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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. Which high ranking American commander was captured in operation Furlingswind?
2. What example does the author give of McQuillin's suggested use of outdated military technology?
3. According to the author, how had Eisenhower been "outflanked" by the British in the Casablanca conference?
4. 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?
5. By January 24th 1943, heavy French casualties and prisoner-of-war-losses prompted what important change of heart in the French command?
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. Rather than focusing on Faid Pass, to what area did Fredendall unsoundly direct the Allied efforts?
3. What effect did the War in North Africa have on the American city of Red Oak?
4. What two peculiarities does the author use to characterize Major General Orlando Ward?
5. In Chapter Six, the assassination of Admiral Darlan is explained. Describe the Assassin's political cause.
6. What character trait made Robinett a difficult officer to command?
7. General Harold Alexander is introduced in Chapter 9, what was his position and what was his mission?
8. Why was Fredendall's defense plan for Faid Pass considered a World War I defense?
9. 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?
10. What was 'Texas?'
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In what ways did Axis command tamper with Rommels planned attack on Tebessa? Had the plan been executed according to Rommel's original scheme what would have been the possible consequences?
Essay Topic 3
In the prologue to the book, the author addresses the issue of Anglophilia between the British and the Americans. In what way was this shared prior to the bombing on Pearl Harbor? And in what way did the two world leaders, Churchill and Roosevelt, maintain it on a personal level? Finally, what was the trickle down effect on the war's generals?
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