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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. What element did Manstein say was most important in the attack on the West?

2. What did Manstein call the debate in Poland before it was occupied?

3. What advantage did Germany have over Poland?

4. What was Manstein's title at the beginning of the book?

5. What did Manstein say the Polish Army was caught up in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Manstein do after defeating France?

2. What bothered Manstein about the way Hitler handled the O.K.H.?

3. Who was Nagel, and how did Manstein feel about him?

4. What caused Hitler to change many of his winter attack dates?

5. What did Manstein say was the biggest obstacle to peace between Germany and France?

6. What are Pontoon Bridges?

7. Where did Hitler want to be after France was defeated, and why didn't he go there?

8. How did Manstein feel when the document with the Soviet Union was signed?

9. What did Germany constantly prepare for while invading Poland?

10. What kept Hitler from invading Britain after October hit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did Operation Citadel play in the narrative and what did it symbolize? How was the narrative altered by this plan?

Essay Topic 2

Where did the theme of technology appear in this book, and how did it change the course of the war the Germans tried to start?

Essay Topic 3

Which person from this book did you relate with the most? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

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