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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. Of Montgomery's two attacks on Zarat and The Hoarseshoe, what were to results?

2. What impasse was surmounted in the deliberations in Casablanca that helped lead to an agreed upon plan to win the war?

3. Patton's II Corps had reached 88,473 men, the author notes that this is exactly the same size as what other American force?

4. What did the H.M.S. Bulolo deliver to Casablanca to assist the British in their cause?

5. What battle was referred to as "the first perfect battle" for the Allies?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why was Fredendall's defense plan for Faid Pass considered a World War I defense?

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

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

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

7. General Harold Alexander is introduced in Chapter 9, what was his position and what was his mission?

8. 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?

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. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lloyd Fredendall is characterized in the book as a poor commander reluctant to go on the offensive who was instead often satisfied with trifling actions. What instances does the author provide for this? How is the tunneling of Speedy Valley and his bizarre communications code a possible symbol of this man's mentality?

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 2 describes the landings in Operation Torch. The decision to make frontal assaults on the three harbors of Oran, Algiers and Safi was British. Why did they choose this plan of attack and against what conventional wisdom? How did each of these assaults play out?

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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