D-Day Quiz Multiple Choice Quiz | European War

Answer: 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.

Answer: 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 Britain resembling the 'assembly area', sending messages through radio further reinforcing the belief of the fake armies, etc.

Answer: 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.

Answer: 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.

Answer: 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."

Answer: 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.

Answer: 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.

Answer: Ruperts

Dummy paratroopers, Ruperts, were dropped from other places to confuse the Germans. It worked very well.

Answer: 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.

Answer: Ste. Marie-Du-Mont

The 101st AB was supposed to take Ste. Marie-Du-Mont, but some ended up at Ste. Mere Eglise instead.