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

2. The Sudetenland was located within what nation?
(a) Austria.
(b) Poland.
(c) Czeckoslovakia.
(d) Luxemburg.

3. What was the code name for the German invasion of Russia?
(a) Barbarossa.
(b) Overlord.
(c) Downfall.
(d) Sea lion.

4. What major life change did Guderian make before WWI?
(a) He married.
(b) He became a German citizen.
(c) He renounced his faith.
(d) He enlisted in the army.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the state of strategic thinking about the use of tanks in the German high command as of 1938?

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

3. What happened to von Fritsch, Blomberg, and Lutz at about the same time Guderian was promoted in 1938?

4. Where did Rommel believe the Allies would make their major amphibious invasion?

5. Where were soldiers sent after being tried at the Court of Honor?

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