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Rommel myth
  • 1. Who was known as the 'Desert Fox'?
A) Erwin Rommel
B) Winston Churchill
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 2. Where did Rommel gain fame for his leadership in World War II?
A) Pacific Theater
B) North Africa
C) Western Europe
D) Eastern Front
  • 3. What army did Rommel lead in North Africa during World War II?
A) Wehrmacht
B) Royal Navy
C) Afrika Korps
D) Soviet Red Army
  • 4. In what year did the Desert Fox take part in the successful invasion of France?
A) 1940
B) 1942
C) 1944
D) 1945
  • 5. Which country was Rommel sent to defend before being sent to North Africa?
A) Italy
B) Soviet Union
C) United Kingdom
D) Japan
  • 6. Rommel's reputation suffered when he was implicated in what conspiracy against Hitler?
A) July 20 Plot
B) Night of the Long Knives
C) Beer Hall Putsch
D) Kristallnacht
  • 7. How did Rommel approach his soldiers' welfare and discipline?
A) He prioritized their well-being and discipline
B) He neglected their welfare but enforced discipline
C) He showed favoritism towards certain units
D) He emphasized strict discipline at the expense of well-being
  • 8. What was the title of the biography about Rommel written by Desmond Young?
A) Rommel: The Desert Fox
B) Rommel: War Hero
C) Rommel: Battle Strategies
D) Rommel: Nazi General
  • 9. Rommel's military career began during which conflict?
A) Boer War
B) Italo-Turkish War
C) World War I
D) Russo-Japanese War
  • 10. Which battle is Rommel mostly associated with in the North African Campaign?
A) Battle of Kasserine Pass
B) Battle of Stalingrad
C) Battle of Normandy
D) Battle of El Alamein
  • 11. In what year did Erwin Rommel commit suicide?
A) 1942
B) 1944
C) 1943
D) 1945
  • 12. What was the name of the failed assassination plot against Hitler that Rommel was loosely implicated in?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Market Garden
C) Operation Valkyrie
D) Operation Overlord
  • 13. In which country was Rommel born?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) France
D) Austria
  • 14. What was the codename for the failed assassination operation against Rommel?
A) Operation Husky
B) Operation Desert Storm
C) Operation Torch
D) Operation Flipper
  • 15. Who was Rommel's main adversary in the North African Campaign?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Bernard Montgomery
C) George Patton
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 16. One of Rommel's most divisive decisions in North Africa was his order to halt the Afrika Korps at the borders of which country?
A) Sudan
B) Libya
C) Egypt
D) Algeria
  • 17. Which novelist wrote 'The Rommel Papers,' a book based on Rommel's wartime diary and letters?
A) George Orwell
B) B. H. Liddell Hart
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Tom Clancy
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