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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was operation SYMBOL?

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

3. Combat exhaustion claimed what portion of casualties?

4. Who replaced Ward's command?

5. Rommel coined the phrase "Krieg ohne Hass" regarding the two years of war in the desert. What does it mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the first administrative struggle Patton faced when taking over II Corps?

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

4. 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?

5. The success of Fruhlingswind had what effect what brother plan?

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

7. Rather than focusing on Faid Pass, to what area did Fredendall unsoundly direct the Allied efforts?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The first tank battle between Americans and Germans in World War II is considered a draw. Using this battle as a starting point, describe the types of tanks deployed by the Allies and the Axis and how these tanks matched up against one another. Is there a difference between who had the better technology and who had the greater numbers?

Essay Topic 2

How did the bureaucratic power of the British, as symbolized in the war room aboard the Bulolo, and the production capabilities of the American's complement one another in this phase of World War II?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the causes of the Anglophobia and tension between the American-British Alliance that grew in the ranks of American and British troops over the course of the North African war.

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