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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?
(a) Utilize the hill as a defilade and wait for tank support.
(b) Circle the town and cut if off from it's supply of troops from Oran.
(c) A creeping artillery barrage through the town of St. Cloud.
(d) A building by building guerrilla campaign by infantry.

2. Hitler reinforced Tunis because of what realization, according to the author?
(a) That the Vichy French alliance had collapsed.
(b) That the American claim to plan a landing on the shores of Normandy was a rouse.
(c) That Italy would not be able to adequately face the size of the Allied force there.
(d) That North Africa could be used as a platform for the invasion of southern Europe.

3. Old Ironsides was both the only tank division to see desert battle in WWII, and:
(a) The only tank division equipped with radios.
(b) The only tank division manned by volunteers.
(c) The only tank division trained in amphibious assault.
(d) The only tank division to receive no desert training.

4. According to the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:
(a) To draw out the war to further London's imperial ambitions.
(b) Too consolidated and misdirected in that it attacked only one Axis.
(c) Too bold by far, under-manned by half.
(d) An attempt to curb French ambitions as well as those of the Germans.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Allen determine to do instead of following Colonel Greer's suggestion?

2. What was the plan for integrating U.S. units into British lead military organizations?

3. The initial American strategy for attacking Hitler was summed up by a British general as:

4. What event did the President of the United States hope the invasion of North Africa would precede?

5. The shortages of necessities at the outset of Anderson's push East, inspired this quote: "The most important thing is never to be apart from your:

Short Essay Questions

1. In planning for the war, what risky initial American strategy did the British succeed in overturning?

2. What ultimatum did Patton make to the French at Casablanca after hearing that a French cease fire had been ordered?

3. What was the motto of the Big Red One?

4. An aspect of TORCH that affected each layer of command was a lack of information about how the coordinated effort was going. According to the author, how was Patton's approach to this ambiguity different?

5. What personal knowledge made Mark Clark a dangerous leader for a covert mission behind enemy lines?

6. Describe the term Anglo-American.

7. What was the reasoning behind the American request that almost no British troops take part in the initial TORCH landings?

8. Describe the unusual mortar round fired by American troops landing at Arzew.

9. What locations did the Allies use as a rouse for the destination of Hewitt's fleet and Task force 34, and what deception plans did they use to that end?

10. What aspect of the RESERVIST plan concerned Winston Churchill and the Americans?

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