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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the "Breakthrough to the Channel" begin?
(a) December 28th, 1939.
(b) May 10th, 1940.
(c) August 9th, 1940.
(d) January 2nd, 1940.

2. How did the first waves of the 10th Panzer Division cross the Meuse River?
(a) By using captured barges.
(b) By floating tanks on pontoons.
(c) By assault boat.
(d) By using an improvised bridge.

3. What type of vehicle was the Panther?
(a) A tank-destroyer.
(b) A heavy tank.
(c) A light tank.
(d) An armored personnel carrier.

4. What prevented Guderian from taking advantage of his right to choose property in Germany?
(a) He could not get to Berlin.
(b) He had too many political enemies.
(c) He was not liked at home.
(d) He was seriously ill.

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

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

7. Guderian became an instructor on what subjects?
(a) Command, intelligence, and control.
(b) Land doctrine and air support.
(c) Military history and mobile warfare.
(d) Supply and logistics.

8. What date was the offensive against Brest-Litovsk initiated?
(a) December 1st.
(b) September 8th.
(c) November 5th.
(d) September 1st.

9. Late in the first Winter of the campaign against Russia, trucks, and railroads were mostly replaced by what other mode of transportation for supplies?
(a) Carts.
(b) Sleds.
(c) Mules.
(d) Horses.

10. Why was Guderian gratified to reach Kulm?
(a) It was his birthplace.
(b) It held the supplies he needed to advance further.
(c) It meant the war with Poland was won.
(d) It was his final strategic goal in the war.

11. What achievement was Hitler astonished to discover when he visited the troops in Poland?
(a) The tanks were effective against enemy infantry.
(b) The mobile infantry had suffered almost no losses.
(c) The Polish soldiers wanted to join the German army.
(d) Tanks had destroyed whole Polish artillery positions.

12. What disadvantage did the Russians face in their defense of the region around Smolensk?
(a) Their forces were mostly militia.
(b) They had no winter clothing.
(c) They had no air force.
(d) They had lost their chain of command.

13. At the time of Germany's invasion of Russia, how many tanks were produced yearly in Germany?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 250.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

15. What command was Guderian given in the preparation for the invasion of Poland?
(a) The XIX Army Corps.
(b) Army Group V.
(c) The Combined Armored Corps.
(d) The SS "Viking" Panzer Division.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1928, Guderian was assigned to teach what military subject?

2. How were the Germans met in the Sudetenland?

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

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

5. During the fighting around Smolensk, Von Kluge threatened to court-martial Guderian and what other German leader?

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