Normandy Landings Quiz

<p>A detailed account of the German defense strategy at Normandy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An overview of World War II European Theater operations from D-Day to the surrender of Germany (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neptune/Overlord: From Concept to Execution—Planning the Invasion of France, 1942–44 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDU) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Operation Neptune: The U.S.Navy on D-Day (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Operation Neptune: Innovating on the Spot Made D-Day a Success (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tragic accident that occurred during a training exercise for the Normandy invasion (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>U.S.Navy Ships at Normandy: Command Ships, Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers, and Destroyer Escorts of the Western Naval Task Force During Operation Overlord (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They cleared obstacles and helped pave the way for the main invasion force (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>H-Gram 031: Operation Neptune, 6 June 1944—Special &quot;D-Day&quot; Edition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intelligence reports and interrogation transcripts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A report from a German intelligence officer on the Allied invasion plans. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The unloading of supplies from Allied Landing Ships onto one of the Normandy beaches. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To understand German military strategy and tactics, helping the Allies anticipate future moves. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pas-de-Calais area (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Providing artillery fire support (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide immediate infantry fire support once ashore (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Operation Neptune (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It led to the liberation of Western Europe (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>160,000 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Allied invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.

The naval operation that supported the D-Day landings.

A type of landing craft used to transport troops to shore during invasions.

The movement of troops to a specific location for battle.

Vessels tasked with clearing naval mines from landing zones.

Attacks by aircraft directed at enemy targets.

Support the invasion with heavy bombardment of coastal targets.

The successful Allied effort to reclaim Normandy and push into France.

The codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

A training exercise for D-Day that ended in disaster at Slapton Sands.

Naval Combat Demolition Units that cleared beaches for D-Day.

A battleship that provided naval gunfire support during the landings on D-Day.

Decisive actions by Navy leadership that ensured success on D-Day.

Director of NHHC who authored a special edition on Operation Neptune.

German Commander in Chief for the West during the Normandy Campaign.

A series of coastal defenses built by Germany to defend against Allied invasion in Western Europe.

The aerial warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Allied operations to gather intelligence from captured German leaders post-war.

A battleship that participated in the bombardment during the Normandy invasion.

Artificial harbors created to support the Allied forces during the D-Day invasion.

A unit of the U.S. Navy that provided naval gunfire support during the Normandy landings.