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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tanks were destroyed during Operation Citadel?

2. Where did Paulus demand to stay?

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

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

5. What was the name of Manstein's son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Manstein warn Zeitzler about?

2. What was debated in the summer of 1943?

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

4. Who was Antonescu mad at, and why?

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

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

7. What conditions made fighting in Crimea difficult?

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

9. What was Operation Citadel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Manstein say was Hitler's greatest weakness, and what resulted as a direct cause of this weakness in Hitler?

Essay Topic 2

What were the motivations behind the war, and how did these motivations affect Manstein's actions?

Essay Topic 3

What were the main differences that Manstein observed as he took the journey west, and how did these changes affect the war?

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