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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 was unusual about the mobile division organized by Guderian under General Lutz's command?
(a) It was labelled as a hospital battalion.
(b) It was armed with dummy weapons.
(c) It only existed on paper.
(d) It included no small arms.

2. What agreement did Germany reach with Russia shortly before the invasion of Poland?
(a) A trade agreement of coal for oil.
(b) A mutual defense pact.
(c) A non-aggression pact.
(d) A secret alliance.

3. What resource in Czechoslovakia proved to be somewhat useful for Germany?
(a) Oil.
(b) Manpower.
(c) Tank production.
(d) Iron deposits.

4. What unit was Guderian given command over for the march on Austria?
(a) The 2nd Panzer Division.
(b) The 84th Infantry Division.
(c) The 9th Sicherungs Divisions.
(d) The 1st Fallshirmjager Division.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Field Marshal Manstein advocated a strategy that would center on an invasion of Belgium and what other nation?

2. What French Channel port was attacked by Guderian first?

3. What was the first nation that Guderian's forces invaded in the "Breakthrough to the Channel"?

4. In the end, what plan did Hitler adopt?

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

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