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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 happened to von Fritsch, Blomberg, and Lutz at about the same time Guderian was promoted in 1938?
(a) They were demoted.
(b) They defected.
(c) They were also promoted.
(d) They were tried for treason.

2. Panzer divisions did NOT include which of the following?
(a) Anti-tank weapons.
(b) Motorized infantry.
(c) Mobile anti-air vehicles.
(d) Tanks.

3. What difficulty did Guderian face in attempting to cross the Narev River?
(a) Minefields.
(b) Intense artillery shelling.
(c) Fierce Polish resistance.
(d) A shortage of bridging equipment.

4. What French Channel port was attacked by Guderian first?
(a) Brest.
(b) Boulogne.
(c) Dunkirk.
(d) Calais.

5. What was the Luftwaffe?
(a) The doctrine of penetrating attacks.
(b) The term for German armored units.
(c) German paratroopers.
(d) The German Air Force.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Germany's first experimental medium tanks had guns with what diameter of bore?

3. What units was Guderian given command over for the attack on Brest-Litovsk?

4. What was Guderian's strategic goal in the invasion of Poland?

5. What happened to the Austrian army after the successful German march on that nation?

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