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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What went wrong with operation VILLAIN?
(a) German air raids delayed the departure.
(b) Bad weather with incorrectly timed and broadcasted beacons.
(c) Bad fuel caused several plane engines to seize in the air and forced crash landings in Spain.
(d) Only thirty-percent of planes made it past Axis defenses.

2. Old Ironsides was both the only tank division to see desert battle in WWII, and:
(a) The only tank division to receive no desert training.
(b) The only tank division manned by volunteers.
(c) The only tank division equipped with radios.
(d) The only tank division trained in amphibious assault.

3. When German anti-aircraft gunners in Tunis fired at his plane by mistake, Field marshal Albert Kesselring's response was to:
(a) Re-station them to Antarctica.
(b) Rubuke them for missing an easy target.
(c) Install better sights on the guns.
(d) Order larger swastika's painted on all Axis aircraft.

4. What is Brigadier General Truscott quoted as learning, perhaps in relation to his conflict in Mehdia?
(a) "Luck is worth a division."
(b) "There is no winning, there is only moving on."
(c) "No matter how large the force engaged, every battle is made up of small actions by individuals and small units."
(d) "Nothing undoes a good strategy like French snipers."

5. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:
(a) 27,600.
(b) 12,600.
(c) 7,600.
(d) 9,600.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was General Nehring replaced by?

2. What example does the author give of McQuillin's suggested use of outdated military technology?

3. What decision by Rear Admiral Hewitt was considered "a brave decision, the decision of a commander," by Lord Lewis Mountbatten, the commander of British amphibious forces?

4. What is Ultra?

5. What did Ward, Robinette and Dickson try to convince Fredendall, Eisenhower and Anderson of?

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