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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 the state of strategic thinking about the use of tanks in the German high command as of 1938?
(a) There was complete agreement about their use.
(b) There was still disagreement about their use.
(c) They had become the center of the German military.
(d) They were not accepted as effective weapons.

2. What command was Guderian given in the preparation for the invasion of Poland?
(a) The XIX Army Corps.
(b) Army Group V.
(c) The SS "Viking" Panzer Division.
(d) The Combined Armored Corps.

3. Why was Guderian unable to press his attack into Dunkirk?
(a) There was a lack of fuel and supplies.
(b) The English had landed.
(c) Hitler ordered a halt of ground advances in this area.
(d) The French were well fortified in this area.

4. When was the attack against Poland initiated?
(a) September 1st.
(b) December 7th.
(c) August 12th.
(d) July 3rd.

5. When did Germany annex the remainder of Czechoslovakia?
(a) December 1938.
(b) September 1939.
(c) November 1938.
(d) May 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Heinz Guderian born?

2. What military units were crucial in breaking through the northern part of the Maginot Line?

3. What did Guderian not like about the post that was offered to him after the occupation of the Sudetenland?

4. What conference led to the incorporation of the Sudetenland into Germany?

5. In 1928, Guderian was assigned to teach what military subject?

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