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Learning Event 1

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1. Listed below are common factors that hampered military change in most nations prior to entering World War II. Which one is not a factor that hampered change?

A. Anti-military feelings following the first world war.
B. Tight defense budgets.
C. Technology.
D. Favor of the more traditional combat arms.
2. In 1918, this army led the world in both armored equipment and armored doctrine. However, by 1939 they had lost most of their pioneering advantage in equipment and technology. Which army is described here?

A. British.
B. German.
C. French.
D. Soviet.
3. This army, defeated in 1918, developed mostly new tactics and weapons during the interwar period. Which army is described here?

A. British.
B. German.
C. French.
D. United States.
4. In 1935, the first panzer division was formed. Within which army was such a division created?

A. British.
B. German.
C. French.
D. Soviet.
5. During the 1920s and early 1930s, the concept of "Deep Battle" came into play. It employed conventional infantry and cavalry divisions, mechanized formations, and aviation in concert. Who developed this idea of "Deep Battle?"

A. Charles de Gaulle.
B. Adolf Hitler.
C. Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
D. Georgi Zhukov.
6. Which army employed the principle of weapons pooling within their triangular division?

A. German.
B. French.
C. Soviet.
D. United States.
7. Hitler, in forming the first panzer division, made the same mistake in balancing the division as did other armies before him. His division was top-heavy in what respect?

A. Armor.
B. Troops.
C. Armament.
D. Tanks.
8. In the '30s, French Chief of Staff Maxime Weygand took significant steps to modernize and mechanize the French Army. In 1934 Weygand formed the first "light mechanized division," but something almost ended the concept. What was it?

A. Antiwar sentiment.
B. The development of the French Air Force.
C. The writings of Charles de Gaulle.
D. The development of the German panzer division.
9. What provided a trial of Soviet doctrine on the eve of World War II?

A. The execution of Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
B. The Russian Civil War of 1918-'21.
C. The Khalkin-Gol Campaign.
D. The development of the "Deep Battle" concept.


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