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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 radio messages "batter up" and "play ball" meant what to the American fleet?
2. General Georges Barre was the only Vichy French commander to refuse to kowtow to the Germans. What did he do?
3. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?
4. On January 1, 1942, twenty-six countries signed an agreement to forswear any separate peace without mutual concurrence and to make a common cause of "life, liberty independence, and religious freedom, and to preserve the rights of man and justice." This group of nations called themselves:
5. What did General Erich von Wulisch tell General Nogues in his farewell call before escaping Fedala?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the building the Allies referred to as the Kasbah?
2. Describe the unusual mortar round fired by American troops landing at Arzew.
3. 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?
4. Admiral Darlan did capitulate and surrender Algiers, but what order was he reluctant to make?
5. What domestic issues does the author suggest weighed on the President's mind in making the decision to move forward?
6. Describe Brigadier General Ted Roosevelt.
7. Who supposedly made the following statement? "Whoever has Medjez-el-Bab has the key to the door, and is the master of all Tunisia."
8. In the first tank battle of World War II between Germans and Americans, the commander, John Waters, used Captain Siglin's twelve tank force in what manner?
9. 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?
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
Chapter 2 describes the landings in Operation Torch. The decision to make frontal assaults on the three harbors of Oran, Algiers and Safi was British. Why did they choose this plan of attack and against what conventional wisdom? How did each of these assaults play out?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the strategic importance of Medjez-el-Bab, 'the key to Tunisia,' and it's episodes of trading hands during the War in North Africa.
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