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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, what strategic mistake was repeated at the port of Algiers in operation TERMINAL?
(a) Assuming heavy French resistance.
(b) The launch of a weak pre-emptive strike.
(c) A frontal assault.
(d) A poorly planned air raid.

3. What was operation WATCHTOWER?
(a) The name of the original U.S. plan to attack Germany through France.
(b) The first Allied counter-offensive against Japan at Guadalcanal.
(c) A covert mission to convince Vichy France to join the Allied cause.
(d) A pre-emptive strike by the Royal Air Force against North African Axis bases.

4. What knocked Major Robert Moore to the ground at the battle for Lambiridi?
(a) A ground mine.
(b) A stone thrown by French soldiers who had expended their ammunition.
(c) A mortar shell that exploded six feet in front of his position.
(d) A gunshot that creased his helmet.

5. The initial American strategy for attacking Hitler was summed up by a British general as:
(a) To overwhelm North Africa thereby ensuring Spanish neutrality.
(b) To isolate Germany from her Italian allies by infiltrating Austria.
(c) To stop wasting time with Japan and attack Germany with all available means.
(d) To go for him bald-headed and as soon as possible, by the shortest and most direct route.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Darlan revoke his order announcing to all French troops that further battle was futile?

2. Upon discovering the American fleet in the Mediterranean, where did Hitler believe it was destined?

3. What maps of Morocco were stowed into the holds of the American fleet heading out for TORCH?

4. In the naval battle of Casablanca, Hewitt faced El Hank. What was El Hank?

5. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?

(see the answer key)

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