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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What achievement was Hitler astonished to discover when he visited the troops in Poland?
(a) The Polish soldiers wanted to join the German army.
(b) Tanks had destroyed whole Polish artillery positions.
(c) The mobile infantry had suffered almost no losses.
(d) The tanks were effective against enemy infantry.

2. When was Heinz Guderian born?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1095.
(d) 1888.

3. What Russian city did the German Army General Staff still hope that Guderian could take as late as November of 1941?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Leningrad.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Gorki.

4. What nation used tanks in WWI?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) France.
(d) England.

5. What difficulty did Guderian face in attempting to cross the Narev River?
(a) A shortage of bridging equipment.
(b) Intense artillery shelling.
(c) Minefields.
(d) Fierce Polish resistance.

6. What German commander demanded the glory of destroying the English army at Dunkirk?
(a) General von Kliest and his XII Corps.
(b) Goering and the Luftwaffe.
(c) Rommel and his IX Corps.
(d) Himmler and the SS.

7. What did General von Kleist order, causing Guderian to threaten to resign?
(a) Guderian must retreat.
(b) Guderian must halt his advance.
(c) Guderian must give up his command.
(d) Guderian must use tanks only in a support role.

8. What type of vehicle was the Tiger?
(a) A heavy tank.
(b) An armored personnel carrier.
(c) A light tank.
(d) A tank-destroyer.

9. When planning the crossing of the Dnieper river, what did Guderian believe to be the only way to prevent the Russians from establishing a new defensive line?
(a) Bombardment.
(b) Fast advances.
(c) Direct tank assaults.
(d) Air superiority.

10. What conference led to the incorporation of the Sudetenland into Germany?
(a) The Salzburg Conference.
(b) The Vienna Accord.
(c) The Munich Conference.
(d) The Berlin Diet.

11. What date was the offensive against Brest-Litovsk initiated?
(a) September 8th.
(b) December 1st.
(c) November 5th.
(d) September 1st.

12. Why was Hitler so affected by his arrival in a particular Austrian city?
(a) It meant he had conquered Austria.
(b) He was awed by his own accomplishments.
(c) He remembered it from his childhood.
(d) He was struck by its beauty.

13. How many French troops surrendeedr to German forces after their defeat at Belfort?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 250,000.

14. What post was Guderian offered after the occupation of the Sudetenland?
(a) General of the Panzer Armies.
(b) East Army Commandant.
(c) Mobile Operations Commisar.
(d) General of the Mobile Command.

15. How long did it take Guderian to reach the major strategic point of the Vistula River?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) One month.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What French Channel port was attacked by Guderian first?

2. In the end, what plan did Hitler adopt?

3. How were the Germans met in the Sudetenland?

4. When did Germany annex the remainder of Czechoslovakia?

5. What was the Luftwaffe?

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