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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. How long was the Siegfried line?

2. In Chapter 15, how many women did Russian soldiers rape during the war?

3. In Chapter 23, when did Patton and Truman fight in the same battle?

4. In Chapter 20, how many men were deployed to rescue American POWs at Oflag XIII-B?

5. How many Spirtfires did Churchill give Stalin's air force?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Donovan take the news that Roosevelt died?

2. What near-deaths did Patton experience in Chapter 22?

3. How did Braun and Hitler die?

4. What were Hitler's thoughts at the end of Chapter 14?

5. How did Hitler pass his time in the bunker at the end of Chapter 17?

6. In Chapter 17, what was Hitler's bunker like?

7. In Chapter 13, how and why was Harry S. Truman chosen to be Roosevelt's vice president?

8. What happened to Hitler and Braun's bodies?

9. In Chapter 13, in Roosevelt's inaugural speech, what lesson did he say had been learned and at what cost?

10. Why were Patton and American soldiers frustrated when Montgomery took credit for the Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many American were murdered during the Malmedy Massacre. How were soldiers supposed to be treated who surrendered? Did the men at Malmedy surrender? According to the rules of war how should the prisoners have been treated? Why did the Germans not follow the typical rules of war?

Essay Topic 2

The Russians destroyed Berlin and raped, murdered, and plundered the city all in the name of revenge for the Battle of Stalingrad. What orders did Stalin give soldiers when he sent them to take Berlin? How were his orders based upon a desire to get revenge? What was revealed about revenge and its consequences during the battle for Berlin?

Essay Topic 3

Patton was not given the resources he needed to fight the battle at Fort Driant. What did the battle reveal about politics and war? How did politics affect the outcome in the first battle?

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