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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13- Leading Personalities of the Third Reich.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the model number of the new tank, believed to be superior to German tanks, that Russia put into combat for the first time during the fighting around Smolensk?
(a) T34.
(b) T2.
(c) B14.
(d) B60.

3. What did Guderian claim about the Government Cabinet?
(a) It never met after 1938.
(b) It controlled more of Germany than most suspect.
(c) It instigated many of Germany's war crimes.
(d) It only existed on paper; it had no real members.

4. 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.

5. What new commander of Army Group Vistula was ordered to relieve a surrounded fortress?
(a) Hossbach.
(b) Heinrici.
(c) Wenck.
(d) Reinhardt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurred in Romania, following the routing of the German-allied Romanian troops?

2. What did Guderian want to send to Africa to help stabilize the collapsing front there?

3. What disadvantage did the Russians face in their defense of the region around Smolensk?

4. Following the allied breakout from Normany, German forces retreated to what region?

5. Why was Guderian interrogated following the evacuation of Warsaw?

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