History Quiz

A bridge secured by British glider infantry the night before D-Day was later renamed Pegasus Bridge in honor of the event. Why Pegasus?

At which beach was an artificial Mulberry Harbor constructed only to be heavily damaged by a storm on June 19?

"Rangers lead the way," the U.S. Army Rangers motto, was coined on D-Day. Who uttered it during the fighting?

Why did U.S. Army Rangers have to climb the 110 ft. promontory of Pointe du Hoc during the landings?

Which German-occupied town or city was supposed to be liberated on D-Day, only to frustrate the Allies by holding out until early August?

Juno Beach, where Canadian troops landed, was originally given a different codename. What was it?

Roughly how many Allied soldiers landed on the beaches (or inland from the air) on D-Day? (Not counting naval personnel who didn't go ashore.)

Which of these sentences is NOT from Eisenhower's famous D-Day letter to the Allied Expeditionary Force?

How many Allied airborne divisions landed troops behind German lines on the night before D-Day?

At what location did non-airborne troops first land on D-Day?