D-Day Landings
This French region was the location of all five Allied landing beaches on June 6, 1944.
What is Normandy?
This is the specific nationality of the vast, perfectly aligned rows of white crosses and Stars of David at the cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer.
What is American (or United States)?
This famous white stone keep, built by William the Conqueror in 1078, forms the central part of the Tower complex.
What is the White Tower?
This French Foreign Minister proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community in 1950, which is considered the EU's foundational moment.
Who is Robert Schuman?
The Tower of London is one of approximately 35 of these highly protected cultural and natural sites located in the UK and its overseas territories.
What are UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
The entire invasion was given this code name.
What is Operation Overlord?
The first French town to be liberated by American forces; a famous replica of a parachutist hangs from its church steeple to commemorate D-Day.
What is Sainte-Mère-Église?
Today, the Tower is best known for being the home of these valuable possessions, protected by a dedicated military guard.
What are the Crown Jewels?
The 1951 treaty establishing the ECSC initially included six member states, including France, West Germany, Italy, and these three smaller nations.
What are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg (the Benelux countries)?
This famous piece of embroidered linen, nearly 70 meters long, visually chronicles the events leading up to the Norman Conquest, including the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
The German coastal defenses, consisting of obstacles, bunkers, and artillery along the coastline of Western Europe, were collectively known by this name.
Atlantic Wall?
Visitors to the Normandy D-Day sites are estimated to be approximately this many millions annually.
What is Two to five million (or approximately 2 million)?
Throughout its history, the Tower has served as a Royal residence, a prison, an arsenal, and even this type of institution, complete with lions and polar bears.
What is a Menagerie (or Zoo)?
The 1951 treaty establishing the ECSC initially included six member states, including France, West Germany, Italy, and these three smaller nations.
What is Paris (Treaty of Paris)?
This structure, originally named Bénouville Bridge, was the primary target of Major John Howard's glider assault, marking the first battle of D-Day.
What is Pegasus Bridge?
This specific US airborne division, famously featured in "Band of Brothers," was tasked with securing the western flank, including the town of Carentan.
What is the 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles")?
This massive museum and educational complex in the city of Caen is often considered the best starting point for understanding D-Day and the wider Battle of Normandy.
What is the Mémorial de Caen (Caen Memorial Museum)?
This famous second wife of Henry VIII was arrested, imprisoned in the same royal lodgings used for her coronation, and executed on Tower Green in 1536.
Who is Anne Boleyn?
In the 1960s, the UK's first two attempts to join the EEC were vetoed by this famous French president.
Who is Charles de Gaulle?
This is the official name of the founding document signed in 1957 that established the European Economic Community (EEC).
What is the Treaty of Rome?
Towed across the English Channel, these two massive, prefabricated artificial ports allowed the Allies to offload supplies before a major French harbor could be captured.
What are the Mulberry Harbors?
This country, one of the main WWII Allies, was not invited to recent major D-Day anniversary ceremonies (like the 80th) by the French government due to current geopolitical conflicts.
What is Russia?
To ensure the monarchy's continued existence, legend states that at least six of these black birds must always be in residence at the Tower.
What are Ravens?
This influential French economist and diplomat is widely considered the chief architect behind the plan that led to the ECSC, preceding its public proposal.
Who is Jean Monnet?
This US General served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force for Operation Overlord.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?