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