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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15- The Defensive Battles of 1943-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element did Manstein say was most important in the attack on the West?
(a) The element of sound attack.
(b) The element of secrecy.
(c) The element of surprise.
(d) The element of simplicity.

2. What did Manstein call the time in Crimea when he was neither on the offensive or the defensive?
(a) A break.
(b) A stalemate.
(c) A treatise.
(d) A peace time.

3. What position did General Schulz serve in Crimea?
(a) Driver.
(b) Communications Director.
(c) Liason.
(d) Chief of Staff.

4. What slowed the advance in Dvinsk?
(a) The bad weather.
(b) The marshy ground.
(c) The large number of troops.
(d) The night watches.

5. Who took power away from the O.K.H.?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Reichenau.
(c) Stallin.
(d) Manstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the prime mover for the surprise attack in the West?

2. Why was Hitler angry with General Fritsch?

3. How far was the Soviet Army from Rostov when the emphasis was placed on the Caucasus region?

4. What was Specht's nickname?

5. Where could the Polish Army withdraw if given enough time?

(see the answer key)

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