D-Day Exercises

The so-called D-Day landings in Normandy were part of a planned operation by the Allies that was put into practice in 1944 because of:

a) strengthening of German positions in the struggle against the Soviet Union.

b) expansion of the Axis in the Balkans in partnership with the far-right Ustasha regime.

c) strengthening of the Kriegsmarine , the German navy, by managing to break the maritime blockade imposed by the United Kingdom.

d) weakening of Germany in the fight against the Soviets since the battle at Stalingrad and the retreat of Axis forces in Italy.

e) defeat of the Allies in the Pacific during the Battle of Midway, which led the Allies to formulate a new war strategy for their attacks against Germany.

From the Allied landings in Normandy, British and American troops were led on the battlefield towards Germany by:

a) Winston Churchill

b) Douglas MacArthur

c) Dwight Eisenhower

d) Bernard Montgomery

e) Raymond Spruance

Shortly before the Allied landing in Normandy took place, German intelligence knew that an Allied attack would happen, but did not know when. Hitler expected his forces to be able to withstand enemy attacks, based on the belief he held:

a) on the Atlantic Wall.

b) in the leadership of the renowned General Erwin Rommel.

c) on the strategic advantage of German air bases in Norway.

d) in the reinforcement of soldiers received from Croatians and Hungarians.

e) on your new weapon, the Schwerer Gustav cannon.

D-Day is named after:

a) Barbarossa Operation

b) Overlord Operation

c) Operation Normandy

d) Operation Valkyrie

e) Paris Operation

Letter D

The Normandy landings were planned by the Allies because of the need to create a new war front to increase pressure on Germany in the conflict. The Germans had been suffering from the Soviet offensive since the defeat at Stalingrad between 1942 and 1943, and this weakening of the Nazis was reflected in other positions, such as in Italy, where their troops were not able to resist the arrival of the Allies. With the Normandy landings, the Allies hoped to reconquer France and begin the occupation of Germany.

Letter C

Dwight Eisenhower was an American army general who commanded the Allied armies in the invasion of North Africa, initiating the expulsion of the Germans from the continent. Subsequently, Eisenhower was assigned to lead the Allied landings in Northern France and, from the Allies' establishment in the region, led the expulsion of the Germans from France and the march towards Germany. Eisenhower was also elected President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

Letter A

Hitler's hopes were pinned on his blind belief in the capabilities of the so-called Atlantic Wall. This wall consisted of a defensive line built by Germany across the northern coast of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean. The idea of ​​the Atlantic Wall was to shield continental Europe from a possible invasion organized by the United Kingdom. However, this strategy was seen by the German generals as a bluff and, therefore, they had no faith in the ability of the German defenses to withstand a landing of Allied troops.

Letter B

Operation Overlord was organized by the Allies, under the leadership of British and Americans, with the aim of carrying out the landings of their troops in Normandy and, thus, creating a war front in Western Europe, the that would increase the pressure on Germany during World War II. Operation Overlord mobilized around 150,000 men, who landed in Normandy in approximately 5,000 vessels.