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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the German aristocratic colonel captured by allies who later planned a bomb plot against Hitler?
2. Who wrote the following after the drubbing in Sbeitla: "There is nothing wrong with the common American soldier. His fighting spirit is good. His morale is okay. The deeper he gets into a fight, the more of a fighting man he becomes."
3. In the start of Chapter 7, which traveler was listed as 'Register Number 1.'
4. Why did Ward disagree with the decision to take Sened station?
5. What plan did the British press on their American counterparts during the conference?
Short Essay Questions
1. Characteristic of his history of fighting half measures, what command objective did Fredendall insert in Ward's attack plan on Maknassy pass? And how was it answered by Arnim?
2. Describe the ancient city Eisenhower visited while the attack in Sidi Bou Zid was taking place?
3. What new artillery techniques did the American gunners utilize in routing the 10th Panzers from El Guettar?
4. What prescient claim of General 'Santa Clause' Everlegh's would turn out to be true, but not in the way he had hoped?
5. The success of Fruhlingswind had what effect what brother plan?
6. What was the first administrative struggle Patton faced when taking over II Corps?
7. General Harold Alexander is introduced in Chapter 9, what was his position and what was his mission?
8. What controversial proclamation was made by Roosevelt that Churchill later, and probably falsely, claimed had caught him short?
9. What effect did the War in North Africa have on the American city of Red Oak?
10. Why did Terry Allen order Bill Darby's rangers on a secret mission to attack the defile held by enemy artillery recently routed from Gafsa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did the bureaucratic power of the British, as symbolized in the war room aboard the Bulolo, and the production capabilities of the American's complement one another in this phase of World War II?
Essay Topic 2
Germany controlled Vichy France through a combination of politics and threat of force. In what way did this control work in the German interest for the first part of the War in Africa? Especially discuss how it relates to Admiral Darlan, Admiral Derrien and Vice Admiral Esteva, and the resistance they gave to American efforts to reach a cease fire.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the strategic importance of Medjez-el-Bab, 'the key to Tunisia,' and it's episodes of trading hands during the War in North Africa.
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