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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4- The Beginnning of the Disaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Guderian do when he reached Brest-Litovsk?
(a) He began an artillery bobmardment.
(b) He surrounded the city.
(c) He demanded Polish forces surrender.
(d) He sent scouts into the city.

2. Why was Hitler so affected by his arrival in a particular Austrian city?
(a) He was struck by its beauty.
(b) He was awed by his own accomplishments.
(c) He remembered it from his childhood.
(d) It meant he had conquered Austria.

3. How long did it take Guderian to reach the major strategic point of the Vistula River?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two months.
(d) One month.

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

5. Germany's first experimental medium tanks had guns with what diameter of bore?
(a) 200mm
(b) 75mm.
(c) 25mm.
(d) 150mm

Short Answer Questions

1. What major life change did Guderian make before WWI?

2. What difficulty did Guderian face in attempting to cross the Narev River?

3. When was the Sudetenland incorporated into Germany?

4. In what branch was Guderian called to serve in 1921?

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

(see the answer key)

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