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1 Germany defeated Poland so easily due to all of the following EXCEPT Poland's army was obsolete. Poland's air force was small & obsolete. Poland has a small frontier with Germany. Poland defended its borders not the more defensible river lines. Poland's army still used horse cavalry. 2 Germany's plan to attack Poland included The Luftwaffe destroyed the Polish air force on the ground. Germany used pincer attacks from the north & west. Germany used a blitzkrieg of armor & stuka dive-bombers. Germany send 2,000,000 men against Poland. All of the answers are correct. 3 Germany received help in their attack on Poland from Britain France Soviet Union Italy Japan 4 The "Graf Spee" did all the following EXCEPT left Germany before the war began sank nine allied merchant ships sank three British cruisers was cornered by British warships in Uruguay blew herself up off Motevideo 5 The Soviet Union did all of the following after attacking Poland EXCEPT forced Lithuania, Estonia, & Latvia into the Soviet Union invaded Finland on Nov. 30, 1939 were stopped by the Mannheim Line in 1939 steamrolled the Finns with 27 divisions in 1940 annexed all of Finland 6 France didn't attack Germany in 1939 because France was slow to mobilize. French artillery was in storage. The French believed in the old W.W.I defensive tactics. France felt safe behind the Maginot Line. All of the answers are correct. 7 Norway was important to Germany due to all the following EXCEPT use as a jumping off point to attack Italy use as a possible stepping stone to Swedish iron ore mines for air & submarine bases to use against Britain to keep Britain out of the Baltic as a possible source for heavy water for fission 8 The German conquest of Denmark saw all of the following EXCEPT used as a stepping stone to attack Norway had no resistance in southern Denmark seized airfields first was over in two hours saw heavy armored counterattacks by the Danish Army 9 The German invasion of Norway in 1940 saw all the following EXCEPT a seaborne invasion behind Norway's coastal defenses loss of the cruiser "Blucher" at Oslo a complete absence of Norwegian resistance Quisling & Fifth Columnists assist the Nazis Luftwaffe capture of airfields in Norway 10 The British response to the German invasion of Norway included all EXCEPT Royal Air Force raids on Germany Royal Navy attacks at Narvik British troops landing at Trondheim & Narvik British troops evacuated by the Royal Navy Neville Chamberlain's government collapses 11 Neville Chamberlain's immediate successor as British prime minister was Standish Meacham Winston Churchill David Lloyd George Benjamin Disraeli William Gladstone 12 Holland & Belgium did all the following in 1940 EXCEPT They had no cooperation with Britain & France initially. They did not cooperate with each other. Belgium maintained neutrality for a while. Holland's defense rested on blowing its dikes in the event of invasion. Holland cooperated with the Soviet Union. 13 General Von Manstein changed the von Schlieffen plan by all of the following EXCEPT First he used a German feint at Holland & Belgium. British & French troops moved up to Low Countries. The Germans strike through the Ardennes Forest. The Germans hit behind the Allied lines & split the Allied armies into two. Switzerland falls. 14 The French strategy against the Germans in 1940 included all of the following EXCEPT They believed in the use of the theory of La Defense. The French planned to counterattack through the Ardennes. The French occupied the Maginot Line. The French planned to attack Germany in the north because the Maginot stopped at the Belgian border. 15 The German invasion of Holland included all EXCEPT German paratroopers seize dikes & canals. The Germans use stealth & Fifth Columnists. The Germans use new rubber boats to cross the canals The Luftwaffe uses terror bombing of Rotterdam. The Germans use Italian troops to assist in the conquest. 16 The German invasion of Belgium saw all the following EXCEPT German paratroopers took Fort Eban-Emael from the air. German panzers flanked the Belgians & the British as they moved up. German panzers then moved in behind the British advanced lines. Gen. Guderian moved his tanks across the Meuse River. British & French troops successfully counterattacked the German bridgehead. 17 All of the following occurred in the Fall of France EXCEPT The British & some French withdrew to the coast for rescue by the Royal Navy. The Germans took Paris from the rear. The Germans took the Maginot Line from the rear. The French surrendered in the W.W.I rail car where Germany surrendered earlier. All French forces surrendered. 18 All of the following occurred at Dunkirk EXCEPT The British & some French troops were taken off the beach by the Royal Navy & some civilian boats. Hitler halted the panzers short of the beach. Goering promised the Luftwaffe could win the victory through air power The British fight a determined rear guard action. The British get all of their equipment off the beach as well as their men.

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