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 D-Day
| Why are they building 'The National D-Day Museum' in New Orleans, Louisiana? | D-Day (YOMD39) |
In honor of Andrew J. Higgins. Andrew Jackson Higgins, an New Orleans industrialist, designed and built the LCVP's (Landing Craft Vehicles, Personnel)aka 'Higgins Boats'. These landing crafts were vital to the success of Operation Overlord. In 1940 the U.S. had no landing craft. By 1944 the Higgins Industries had built more than 30,000 LCVP's.
| Who said to his troops on D-Day at 'H-Hour-1'. 'I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skills in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory'? | D-Day (YOMD39) |
General Dwight D. Eisenhower. All of the above could have made the same statement but this was actually made by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. His military skills highly impressed the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the Allied Forces and in December 1943 he was chosen as Commander-in-Chief for Operation Overlord.
| Who is believed to have said the famous Well start the war from right here on D-Day? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.. Theodore Roosevelt Jr, Commodore James Arnold Lt. Cols. Simmons and McNeely, and Col. Van Fleet met in Arnolds 'headquaters'-a shell hole. They were about more than a mile further south. This is when Roosevelt became a legend for reportedly saying 'We'll start the war from right here'. According to Van Fleet, though, it did not happen.
| Who did General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) appoint as his Chief of Staff? | D-Day (YOMD39) |
Lt. General Walter Bedell Smith. Lt. General Walter Bedell Smith had been involved with General Eisenhower in the military campaigns in North Africa and Italy. As Eisenhower's Chief of Staff he worked on military strategies for the War in Europe.
| Who did General Dwight D. Eisenhower appoint as pro tem Commander of the Allied ground forces coming ashore in Europe? | D-Day (YOMD39) |
General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery. General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery had defeated Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the German commander kown as the 'Desert Fox', in the North African Campaigns.
| Which town was the 101st Airborne supposed to take? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
Ste. Marie-Du-Mont. The 101st AB was supposed to take Ste. Marie-Du-Mont, but some ended up at Ste. Mere Eglise instead.
| Which D-Day invasion beach was added to the attack plan last, primarily for the purpose of capturing a natural port early in the campaign for use for supplies? | D-Day: A 60th Anniversary Quiz (jstagamtome) |
Utah. Located on the Contentin peninsula, Cherbourg was the first usable port captured by the Allies. Utah Beach is on the eastern Contentin peninsula. The primary obstacle on this assault was not the beach defenses, but the marshy inland terrain.
| Which company of the 82nd Airborne landed in the town they were supposed to take and were massacred? (Clue: John Steele was part of this Company). | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
F Company. At 0145hrs, a second platoon of F company, 505th, had the bad luck to jump right above the town, where the Germans were fully alerted. John Steele, who was featured a lot in the book and movie 'The Longest Day', was hit in the foot. His parachute was caught in the church steeple and he was hit in the foot. He was deaf for a few days as a result of the church bell ringing. Steele was captured but escaped later.
| Where is the National D-Day Memorial Complex being constructed? | D-Day (YOMD39) |
Bedford, Virginia (to honor K.I.A.s). The National D-Day Memorial Foundation is a non-profit corporation. A They chose the City of Bedford, Virginia for their 'National Museum', with an Overlord Arch and Plaza. Of the small population of that city in 1944, 21 men were killed on {D-Day;} which was the largest per capita K.I.A. of any city in the United States.
| Where did the Germans believe the Allies were going to land? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
Pas de Calais. Because of Operation Fortitude, and because the Pas de Calais is the shortest crossing over the English Channel, the Germans thought that they would definitely land in Pas de Calais, thus put more divisions there and saving the Allies from even heavier casualties.
| What were dummy Paratroopers called? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
Ruperts. Dummy paratroopers, Ruperts, were dropped from other places to confuse the Germans. It worked very well.
| What was the total width of the D-Day invasion front on the Normandy beaches? | D-Day: A 60th Anniversary Quiz (jstagamtome) |
61.7 miles. The debarkation zones were for the most part directly north to south except on the western end, where the attack was from east to west on the Contentin peninsula. Nowhere was morning sun a factor.
| What was the phrase that Eisenhower used (to his senior officers) to indicate that he wanted D-day to proceed as planned? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
OK, let's go.. At Southwick House, when Eisenhower finished listening to Staggs' weather report, Eisenhower paced the room, then stuck out his chin at all the commanders and asked them what they thought. Finally, he said, "OK, let's go" and cheers rang through Southwick House as the commanders ran to their command posts. Within 30 seconds the mess hall was empty except for Eisenhower.
| What was the name of the only ship sunk by German submarines on D-Day? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
Svenner. At 0537 half a dozen German E-Boats made the only "Kriegsmarine" attack on D-Day when they dashed in as close to the Allied fleet as they dared and unleashed a volley of torpedoes. The only hit was on Svenner, a Norweigan destroyer. Svenner broke amidship and sank.
