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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 dictum did Hitler violate in Group Don?
(a) Proper training brings successful battles.
(b) An attacker can never be too strong.
(c) Casualties hurt moralle.
(d) The element of surprise is essential.

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

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

4. Why was Operation Citadel stopped?
(a) Allied forces were attcking.
(b) The weather got severe.
(c) The budget was gone.
(d) It didn't go fast enough.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was covering the German forces at Stalingrad?

2. What flank of the Soviet Army did Manstein say could have been destroyed had Hitler listened to him at Rostov?

3. Where did Hitler put unneeded men when Manstein said he needed ground troops?

4. What country were Germans vulnerable in during the making of Operation Citadel?

5. What made attacking Crimea very challenging?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did General Hoth accomplish at Rostov?

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

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

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

5. What did Manstein warn Zeitzler about?

6. What made it impossible for Manstein to properly attack Leningrad?

7. What happened to make Manstein call Operation Bustard successful?

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

9. What was debated in the summer of 1943?

10. What happened when Manstein went on a reconnaissance mission in the Crimean waters?

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