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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 criticism does the author make of Speedy Valley during the course of Furlingswind?
(a) That panic reigned.
(b) That the reluctance to acknowledge the route resulted in too many Allied deaths.
(c) That they believed their own misinformation.
(d) That there was no sense of urgency.

2. Who was General Nehring replaced by?
(a) Field Marshal erwin Rommel.
(b) Captain Wilhelm Knoche.
(c) General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim.
(d) Field Marshal Albert Kesselring.

3. What did Ward, Robinette and Dickson try to convince Fredendall, Eisenhower and Anderson of?
(a) That the German attack would not strike at the North.
(b) That the Allies were arranged in a dangerous position that allowed flanking by the Axis.
(c) That the Germans would not attack until Spring.
(d) That the Germans would attack, in concentration, in the North.

4. According to the author, how had Eisenhower been "outflanked" by the British in the Casablanca conference?
(a) A special envoy was forced upon him to assist with political matters.
(b) The position of a British general to oversee British and French troops was created, to be filled at a later date.
(c) He was forced to relocate his operations office back to Gibralter where the British felt they could have better oversight.
(d) His command structure was changed to put three British deputies, with independent authority, below him to oversee air, land and sea operations.

5. What battle was referred to as "the first perfect battle" for the Allies?
(a) Medenine.
(b) Matmata.
(c) Kesserine.
(d) Tebaga Gap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the consequence of the 'unconditional surrender' statement, according to the author?

2. General Sir Alan Brooke, chief of the Imperial General Staff, had strong opinions about Eisenhower. Which statement best represents his opinion?

3. Of the Fifty-two Sherman tanks caught in the German attack Fruhlingswind how many survived?

4. Eisenhower promoted Clark to take command of the new 5th Army, who filled the vacancy to command II Corps?

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. As the Allied forces fell into a "stuck-everywhere" period Patton started a row with Allied air for neglecting troops air cover. Due to this complaint, Patton was visited by the two most senior Allied airmen in North Africa. What punctuated this meeting?

3. General Sir Alan Brooke, is characterized as one of the great generals of the war. But what tragedy in 1925 changed his charmed life and what permanent effects did it have?

4. Old Mac's counterattack at Faid Pass was probably too small a force, but what other mistake did Old Mac make in putting forth the attack?

5. What decision did General Omar Bradley help Eisenhower to make by giving him a frank opinion on 'the command here?'

6. What effect did the War in North Africa have on the American city of Red Oak?

7. 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?

8. How did the Axis 'draft' Tunisian Jews for work details around Bizerte and Tunis?

9. In the battle at Mareth, Montgomery made a mid-battle change of plans that his admirers consider one of the boldest decisions of his career. What was the decision?

10. In Chapter Six, the assassination of Admiral Darlan is explained. Describe the Assassin's political cause.

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