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