D-Day Quiz!

[650lb Sumo]

(1) Which three (main) countries attacked on D-Day?
(2) Five beaches were attacked on D-Day. What were their codenames? (five marks)
(3) Which beaches were attacked by which armies? (five marks)
(4) When was D-Day (date and time)? (two marks)
(5) What was the military operation name for D-Day?

(6) Who commanded the Allied ground forces?
(7) Who commanded the German ground forces?
(8) Who commanded the Allied naval forces?
(9) How many of the invaders' D-Day objectives were met?
(10) To the nearest 5,000, how many casualties were there on D-Day?

Spoiler

(1) Canada, UK, USA
(2) Gold, Juno, Omaha, Sword, Utah
(3) Gold and Sword - UK, Juno - Canada and UK, Omaha and Utah - USA
(4) 6am, 6th of June 1944
(5) Operation Neptune

(6) General Bernard Law Montgomery - I anticipate protests that it was General Dwight David Eisenhower, but he was in overall command of the invasion, he was not the ground forces commander.
(7) Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
(8) Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay
(9) The allies planned to take Bayeux, Caen, Carentan and Saint-Lô, and advance at least six miles inland from all the beaches except Utah and connect their forces. None of these objectives were met on time.
(10) 16,000

Pass mark is 9/19! How did you do?

 

[LEWIS540]

19

 

[650lb Sumo]

19

 

[misterfurious]

Didn’t score well… I knew this old farmer growing up; had known him since I was a kid but didn’t find out until I was in my 30’s that he was on Omaha beach on D-Day. I asked him about it; he said he never expected to live through the day. Those guys were cut from a different cloth, they have my eternal respect.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I got the first one right. That’s it. The only beach heads I can remember were Utah and Omaha.

 

[Osculater]

I only knew the beaches named Omaha and Utah was the USA because they are Native American names.

 

[SpicyJoe]

I had a old neighbor, Phil, he was tough as nails, that did the tour. He was in the Italy invasion then sent to France for D-day. He died at the age of 96.

He talked very little about it but he did say he liked Italy better.

My girlfriend at the time would tell Phil that Joe loves you! lol

He was hard of hearing because of his ear drums were blown out. He drank Black Velvet everyday. I would go to his house and he would pour us both a glass and we would shoot the shit! But he really would not talk about D-Day. Only told me no matter how bad it got there he did not take up smoking like everyone else. He never smoked during his lifetime and would tell me not smoke. But he would show me his shit he pick up off dead Germans. Fucking cool pistols he had.

One day he had a dead battery in his car and I took him to the local tire shop, Les Schwab, and got him a car battery.

The kid at the counter was having trouble talking to him because Phil did have any eardrums and refuse to get hearing aids. I told the kid that he had his ear drums blown out during D-Day. The kid's eyes got huge!

This was in 1998 just a few months after the the movie "Saving Private Ryan" came out. The kid at the counter went and told all the other workers that he had a veteran at the counter that was in the D-Day invasion. Every worker in the tire shop came out and shook Phil's hand and told Phil that they will take care of him. I had to tell all the workers what Phil was there for. I gave them the make of the car, Ford Escort, and they got him a new battery.

When Phil went to pay, they refused to take his money. They even offered to go to his house and install the battery for him.

Got Phil home and helped him with the battery and he asked me what all hub bub was at the tire shop. I told him, I mention you were in the D-day invasion. He looked at me and I swear I think I saw a tear in his eye... No not "tough as nails" Phil.

I miss Phil.

 

[Gene Tunney]

Easiest test I've taken.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Didn’t score well… I knew this old farmer growing up; had known him since I was a kid but didn’t find out until I was in my 30’s that he was on Omaha beach on D-Day. I asked him about it; he said he never expected to live through the day. Those guys were cut from a different cloth, they have my eternal respect.

Those men are a close second to the queers for palestine.

 

[Sweater of AV]

19/19

Spoiler

1. Brits, Canada, US
2. Huntington, Muscle, Omaha, Juno, Utah
3. Brits attacked Huntington and Muscle. Canada attacked Juno. US attacked Omaha and Utah.
4. June 1944, Hammer Time
5. Operation Doomsday

6. Tits McGee
7. Franz Beckenbauer
8. Donald Rumsfeld
9. 7
10. 350

 

[Tone C]

17/19.

Couldn't remember the exact time for some reason or the Admiral's name.

I'll take that.

Lol, Franz Beckenbauer and hammer time etc....

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

Holy crap, you guys are getting 17-19 / 19?!

I got 10...........yikes

 

[My Spot]

Aren't there two answers for question five?

 

[650lb Sumo]

Aren't there two answers for question five?

What do you think the answers are?

 

[My Spot]

What do you think the answers are?

Neptune or Overlord.

 

[650lb Sumo]

Neptune or Overlord.

Operation Overlord was the whole capturing/liberation of Normandy and bringing in all the men and equipment to fully come at Germany from the West (in conjuction with Operation Dragoon in the South). Operation Neptune was D-Day. D-Day was part of Overlord, but I think 'Neptune' is the better answer.

 

[Tone C]

Holy crap, you guys are getting 17-19 / 19?!

I got 10...........yikes

I'm a Brit and it's kind of a big thing here and I enjoy history so..

 

[Jack Reacheround]

I had a old neighbor, Phil, he was tough as nails, that did the tour. He was in the Italy invasion then sent to France for D-day. He died at the age of 96.

He talked very little about it but he did say he liked Italy better.

My girlfriend at the time would tell Phil that Joe loves you! lol

He was hard of hearing because of his ear drums were blown out. He drank Black Velvet everyday. I would go to his house and he would pour us both a glass and we would shoot the shit! But he really would not talk about D-Day. Only told me no matter how bad it got there he did not take up smoking like everyone else. He never smoked during his lifetime and would tell me not smoke. But he would show me his shit he pick up off dead Germans. Fucking cool pistols he had.

One day he had a dead battery in his car and I took him to the local tire shop, Les Schwab, and got him a car battery.

The kid at the counter was having trouble talking to him because Phil did have any eardrums and refuse to get hearing aids. I told the kid that he had his ear drums blown out during D-Day. The kid's eyes got huge!

This was in 1998 just a few months after the the movie "Saving Private Ryan" came out. The kid at the counter went and told all the other workers that he had a veteran at the counter that was in the D-Day invasion. Every worker in the tire shop came out and shook Phil's hand and told Phil that they will take care of him. I had to tell all the workers what Phil was there for. I gave them the make of the car, Ford Escort, and they got him a new battery.

When Phil went to pay, they refused to take his money. They even offered to go to his house and install the battery for him.

Got Phil home and helped him with the battery and he asked me what all hub bub was at the tire shop. I told him, I mention you were in the D-day invasion. He looked at me and I swear I think I saw a tear in his eye... No not "tough as nails" Phil.

I miss Phil.

Great story.

 

[Tone C]

@650lb Sumo

Thanks for the quiz .