EVENTSUBSCRIBE TO VBC BULLETIN VBC2024-05-31T09:10:53-04:00