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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. Which two passes did the Germans utilize in operation Fruhlingswind?
(a) Faid Pass and Bir el Hafey Pass.
(b) Maizila Pass and El Fekka Pass.
(c) Hatab Pass and Maizila Pass.
(d) Faid Pass and Maizila Pass.

2. By January 24th 1943, heavy French casualties and prisoner-of-war-losses prompted what important change of heart in the French command?
(a) Giraud gave control of their troops over to Anderson.
(b) France deferred from the front and filled the need for provisioning the British and American troops.
(c) Soldiers were provisioned from American sources.
(d) French command was handed over to Churchill.

3. Of the Fifty-two Sherman tanks caught in the German attack Fruhlingswind how many survived?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 24.
(d) 0.

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

5. What was the consequence of the 'unconditional surrender' statement, according to the author?
(a) International condemnation.
(b) It likely prolonged the war by three years.
(c) It resulted in stronger resistance from the Axis forces.
(d) It provided a moral lode star.

Short Answer Questions

1. The code name OCHSENKOPF stands for what?

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

3. Which Kiwi General was known as "the salamander of the British empire," and called "Tiny" by his troops?

4. What was Fredendall's success in securing Faid Pass, Sened Station and Maknassy?

5. What was stated as the reason for the decision to defer the advance on Tunis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What new artillery techniques did the American gunners utilize in routing the 10th Panzers from El Guettar?

3. What was 'Texas?'

4. Describe the ancient city Eisenhower visited while the attack in Sidi Bou Zid was taking place?

5. How was Longstop positioned so that it represented a strategic point?

6. What prescient claim of General 'Santa Clause' Everlegh's would turn out to be true, but not in the way he had hoped?

7. What controversial proclamation was made by Roosevelt that Churchill later, and probably falsely, claimed had caught him short?

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

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

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