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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Hitler angry with General Fritsch?
(a) He was caught speaking ill of the Army.
(b) He was late in reporting figures.
(c) He opposed the plan to overtake Austria.
(d) He was weak in his training maneuvers.

2. What was the Oise?
(a) A weapon.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A ship.
(d) A River.

3. Who led the 38 Army Corps?
(a) Reichenau.
(b) Goring.
(c) Manstein.
(d) Runstedt.

4. What kind of pact did Germany sign with the Soviet Union?
(a) A need-to-know agreement.
(b) All of these.
(c) A non-aggression pact.
(d) A peace treaty.

5. How did Manstein describe his Commission Orders?
(a) Inhuman.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Insane.
(d) Cruel.

6. What was Ilmen?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A lake.
(c) A dam.
(d) A river.

7. To what front were Manstein and his Headquarters transferred?
(a) The Western Front.
(b) The Southern Front.
(c) The Pivotol Front.
(d) The Central Front.

8. What was the one drawback to the success of the attack on the West?
(a) Many Panzers were broken beyond repair.
(b) Some Brittish troops were evacuated.
(c) Hitler was denounced as the true leader.
(d) A stronghold in Austria was lost.

9. What made Belgium hard to attack?
(a) It was heavily guarded.
(b) It was heavily wooded.
(c) It was mountainous terrain.
(d) It had many rivers.

10. What did Manstein have to inspect along the front lines?
(a) The training methods.
(b) The weapons.
(c) The inventory.
(d) The troops.

11. Where did Hitler feel he needed to be while the talks with England were going on?
(a) Poland.
(b) The East campaign.
(c) Paris.
(d) The Western forces.

12. What caused a huge delay in the German attack on the West?
(a) Panzers were injured beyond repair.
(b) Demands were not followed directly.
(c) The Army was ordered to rest up.
(d) Supplies were slow in arriving.

13. What kind of Headquarters did Manstein need while inspecting the front lines?
(a) A well-hidden head quarters.
(b) A technological command center.
(c) A mobile command center.
(d) A heavily guarded head quarters.

14. What backed up the German tanks?
(a) The Luftwaffe.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) The 10th division.
(d) The militia.

15. What kind of plan did Manstein say Germany lacked for its war?
(a) Contingency.
(b) Back up.
(c) Long range.
(d) Short range.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the attack on Poland begin?

2. What was Specht's nickname?

3. What is the Vistula?

4. What did Manstein say turned the Soviet people against Germany?

5. What advantage did Germany have over Poland?

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