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CAMBRIDGE HIST OF WARFARE

1. In American Civ War, to the end, John Bell Hood blamed his failure on a lack of offn spirit in
this tps; he entirely missed the fact that
a. Tech plays the most imp role in war
b. Face of battle had changed in fundamental ways
c. Psy and motivation of tps also matter
d. Planning for war has to be flex
2. Schlieffen was a student of MH; as such he had drawn the conc from his studies particularly
________________ that envelopment was the only route to decisive victory
a. Alexander’s victory at Greece
b. Napoleon’s victory at Jena
c. Hannibal’s victory at Cannae
d. Spartan’s victory at Rome
3. The congress of Vienna did possess a no of weaknesses out of which the most obvious
was
a. Irrationally upholding the bal of power in Europe
b. Unable to stop influence of Prussia
c. Growing threat of nationalism
d. Incapable of adapting to industrial challenges
4. The sys of control created by the Congress of Vienna collapsed in a matter of wks. In the
end, only ____________ intervention helped to crush Hungarian nationalists and keep the
Habsburg monarchy together
a. Prussian
b. Russian
c. French
d. British
5. In March 1918, with the Germans only 100 miles from their capital, the Bolsheviks made
peace at Brest-Litovsk and surrendered
a. Balkans, Norway, Sweden and much of Finland
b. Poland, Finland, Sweden and much of Bulgaria
c. Baltic States, Poland, Finland, and much of Ukraine
d. Austria, Hungary, Finland and much of Romania
6. In 1854, a Russian army crossed the Danube and invaded Ottoman territory; _________
declared war and sent army/armies to Constantinople to defend the Turks.
a. Prussians and Austrians
b. French
c. Prussians
d. British and French
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7. During WW2, when Hitler was trying to deal with the Axis Collapse in the Mediterranean
when the massive Soviet counter attack __________ in Nov 1942 with 1 million soldiers, 13,000
guns and almost 900 tanks, caught the Sixth Army by Surprise
a. Op Cobra
b. Op Uranus
c. Op Dynamo
d. Op Neptune
8. As a result of President’s Bush decision to invade Iraq, perhaps 1 in _______sldrs suffered
mental problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12
9. Rommel by contrast displayed a coherent and eff approach that emphasized ________
until in July 1942 his troops reached EI Alamein, only 70 miles from Alexandria
a. Momentum, initiative and pursuit
b. Initiative, speed and exploitation
c. Surprise, speed and momentum
d. Initiative, surprise and deception
10. While mov to WW1, the principle strategic req seemingly confronting Europe’s mils was to
win the next war quickly before ____________ collapse ensued
a. Fin and pol
b. Tac and Strat
c. Diplomatic and eco
d. Govt and pol
11. Hitler’s armaments minister __________ performed miracles in the sec half of the WW2
a. William Slim
b. Albert Speer
c. Arthur Haris
d. Mark Clark
12. In some respects the Crimean War represents a crucial watershed in the history of war; in
others it was
a. Throwback to the limited wars of the eighteenth century
b. Throwback to the total wars of the eighteenth century
c. Throwback to the nationalist wars of the eighteenth century
d. Throwback to the pol con wars of the eighteenth century
13. During Franco Prussian War, the significance of Spickern lay in the fact that Moltke
interposed his _________ and ________ armies between the two French armies, while the Crown
prince _________ Army was outflanking Mac Mahon’s forces on the Prussian left
a. First and Second, Third
b. Third and Fourth, First
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d. Second and Third, Fourth
14. At ________________ in Crimean War, the rifled muskets of the allied tps completely
dominated the b fd and the Russians suffered 12,000 cas, the allies only 3000
a. Battle of channel ports
b. Battle of Sebastopol
c. Battle of Inkerman
d. Battle of Malakoff
15. In WW2; Stalin bided his time until after the Anglo American landings in Normandy and
then, on 22 June 1944, ________ began, aimed at the heart of the German line around Minsk
