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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What German commander demanded the glory of destroying the English army at Dunkirk?
(a) Himmler and the SS.
(b) General von Kliest and his XII Corps.
(c) Goering and the Luftwaffe.
(d) Rommel and his IX Corps.

2. What was Germany's next target after Czeckoslovakia?
(a) France.
(b) Norway.
(c) Belorus.
(d) Poland.

3. What was the state of strategic thinking about the use of tanks in the German high command as of 1938?
(a) They had become the center of the German military.
(b) They were not accepted as effective weapons.
(c) There was complete agreement about their use.
(d) There was still disagreement about their use.

4. When planning the crossing of the Dnieper river, what did Guderian believe to be the only way to prevent the Russians from establishing a new defensive line?
(a) Fast advances.
(b) Bombardment.
(c) Direct tank assaults.
(d) Air superiority.

5. Hitler's arrival in what Austrian city affected him deeply?
(a) Salzburg.
(b) Linz.
(c) Graz.
(d) Vienna.

6. What did Guderian seek while on inactive service?
(a) A courtmartial of von Kluge.
(b) A review.
(c) An honorable discharge.
(d) An apology.

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

8. When was Heinz Guderian born?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1095.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1900.

9. What post was Guderian offered after the occupation of the Sudetenland?
(a) Mobile Operations Commisar.
(b) General of the Mobile Command.
(c) General of the Panzer Armies.
(d) East Army Commandant.

10. Why was Guderian entitled to choose a property in Germany?
(a) He held the rank of Field Marshal.
(b) He had an enormous personal fortune.
(c) He was descended from a noble line.
(d) He received an award.

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

12. What agreement did Germany reach with Russia shortly before the invasion of Poland?
(a) A mutual defense pact.
(b) A trade agreement of coal for oil.
(c) A secret alliance.
(d) A non-aggression pact.

13. How many French troops surrendeedr to German forces after their defeat at Belfort?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 50,000.

14. The German Reichstag was equivalent to which of the following?
(a) A parliament.
(b) A court system.
(c) A stock exchange.
(d) A military academy.

15. How are the fortresses at Belfort reduced and captured?
(a) By sending in infantry covered by an artillery bombardment.
(b) By using nerve gas.
(c) By siege.
(d) By direct assault by tanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Germany expect the invasion of Russia to take?

2. Why did Hitler feel it was reasonable to occupy the Sudetenland?

3. What French Channel port was attacked by Guderian first?

4. Guderian's role in his new position centered around what?

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

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