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