1. Inspired by the quality of the food during the Torch voyage, the 13th Armored Regiment suggested changing their battle cry to what?
(a) "Soup!"
(b) "Baaa!"
(c) "Salt!"
(d) "For rations!"

2. Who traveled to Gibraltar under the nom de guerre of "General Howe."
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Ted Roosevelt.
(d) George Patton.

3. Where did the U.S. deception plans for TORCH suggest possible landing sites for the fleet?
(a) China, Ethiopia or France.
(b) France, Germany or Denmark.
(c) The Middle East, India or The Istrian Peninsula.
(d) Scandinavia, France or the Middle East.

4. According to the author, the end of the cavalry era came not with a bang, but with:
(a) A successful routing of an Italian regiment.
(b) A dinner bell.
(c) A quiet retreat from a botched midnight excursion across Axis lines.
(d) The grinding of tank gears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The initial American strategy for attacking Hitler was summed up by a British general as:

3. America declared war on Germany upon:

4. What was the first town to be captured by the Allies?

5. According to General Patten, it was his expectation of an officer to:

(see the answer key)

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