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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6- The Campaign in Russia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major advantage did tanks have over artillery?
(a) They could deliver firepower to specific targets.
(b) They required less support.
(c) They were easier to hide.
(d) They had more firepower.

2. Why did Guderian accept the new post offered to him after the occupation of the Sudetenland?
(a) The position gave him access to more resources.
(b) Hitler insisted he accept.
(c) Honor and pride demanded he accept.
(d) The position opened more options for promotion.

3. What was the diplomatic result of Germany's invasion of Poland?
(a) The United States entered the war.
(b) Russia declared war on both Poland and Germany.
(c) England and France promised to protect other European countries.
(d) England and France declared war on Germany.

4. What conference led to the incorporation of the Sudetenland into Germany?
(a) The Salzburg Conference.
(b) The Munich Conference.
(c) The Berlin Diet.
(d) The Vienna Accord.

5. What happened to von Fritsch, Blomberg, and Lutz at about the same time Guderian was promoted in 1938?
(a) They were tried for treason.
(b) They defected.
(c) They were also promoted.
(d) They were demoted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did General von Kleist order, causing Guderian to threaten to resign?

2. At the time of Germany's invasion of Russia, how many tanks were produced yearly in Germany?

3. What German commander demanded the glory of destroying the English army at Dunkirk?

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

5. What was one difficulty that Guderian's forces encountered during the march into Austria?

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