1. In what state did General Harold Alexander find the Allied command?
(a) Disorganized without a policy or a plan.
(b) In full retreat.
(c) Organized and poised for the offensive.
(d) Despondent and lacking resolve.

2. What is Ultra?
(a) The intelligence gathered through British decipherment of coded German radio messages.
(b) The name of the U.S. Secret Service in World War II.
(c) The codename for the bazooka.
(d) A clandestine plan to land a group of American conspirators behind enemy lines in North Africa.

3. What knocked Major Robert Moore to the ground at the battle for Lambiridi?
(a) A ground mine.
(b) A stone thrown by French soldiers who had expended their ammunition.
(c) A mortar shell that exploded six feet in front of his position.
(d) A gunshot that creased his helmet.

4. North Africa is where the Allies agreed on a policy of:
(a) Unconditional surrender.
(b) Detente.
(c) Military autonomy.
(d) Blitzkrieg.

5. What major engineering feat was undertaken in Speedy Valley, although it's strategic importance was questionable?
(a) A series of mobile bridge spans were prefabricated as rapid replacements for bridges Germans were expected to destroy in their retreat.
(b) The boring of a pair of immense, double-shafted tunnels to house the headquarters.
(c) The creating of a tank-proof moat surrounding the headquarters.
(d) An extensively camouflaged airway and underground bunker.

Short Answer Questions

1. President Roosevelt mad the following statement in a press conference; "The elimination of German, Japanese, and Italian war power means the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy, and Japan." What was Churchill's response?

2. Who is the German aristocratic colonel captured by allies who later planned a bomb plot against Hitler?

3. Drake's command "Bust the Balloon," meant what:

4. Terry Allen tipped the Allied hand regarding Ultra by doing what?

5. What went wrong with operation VILLAIN?

(see the answer key)

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