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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was done to mollify Eisenhowers' indignation at the changes made to command structure at the Casablanca conference?
(a) The French were removed from all high level command positions.
(b) He was given another star.
(c) A detailed plan for improving troop provisioning was installed.
(d) The RAF provided an additional 100 aircraft and the promise of air superiority.

2. What order threatened the success of Rommel's push on Tebessa?
(a) The order to cancel air support.
(b) Repositioning the force futher to the north.
(c) To attack East but only as far as Le Kef.
(d) Only half the tanks requested were allotted to the task.

3. What example does the author give of McQuillin's suggested use of outdated military technology?
(a) Landmines made from bundled grenades.
(b) The use of trip wires made from ration cans filled with rocks.
(c) The construction of a catapult in homage to Hannibal.
(d) The use of homing pigeons to direct his forces on the front.

4. What mistake did Anderson initially repeat at Fondouk gap?
(a) He did not attack in force.
(b) He split his forces creating a weak line.
(c) Overestimated the size of the enemy forces.
(d) He attempted a hill with tanks that was too steep.

5. What percentage of Panzers taking part of OCHSENKOPF were either destroyed or disabled?
(a) 20%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 35%.

6. What opportunity had been lost through what was referred to as a poorly executed bad plan to take Fondouk gap?
(a) Capturing Arnim.
(b) Preventing Messe's troops from reaching Tunis.
(c) Capturing several air fields which would have resulted in Allied air superiority.
(d) Destroying Rommel's forces in a pinching move.

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

8. What was operation SYMBOL?
(a) An Allied conference in Casablanca.
(b) The transport of Winston Churchill to Casablanca.
(c) A British offensive into Kesserine Valley.
(d) The plan to promote General Clark.

9. What strategic mistake did Fredendall make in regards to Faid Pass?
(a) Used half measures to counter attack there in order to focus on less strategically important battles.
(b) Issued orders of extreme complexity that confused the front.
(c) Delayed for two days which allowed German troops to dig in.
(d) Ignored Anderson's order to 'make things right' there, even though it was a pass of little consequence.

10. Ultra was able to intercept a German message that informed them the 21st Panzer Division had been ordered forward and that Sunday was to a-day for an operation by Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army. What vital piece of information was missing that would have better prepared the Allies?
(a) That this attack had also been canceled.
(b) That an unprecidented show of air superiority was also planned.
(c) That the attack force was in fact much larger.
(d) The location of the attack.

11. What was stated as the reason for the decision to defer the advance on Tunis?
(a) French political issues.
(b) American supply issues.
(c) A German re-supply.
(d) Bad weather.

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

13. What was Fredendall's success in securing Faid Pass, Sened Station and Maknassy?
(a) In securing no objectives.
(b) In securing Maknassy and Sened Station both, but losing Faid Pass
(c) In securing Faid Pass but neither Sened Station or Maknassy.
(d) In securing all objectives.

14. Who made the following criticism: "The best way to describe our operations to date, is that they have violated every recognized principle of war, are in conflict with all operational and logistic methods laid down in textbooks, and will be condemned, in their entirety, by all Leavenworth and war college classes for the next twenty-five years."
(a) Churchill.
(b) Pyle.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Anderson.

15. Why did Ward disagree with the decision to take Sened station?
(a) It split his force in four ways.
(b) It was widely considered a suicide mission.
(c) It gave away their intentions of striking at Maknassy.
(d) It could be taken by a smaller, closer, force.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was SATIN a change in strategy for the Allies?

2. According to Bradley, what did the American military achieve in the battle of El Guettar in Mid-March 1943?

3. What was Fruhlingswind?

4. 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."

5. Which state was disproportionately hit with casualties in the War in North Africa?

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