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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the Ishun Isthmus hard to navigate?
(a) It was narrow.
(b) The weather was harsh and unnpredictable.
(c) The terrain was mountainous.
(d) The ground was very marshy.

2. What region did Manstein take soldiers from for Operation Citadel?
(a) France.
(b) The homefront.
(c) The West.
(d) The East.

3. Where did Paulus demand to stay?
(a) Kalach.
(b) Stalingrad.
(c) Rostov.
(d) Munich.

4. What was Dnepropetrovsk?
(a) A panzer team.
(b) A river.
(c) A railroad bridge.
(d) A city stock hold.

5. What country were Germans vulnerable in during the making of Operation Citadel?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie did Goring tell Hitler about the troops in Stalingrad?

2. Where was Group Don sent?

3. Who gave the order for Manstein to focus on fighting the Crimean region only?

4. Why was Operation Citadel stopped?

5. Where was Manstein supposed to march after getting to the Crimean region?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hitler do when Manstein successfully took Sevastopol?

2. Who was Gero, and how did he die?

3. How did the Soviets cross the Don River during the winter?

4. Why did Manstein say the army at Stalingrad got surrounded?

5. What did Manstein say was Hitler's mistake in choosing targets?

6. What did Manstein warn Zeitzler about?

7. Why did Manstein not join the conspirators against Hitler?

8. How did Manstein get his troops to outflank the enemy at Sevastapol?

9. What did Hitler keep trying to freeze during the movement in the Rostov region, and how did it work?

10. How did Manstein get Hitler to stop interfering with his plans for success in the Rostov Region?

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