| What was the German airpower presence over the landing beaches on D-Day? | D-Day: A 60th Anniversary Quiz (jstagamtome) |
A single sortie of two fighters. This is depicted in the movie "The Longest Day", with the German fighter pilots themselves considering their effort a cynical joke in the face of the massive Allied force.
| What was the date of D-Day in World War II? | D-Day (YOMD39) |
June 6, 1944. One June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces began a massive invasion of the European continent. This was the largest military land invasion ever undertaken during war-time.
| What was the codename of the operation conceived to confuse the Germans? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
Operation Fortitude. Operation Fortitude involved flying more planes above the area that the Germans belived the invasion was going to come from, using 'turned' German spies to send false information to the Germans, creating fake armies and making them train at places in Britian resembling the 'assembly area', sending messages through radio further reinforcing the belief of the fake armies, etc.
| What was the code name given to the military plan for D-Day? | D-Day (YOMD39) |
Operation Overlord . The normal procedure in wartime is for the Top Command to give a code name to each major military operation.
| What was the 'challenge,' the password, and the response of the US paratroopers on D-Day? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
Flash, Thunder, Welcome. The other alternative to identify oneself was to use the crickets. One was supposed to click the cricket once, click-clack, and the answer would be click-clack, click-clack.
| What wall had been set by the Germans up along the coast of France? | D-Day (benny_boi_99) |
The Atlantic Wall. The Atlantic wall was made up of thousands of large concrete pillboxes set up along the coast of France. Many of the concrete pillboxes were made from material from the beaches and were easily demolished when bombed.
| What significant event in the war occurred just two days before the D-Day invasion? | D-Day: A 60th Anniversary Quiz (jstagamtome) |
Rome fell to the Allies. Rome fell on June 4, 1944. Yamamoto was shot down April 18, 1943. MacArthur returned to the Philippines October 20, 1944, and the German defeat at Kursk was in July, 1943.
| What did the Allies have above the ships that were firing upon the beaches? | D-Day (benny_boi_99) |
Barrage balloons. The barrage balloons had large steel rods hanging down from them which shreaded apart low flying enemy aircraft.
| What beach name was NOT part of the invasion? | D-Day (benny_boi_99) |
Nevada. Gold, Sword and Juno beaches were for the Canadian and Britsh Commonwealth to invade and Utah and Omaha were for the Americans.
| The system that the British used in which they sent false or/and useless information to the Germans was called what? | D-Day Quiz (Bob0120) |
Double Cross System. The British captured the German spies in Britain, turned them round, and sent useless and misleading information to the Germans to reinforce the belief that the invasion would be in the Pas de Calais. Thanks to the Double Cross System, Axis Sally was heard one day on the radio, "Hello to the men of E Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne. Hope you boys enjoyed your passes to London last weekend. Oh, by the way, please tell the town officials that the clock on the church is three minutes slow."
| The Allies made inflatable tanks and put them in a part of England opposite the Pas de Calais, in order to fool the Germans? | D-Day (benny_boi_99) |
true. Women workers in a mill were ordered to make these strange tanks to fool the Germans into thinking that the invasion would occur some place else.
| One of the two main reasons for choosing Normandy as the invasion site was that it was less heavily defended than the Pas de Calais. What was the other main reason? | D-Day: A 60th Anniversary Quiz (jstagamtome) |
Accessibility to Allied air cover. Allied air domination was essential in establishing a beachhead. The hedgerow topography acually impaired glider landings and favored a defensive position, most often employed by the Germans.
| On what national television program were the 'Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel' boats and the New Orleans plans for a several days celebration of the 56th anniversary of D-Day a feature story? | D-Day (YOMD39) |
CBS Sunday Morning. An exact replica of the Andrew Jackson Higgins boat has been built for public display in The National D-Day Museum. Several days of celebration have begun and were scheduled from June 2, through June 9, 2000.
| On the dawn of D-Day, paratroopers secured a vital bridge across the Orne River to prevent German troops from reinforcing the area of the landings. This bridge is commonly known as Pegasus bridge. From where did it get this name? | D-Day: A 60th Anniversary Quiz (jstagamtome) |
The emblem of British paratroopers. The British 6th Airborne Division landed in gliders a few hundred yards from the bridge, and successfully captured it. Today, stone markers indicate the exact location where the gliders came to rest. The operation was code-named Tonga.
| How many combat divisions were to be put ashore on D-Day? | D-Day: A 60th Anniversary Quiz (jstagamtome) |
Six. Three American divisions, two British, and one Canadian participated in the initial landings. One additional American and two British divisions were to follow once beachheads were established.
| How many Australians fought on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day? | D-Day (benny_boi_99) |
25. Only 25 Australians fought on the beaches but thousands were apart of the airborne invasion. Only about 6 Aussies died on D-Day.
| How many American Rangers landed at Point du Hoc before the invasion occured? | D-Day (benny_boi_99) |
225. 225 American Rangers landed at Point du Hoc and their aim was to take out the large guns that the Germans had on the cliffs that overlooked the beaches.
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