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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 opportunity had been lost through what was referred to as a poorly executed bad plan to take Fondouk gap?

2. Which high ranking American commander was captured in operation Furlingswind?

3. In what state did General Harold Alexander find the Allied command?

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

5. Who replaced Ward's command?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What character trait made Robinett a difficult officer to command?

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

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

8. What was the goal of operation SATIN?

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

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

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

Luck in battle is a common theme in the book. In the Naval battle for Casablanca can you describe the instances of luck for the French and then the American's that threads through this part of the conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Germany controlled Vichy France through a combination of politics and threat of force. In what way did this control work in the German interest for the first part of the War in Africa? Especially discuss how it relates to Admiral Darlan, Admiral Derrien and Vice Admiral Esteva, and the resistance they gave to American efforts to reach a cease fire.

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