Airborne & Special Operations Museum Gallery Scavenger Hunt for European History Explore the gallery to discover facts about the history of the airborne and special operations forces of the U.S. Army. Search the panels, reader-rails, captions, and maps for answers. Part 1: Identify the following locations on the map. 1. The Battle of the Bulge 2. Operation OVERLORD 3. Operation MARKET GARDEN 4. Operation HUSKY 5. Operation DRAGOON 6. The country invaded on September 1, 1939
7. Two countries with airborne capabilities in the 1930 s 8. The body of water crossed on D-Day Part 2: Answer the following questions: 9. In which country did hedgerows cause problems for the Allies? 10. From which country did the Allies depart for D-Day? 11. In which European country did soldiers use donkeys in the mountainous areas? 12. Where did Private John Steele land on D-Day? 13. What was the largest parachute and glider operation of the war? 14. Who served as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe? 15. What was the Marshall Plan? 16. Why was NATO formed? 17. Translate blitzkrieg into English. 18. Where did Winston Churchill deliver his Iron Curtain speech? 19. Which former French colony was divided into a communist North and an anticommunist South in 1954? 20. Where were Special Forces soldiers deployed in 1995 to serve as peacekeepers? Bonus: Against which country were the soldiers of the 10 th SFG supposed to wage unconventional warfare in 1953 while stationed in Bad Tolz, Germany?
Airborne & Special Operations Museum Gallery Scavenger Hunt for European History Answer Key Explore the gallery to discover facts about the history of the airborne and special operations forces of the U.S. Army. Search the panels, reader-rails, captions, and maps for answers. Part 1: Identify the following locations on the map. 1. The Battle of the Bulge Belgium Battle of the Bulge 2. Operation OVERLORD Normandy, France D-Day: Operation NEPTUNE 3. Operation MARKET GARDEN Holland Operation MARKET GARDEN 4. Operation HUSKY Sicily Airborne Operations in Sicily
5. Operation DRAGOON Southern France Operation DRAGOON 6. The country invaded on September 1, 1939 Poland The World Turned Upside Down 7. Two countries with airborne capabilities in the 1930 s Germany and the Soviet Union From Test Platoon to Airborne Command 8. The body of water crossed on D-Day English Channel D-Day: Operation NEPTUNE Part 2: Answer the following questions: 9. In which country did hedgerows cause problems for the Allies? France Battle of the Hedgerows 10. From which country did the Allies depart for D-Day? England D-Day: Operation NEPTUNE 11. In which European country did soldiers use donkeys in the mountainous areas? Italy Italy, 1943 and Italy: Airborne to the Rescue and the Winter War 12. Where did Private John Steele land on D-Day? St. Mere Eglise s church steeple 82 nd Airborne Liberates St. Mere Eglise 13. What was the largest parachute and glider operation of the war? MARKET GARDEN Operation MARKET GARDEN 14. Who served as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe? General Dwight D. Eisenhower Architects of the Legend 15. What was the Marshall Plan? The economic reconstruction of Europe Neither Peace Nor War 16. Why was NATO formed? For the defense of Europe Neither Peace Nor War
17. Translate blitzkrieg into English. Lightning war The World Turned Upside Down 18. Where did Winston Churchill deliver his Iron Curtain speech? Fulton, MO Neither Peace Nor War 19. Which former French colony was divided into a communist North and an anticommunist South in 1954? Vietnam (formerly known as Indochina) Who Will Liberate the Third World? 20. Where were Special Forces soldiers deployed in 1995 to serve as peacekeepers? Bosnia An Uncertain and Dangerous World Bonus: Against which country were the soldiers of the 10 th SFG supposed to wage unconventional warfare in 1953 while stationed in Bad Tolz, Germany? The Soviet Union Establishment of U.S. Army Special Forces
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