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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 aspect of command played an important part in the Axis' stalling operation OCHSENKOPF?
2. According to Bradley, what did the American military achieve in the battle of El Guettar in Mid-March 1943?
3. According to Eisenhower, Fredendall was offered a 'soft landing' for what reason?
4. The death of Admiral Darlan is considered to have had what effect on the Allies?
5. Who was General Nehring replaced by?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Axis 'draft' Tunisian Jews for work details around Bizerte and Tunis?
2. 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?
3. Rather than focusing on Faid Pass, to what area did Fredendall unsoundly direct the Allied efforts?
4. What character trait made Robinett a difficult officer to command?
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 effect did the War in North Africa have on the American city of Red Oak?
8. General Harold Alexander is introduced in Chapter 9, what was his position and what was his mission?
9. 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?
10. Describe the ancient city Eisenhower visited while the attack in Sidi Bou Zid was taking place?
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
Regarding his response to orders from AFHQ, fighting style, and troop deployment, what aspects of Bradley's command were unusual? Should they be considered effective?
Essay Topic 3
A major preoccupation of Eisenhower was politics. He was routinely criticized for spending more time concerned about political issues than commanding the front. What were his main areas of concern? And was this criticism accurate? Finally, how did forces conspire to form a solution to this at the Casablanca conference?
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