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

2. What river did the Germans have to hold to avoid being cut off at Caucasus?
(a) Dunsk River.
(b) Dnieper River.
(c) Dvina River.
(d) Darmanian River.

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

4. What Army Group did Manstein cut off at Rostov?
(a) Army Group Don.
(b) Panzer Army Brigade.
(c) Army Group A.
(d) Army Group Blazer.

5. What disintegrated the Italian Army near Rostov?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Defectors.
(c) The Soviet forces.
(d) Rampant illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promotion was Manstein given after Sevastopol was taken?

2. Where was Groddock killed?

3. How were supplies brought to the troops in Stalingrad?

4. How long did the battle at the Ishun Ithmus take?

5. Who did Manstein say Hitler was pleasing when he sent men needed for ground troops somewhere else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dictum did Hitler violate when with the Group Don, and how?

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

3. What made Manstein re-double his efforts to take Sevastopol after Fort Stallin fell?

4. What complaint did Manstein have about the troops that were covering him at Stalingrad?

5. What was the town ok Kursk in Manstein's eyes?

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

7. What was debated in the summer of 1943?

8. What were Western forces poised to do in the summer of 1943?

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

10. What strange situation did Hitler cause by not trusting his Chiefs of Staff?

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