An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943 Test | Final Test - Hard

Rick Atkinson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 154 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943 Test | Final Test - Hard

Rick Atkinson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 154 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Rommel coined the phrase "Krieg ohne Hass" regarding the two years of war in the desert. What does it mean?

2. What opportunity had been lost through what was referred to as a poorly executed bad plan to take Fondouk gap?

3. Of the Fifty-two Sherman tanks caught in the German attack Fruhlingswind how many survived?

4. Who was General Nehring replaced by?

5. Of the 904 men Moore had led on a daring night escape, eventually, how many made it to safety?

Short Essay Questions

1. Old Mac's counterattack at Faid Pass was probably too small a force, but what other mistake did Old Mac make in putting forth the attack?

2. What was the goal of operation SATIN?

3. What prescient claim of General 'Santa Clause' Everlegh's would turn out to be true, but not in the way he had hoped?

4. How was Longstop positioned so that it represented a strategic point?

5. How did the Axis 'draft' Tunisian Jews for work details around Bizerte and Tunis?

6. As the Allied forces fell into a "stuck-everywhere" period Patton started a row with Allied air for neglecting troops air cover. Due to this complaint, Patton was visited by the two most senior Allied airmen in North Africa. What punctuated this meeting?

7. What was 'Texas?'

8. What was the first administrative struggle Patton faced when taking over II Corps?

9. Why did Terry Allen order Bill Darby's rangers on a secret mission to attack the defile held by enemy artillery recently routed from Gafsa?

10. What two peculiarities does the author use to characterize Major General Orlando Ward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1, the planning for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa is described. A major piece of the planning was deciding on the location of the landings. Describe the perils of landing too far to the West, versus the perils of landing too far to the East. Contrast this plan with operation Sledgehammer, which the American's first suggested.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In the prologue to the book, the author addresses the issue of Anglophilia between the British and the Americans. In what way was this shared prior to the bombing on Pearl Harbor? And in what way did the two world leaders, Churchill and Roosevelt, maintain it on a personal level? Finally, what was the trickle down effect on the war's generals?

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