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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Allied success in Djedeida in November 1942 lead to what effect?
2. What did Allen determine to do instead of following Colonel Greer's suggestion?
3. According to Allen, why does a soldier fight?
4. What promise did General Patton make to the President of the United States in the presence of Rear Admiral Hewitt?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. In addition to arranging a bridge head around Tunis, what did Kesselring order his lieutenants to plan?
2. Although Eisenhower professed "a violent hatred of the Axis and all that is stands for," the author doubts this. What does both Eisenhower and the American troops generally lack through much of the North Africa War?
3. What domestic issues does the author suggest weighed on the President's mind in making the decision to move forward?
4. Describe the unusual mortar round fired by American troops landing at Arzew.
5. In planning for the war, what risky initial American strategy did the British succeed in overturning?
6. What was the building the Allies referred to as the Kasbah?
7. Admiral Darlan did capitulate and surrender Algiers, but what order was he reluctant to make?
8. Allied ground troops were skeptical of the Allied air force's ability to discriminate between them and the Germans. What incident does the author use to illustrate this mistrust?
9. What personal knowledge made Mark Clark a dangerous leader for a covert mission behind enemy lines?
10. In the aftermath of the German attack on Medjez-el-Bab, McGinnis is relieved from Duty. Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What Allied mistakes were made in their attempt to take Longstop hill in December 1942 and were any of these mistakes repeated? In what way did these errors affect the relationship between the 'cousins?' Finally, what consequence for the war as a whole did this battle have?
Essay Topic 2
In what ways did Axis command tamper with Rommels planned attack on Tebessa? Had the plan been executed according to Rommel's original scheme what would have been the possible consequences?
Essay Topic 3
Luck in battle is a common theme in the book. In the Naval battle for Casablanca can you describe the instances of luck for the French and then the American's that threads through this part of the conflict?
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