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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the operation called to take back Sevastopol?
(a) Operation Bustard.
(b) Operation Buzzard.
(c) Operation Busted.
(d) Operation Bastard.

2. How many tanks were destroyed during Operation Citadel?
(a) 2,100.
(b) 1,800.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 1,200.

3. What about the Soviets at Crimea was superior to the Germans at first?
(a) Their equipment stores.
(b) Their training.
(c) Their knowledge of the region.
(d) Their air supply.

4. What prevented a further attack on Sevastapol?
(a) Hitler's orders.
(b) The sea waves.
(c) Lack of morale.
(d) Heavy rains.

5. Who stopped Operation Citadel altogether?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Hilder.
(c) Hansen.
(d) Hoffman.

6. What was a first for Manstein while leading the Group Don?
(a) He had the right amount of troops.
(b) He had the power of decision.
(c) He had air support at his disposal.
(d) He was directly under Hitler.

7. Where did Hitler put unneeded men when Manstein said he needed ground troops?
(a) The German borders.
(b) The Luftwaffe.
(c) The training grounds.
(d) The Navy.

8. How did Pepo die?
(a) In a land battle.
(b) In a car crash.
(c) In an air raid.
(d) In an airplane crash.

9. Why was the Sixth Army surrounded at Stalingrad?
(a) The spies gave wrong information.
(b) Hitler was distracted.
(c) Manstein was caught off guard.
(d) The forces were split up.

10. What did General Hoth do in Rostov?
(a) Helped Antonescu.
(b) Took 20,000 prisoners.
(c) Kept the Soviets from breaking through.
(d) Defied Hitler publicly.

11. What did Hitler do to break a dictum in Group Don?
(a) He split up the forces too much.
(b) He didn't leave time for the dead to be burried.
(c) He rushed into battle.
(d) He took too long to begin battle.

12. What lie did Goring tell Hitler about the troops in Stalingrad?
(a) Supplies could reach them.
(b) They had taken many prisoners.
(c) They would be able to hold the city.
(d) Communcation was down in that quadrant.

13. Who penetrated the armies north of Stalingrad?
(a) The Prussians.
(b) The Itallians.
(c) The Soviets.
(d) The Romanians.

14. How long did the battle at the Ishun Ithmus take?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 12 days.
(d) 10 days.

15. How did Nagel die?
(a) In a car crash.
(b) In an airplane crash.
(c) In an air raid.
(d) In a land battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who penetrated the armies south of Stalingrad?

2. What country did the Black Sea fleet belong to?

3. What did Paulus refuse to do?

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

5. What made the Ishun Isthmus hard to navigate?

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