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1. This operation is also known as "Operation Konserve" or "Operation Canned Goods", and was carried out by Germany against Poland even before the outbreak of war in Europe.
2. "Fall Weiss" ("Plan White") was an operation name used twice during WWII by Germany. First in 1939, then in 1943. Against which two nations were these operations directed?
3. Between 27 May and 4 June 1940 Allied soldiers evacuated Dunkirk, often under direct fire from Luftwaffe and even artillery with visual contact. What was the British codename for this operation?
4. 9 April 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway. This was called Operation ...
5. One of these Operations was never a part of WWII. Which one?
6. Which of these animals is NOT an Operation code name from WWII?
7. An Operation was carried out on 22-23 October 1944 in the Netherlands, where Allied forces evacuated a large group of soldiers after the failure at Arnhem. This Operation is also partly shown in "Band of Brothers". What was its code name?
8. An Allied Operation starting November 1944. An offensive against the "Siegfried Line", trying to break through into Germany. A result of this Operation was a battle in German known as "Schlacht im Hürtgenwald". This Operation ended abruptly with the sudden German offensive known as "Battle of the Bulge".
9. "Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein" ("Operation Watch on the Rhine") was a German code name for an Operation/battle commonly known as ...?
10. This was a relatively small offensive between 14 and 26 January 1945, carried out by the British 2nd Army. The Operation was a success and "the Roer Triangle" was mostly cleared of German resistance. The notorious "Desert Rats" (7th Armored Division) was a part of this Operation.
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