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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major problem limited tank production in late 1943?
(a) The diversion of resources toward rocket production.
(b) Allied bombing.
(c) Lack of manpower.
(d) Complexity of tank designs.

2. What did Guderian claim about the Government Cabinet?
(a) It only existed on paper; it had no real members.
(b) It instigated many of Germany's war crimes.
(c) It never met after 1938.
(d) It controlled more of Germany than most suspect.

3. How did Guderian feel about the coup plotters of July 20th?
(a) He saw them as traitors.
(b) He wished he had joined them.
(c) He felt their methods were flawed.
(d) He saw them as heroes.

4. The OKH controlled the German army during the invasion of what major country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Norway.
(d) France.

5. Guderian claimed that Hitler became obsessed with which of the following after Stalingrad?
(a) Defeating Stalin.
(b) Protecting himself.
(c) Armored warfare.
(d) Never surrendering.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Germany's final collapse, Guderian sought an audience with Hitler and what other major leader?

2. What did Hitler order Guderian to do after their final confrontation?

3. In Guderian's story about the Court of Honor, what happened to the soldier, which gave the other soldier the chance to kill himself?

4. What factor demoralized Rommel on the Western front?

5. What did von Kluge attempt to do to Guderian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What faults did Guderian credit for Hitler's declining capabilities?

2. How did Guderian quickly create an effective staff for his new command as Inspector-General of the Armored Troops?

3. Why was Guderian interrogated?

4. How were the opinions about entering into war different for Hitler and for the General Staff?

5. What war did the tradition of the German General Staff date back to?

6. What defensive mistake did Rommel make in dealing with the allied landings at Normandy?

7. What problem limited production in Germany in 1943?

8. What kind of audience did Guderian seek in Chapter 12?

9. According to Guderian, how did Hitler come to power?

10. What special authority did Guderian seek from general Schmundt?

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