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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company worked hard to produce huge and unusual tank designs?
(a) Mercedes-Benz.
(b) Krupp.
(c) I.G. Farben.
(d) Porsche.

2. What happened to the Austrian army after the successful German march on that nation?
(a) It was reduced to a small fraction of its original size.
(b) It was incorporated into the German army.
(c) It was disbanded.
(d) It was turned into a police force.

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

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

5. During the fighting around Smolensk, Von Kluge threatened to court-martial Guderian and what other German leader?
(a) Hoth.
(b) Kleist.
(c) Keigel.
(d) Rommel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of vehicle was the Panther?

2. Late in the first Winter of the campaign against Russia, trucks, and railroads were mostly replaced by what other mode of transportation for supplies?

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

4. When did the "Breakthrough to the Channel" begin?

5. What river was Brest-Litovsk located on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What post did Hitler want to promote Guderian to; why was Guderian hesitant, and what was the outcome of the offer?

2. How did Germany prepare to counter the T34 tank?

3. How did Guderian's military career change in 1921?

4. In 1933, how did the various leaders of the German military feel about tanks?

5. Why did the German forces face difficulties during the first winter of the Russian campaign.

6. How did Hitler gain diplomatic approval for the occupation of the Sudetenland?

7. What was Guderian's mission in the invasion of Poland.

8. What happened in Linz during the German march on Austria?

9. What argument did Guderian have with the German high command about how to prevent the Russians from forming a defensive line?

10. Why did Hitler forbid ground units to attack the routed English army at Dunkirk?

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