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D-Day Quiz
Ten questions on the largest seaborne invasion in history: the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. Each answer comes with a short explanation.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes a map
About this quiz
On June 6, 1944, about 156,000 Allied soldiers landed along fifty miles of the Normandy coast and opened a western front against Nazi Germany. The quiz covers the planning, the weather, the five beaches and some of the men who went ashore.
Several questions go beyond the textbook version, and a few test stories that are often told wrong. The last two questions are the hardest.
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Encyclopedia
D-Day (Normandy Landings)
D-Day was the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious military operation in history.
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was the British prime minister who led the country through World War II, a Nobel Prize-winning writer and a lifelong imperialist.
