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

2. What units was Guderian given command over for the attack on Brest-Litovsk?
(a) The 7th, 8th, and 9th Motorized Divisions.
(b) The 3rd and 10th Panzer Divisions.
(c) The XX Army Corps.
(d) The 2nd Mobile Corps.

3. What was the first nation that Guderian's forces invaded in the "Breakthrough to the Channel"?
(a) France.
(b) Luxemburg.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) Belgium.

4. What German forces were engaged in the Ardennes Offensive?
(a) Two panzer armies.
(b) The XIX corps.
(c) Ten motorized infantry divisions.
(d) Five panzer corps.

5. What Russian city did the German Army General Staff still hope that Guderian could take as late as November of 1941?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Gorki.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unusual about the mobile division organized by Guderian under General Lutz's command?

2. What happened to Guderian when the OKH was bombed?

3. After the occupation of the Sudetenland, tension with which major nation grew?

4. What did von Kluge do after he was replaced by Model?

5. Which of the following does Guderian NOT cite as a reason for Hitler's declining capabilities?

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