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