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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5- The Campaign in the West.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major advantage did tanks have over artillery?
(a) They could deliver firepower to specific targets.
(b) They had more firepower.
(c) They were easier to hide.
(d) They required less support.

2. Why did Hitler feel it was reasonable to occupy the Sudetenland?
(a) The current ruler was an internationally unloved dictator.
(b) There was a large German population there.
(c) The occupation would require little violence.
(d) The region was home to failed states.

3. Why did Guderian accept the new post offered to him after the occupation of the Sudetenland?
(a) Hitler insisted he accept.
(b) Honor and pride demanded he accept.
(c) The position opened more options for promotion.
(d) The position gave him access to more resources.

4. In what branch was Guderian called to serve in 1921?
(a) The General Staff.
(b) The Air Ministry.
(c) The Mechanized Army.
(d) The Home Front.

5. What did Guderian not like about the post that was offered to him after the occupation of the Sudetenland?
(a) It was a "desk job."
(b) It was a political appointment.
(c) It was militarilly unimportant.
(d) It had insufficient power to improve the panzer armies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did General von Kleist order, causing Guderian to threaten to resign?

2. How many French troops surrendeedr to German forces after their defeat at Belfort?

3. When was the attack against Poland initiated?

4. What was one difficulty that Guderian's forces encountered during the march into Austria?

5. When was the Sudetenland incorporated into Germany?

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