Visions Index

Answers:

Germany 1

  1. Baden-Wurttemberg, Hessen, Thuringen, Sachsen
  2. Austria (Osterreich) , Czech Republic
  3. The Main, the Donau

Germany 2

  1. Linderhof, Neuschwanstein
  2. 18 years old; he became king in 1864
  3. King Louis XIV (the Sun King)

Austria

  1. Vienna

France 1

  1. The island is called Tombelaine.
  2. A chartulary is where the abbey records were kept.
  3. An ambulatory is where the monks and laymen could walk. In French it is promenoir.
  4. The island that Le Mont St. Michel is built on is called Mont-Tombe (Tomb on the Hill). It stands at the mouth of the Couesnon River.

France 2

  1. The name Mulberry has no special meaning. The project needed a code name and it was next on the list of available words.
  2. The code name for caissons was Phoenixes.
  3. Construction of caissons was carried out all over England but most of them the greatest number in a single location were built in pits dug along the banks of the River Thames.

France 3

  1. Major General Raymond O. Barton
  2. The 4th Division Infantry was to make contact with the 82nd Airborne Division which landed in and around St. Mere Eglise. Many paratroopers were shot as they descended and John Steele found himself dangling from a church tower.

France 4

  1. Operation Overlord
  2. Utah-American; Juno-Canadian; Gold-British, Sword-British

France 5

  1. Queen Matilda
  2. Henry I (Beauclerc) of England; now you see the notorious line of English kings left by William the Conqueror.