Q 01/05

What was the German codename for the December 1944 Ardennes offensive?

A) Zitadelle

B) Seelöwe

C) Frühlingserwachen

D) Wacht am Rhein

Answer · why

D) Wacht am Rhein

Wacht am Rhein, 'Watch on the Rhine', was a cover name taken from a patriotic hymn, chosen so that anyone who heard it would picture a defence of the ...

Q 02/05

The Battle of the Bulge was timed for bad weather to cancel which Allied advantage?

A) Tank numbers

B) Mobility

C) Air power

D) Manpower

Answer · why

C) Air power

Air power. The attack opened on 16 December 1944 under thick overcast and it worked at first: only when the skies cleared on 23 December could fighter...

Q 03/05

Which future novelist was captured in the Battle of the Bulge while serving as a scout with the US 106th Division?

A) J. D. Salinger

B) Kurt Vonnegut

C) Joseph Heller

D) Norman Mailer

Answer · why

B) Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut. Sent to Dresden as a prisoner, he survived the firebombing of the city in the meat locker of a slaughterhouse, the experience he later ...

Q 04/05

Why was the American line in the Ardennes so thin?

A) Christmas leave had begun

B) It seemed a quiet sector

C) Reserves were in Italy

D) The line had retreated

Answer · why

B) It seemed a quiet sector

It seemed a quiet sector. The Americans used the wooded Ardennes to rest worn-out divisions and break in new ones, so the surprise attack fell on the ...

Q 05/05

Which miniseries has an episode titled 'Bastogne' about the paratroopers of Easy Company?

A) Masters of the Air

B) The Winds of War

C) Band of Brothers

D) The Liberator

Answer · why

C) Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers. In the episode the company holds a line in the forest outside the town while fending off frostbite, hunger and German shelling.