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.Part 1: Identify the following locations on the map.Part 1: Identify the following locations on the map.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:Part 2: Answer the following questions:Part 2: Answer the following questions: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 anti-

communist 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 10th 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.Part 1: Identify the following locations on the map.Part 1: Identify the following locations on the map.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:Part 2: Answer the following questions:Part 2: Answer the following questions: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

“82nd 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 anti-

communist 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 10th 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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