WWII General And Operations #2

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1. The invasion of Normandy has two Operation Code-Names, Overlord was one, what was the second Code-name? Operation Advance Operation Avalanche Operation Dragon Operation Neptune

2. On October 31 1941, weeks before a declaration of war, a US Navy destroyer was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat. What was the name of the US Destroyer? USS Reuben James USS Breckinridge USS Greer USS Lawrence

3. On September 7 1939, French Army forces invaded Germany from the West. What was the Operation Code-Name for this invasion? Operation Epsom Operation Coronet Operation Baytown Operation Saar

4. Which was the Operational Code-Name for the evacuation of the British and French troops at Dunkirk? Operation Bertram Operation Acrobat Operation Nest Egg Operation Dynamo

5. Which is the Operational Code-Name for the British and Canadian raid on Dieppe? Operation Jubilee Operation Plunder Operation Lightfoot Operation Totalize

6. Which is the only US Army Airborne Division, that did NOT see combat in World War Two? 11th Airborne Div. 13th Airborne Div. 17th Airborne Div. 82nd Airborne Div.

7. Which was the largest Tank and Air Battle of World War II? Kursk Tobruk El Alamein Ardennes

8. Which was the German Operational Code-Name for the German offensive in the Ardennes, 'The Battle of the Bulge' December 16 1944? Operation Taifun, 'Typhoon' Operation Merkur, 'Mercury' Operation Herbstnebi, 'Autumn Mist' Operation Nordlight, 'Northern Lights'

9. Which was the 'Only' British Territory occupied by German Forces in World War II? Falkland Islands St. Helena Gibralter Channel Islands

10. Which was the French Ocean Liner seized by the US Government after the fall of France in 1940, that was turned into a troop ship? SS Liberte SS Ile De France SS Normandie SS Champlain

11. Who was the Commanding General of the US Eighth Air Force in Britain during World War II? General Henry H. Arnold General Hoyt Vandenberg General Curtis E. Lemay General James Doolittle

12. In the Invasion of Southern France, August 15 1944, who was the Commanding General of the Seventh US Army? Lt. Gen. William Simpson Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges

13. Who was the Commanding General of the German Forces opposing the Allies in Italy in the later stages of WW2? Field Marshal Gunther Von Kluge Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus Field Marshal Albert Kesselring Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein

14. Which General did General Eisenhower, in September 1943, send on a secret mission into Italy? General Mark Clark General Maxwell Taylor General Omar N. Bradley General Lucius Clay

15. Which is the Operational Code-Name for the USAAF bombing of the Ploesti oil fields in Romania? Operation Plunder Operation Boomerang Operation Crossbow Operation Tidalwave