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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:
(a) 7,600.
(b) 9,600.
(c) 27,600.
(d) 12,600.

2. According to the author, what strategic mistake was repeated at the port of Algiers in operation TERMINAL?
(a) Assuming heavy French resistance.
(b) A frontal assault.
(c) A poorly planned air raid.
(d) The launch of a weak pre-emptive strike.

3. The initial American strategy for attacking Hitler was summed up by a British general as:
(a) To isolate Germany from her Italian allies by infiltrating Austria.
(b) To stop wasting time with Japan and attack Germany with all available means.
(c) To overwhelm North Africa thereby ensuring Spanish neutrality.
(d) To go for him bald-headed and as soon as possible, by the shortest and most direct route.

4. What events occurred to the disappointment of Hitler around 1941?
(a) Spain's refusal to join the Axis and Italy's invasion of Greece.
(b) The fall of Yugoslavia and Britain's invasion across the English Channel.
(c) Stalin's break from his treaty with Germany and the resulting shortage in fuel reserves.
(d) Mussolini's fondness of French culture and Japan's need for war ships.

5. What was the first town to be captured by the Allies?
(a) Tangiers.
(b) Arzew.
(c) Oran.
(d) Casablanca.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:

2. What became the unofficial motto of Allied forces in Tunisia?

3. What did Eisenhower suspect of General Giraud?

4. The General Lee is described by the author as: "double the Stuart's weight, with a 75mm gun in the hull, a 35mm squirrel rifle in the turret, and four machine guns." What did the author describe as it's flaws?

5. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?

(see the answer key)

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