a. Op Dynamo
b. Op Uranus
c. Op Bagration
d. Op Torch
16. In American civ war, the South also possessed some advs, beginning with geography. The
dist from Cen Georgia to Northern Virginia is aprox the dist from
a. France to Cen Prussia
b. Brussels to Poland
c. Austria to East Russia
d. East Prussia to Moscow
17. Exacerbating the challenge posed in launching mil ops against the South in American Civ
War was the fact that primeval wilderness covered many portions of the region, particularly in
a. NE
b. West
c. East
d. NW
18. The first problem confronting both sides in American Civ War was
a. Gathering, trg and sup large mil forces
b. Mov, assembling and org large mil forces
c. Mobilizing and log of large mil forces
d. Garrisoning, protection and expenses of large mil forces
19. The American Civ War’s opening yr, 1861 displayed Lincoln’s extraordinary pol talents. The
crucial strategic issue was
a. Who would con the sea ports
b. Who would con the border states
c. Who would mob large mil forces
d. Who would gather huge cache of modern arms
20. In 1830, a revolution in France tumbled the bourbon monarchy for good, although the
results only led to dynastic change; while rioting in Brussels provoked partition of
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a. Low Ctys
b. Scandinavian ctys
c. Germanic kingdoms
d. Austrian-Hungarian states
21. In early 1965 Johnson authorized a bombing campaign against the North Vietnam, code
named _________ which severely limited targets that US aircraft could attk
a. Sky Dyke
b. Rolling Thunder
c. Lightening Sky
d. Slitzkrieg
22. In 1862, Little Mac planned to mov his army of the Potomac up the James river against
_________________, now the Confederate capital, in spring McClellan made his mov and
achieved gen surprise.
a. Virginia
b. New Orleans
c. Richmond
d. Maryland
23. In battle of Somme, on 14 July, a dawn aslt by 22,000 men of Rawlinson’s First Army
punched a hole 6000 yards wide in German defs; but a breakthrough was prevented only because
of
a. Arty bombardment failed to do what Haig expected
b. Failure of res to mov quickly
c. Weak morale of the front line tps
d. Tac of German inf mov smartly out of their hideouts for attks
24. Under the inspired leadership of Gen Robert E, Confederates launched a series of savage
ctr attks in 1861 which drove McClellan and his army back to their sup ships. Not all the
Confederate attacks were successful, ________________was a disaster
a. Battle of Wilderness
b. Second battle of Bull Run
c. Battle of Anteitam
d. Battle of Malvern Hill
25. McClellan‘s _________________eventually led Lincoln to removed him as the army’s
overall comd before the James peninsula expedition had ended
a. Inefficiency, inaccuracyand lack of foresightedness
b. Weak ldrship and cautious mnvrs
c. Risky, boldness and slow in decisions
d. Ineptitude, rudeness, and arrogance
26. Since the Taliban declined to surrender Bin Ladin to President Bush, the aerial
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a. Defeat of Ottoman Turks at Lepanto in 1571
b. Success of Mongols at Manchuria in 1431
c. Defeat of Russians at Petersburg in 1681
d. Success of Chinese at Beijing in 1761
27. Defeats in front of Richmond pushed Lincoln to appoint a new comd in northern
Virginia_______________, a successful and aggressive gen from the west
a. John Pope
b. Gen James Longstreet
c. Gen Joe Jonston
d. Gen John Sedgwick
28. In American Civ War, Lincoln fired’ Little Mac’ for good and appointed __________ comd of
the Army of the Potomac
a. Gen Joseph Hooker
b. Ambrose Burnside
c. Gen George Meade
d. Joshua Chamberlain
29. In early 1919 the victorious leaders met at Versailles to settle the enormous issues raised
by Germany’s defeat, the collapse of _____________ and the spectre of left-wing revolution
a. Ottoman, Balkans and Austria-Hungry
b. Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Turkey
c. Poland, Balkans and Ottoman empire
d. Checkoslovakia, Russia and Turkey
30. In American Civ War, after _______ and _______ the def resorted increasingly for building
protected emplacement or digging trenches
a. Cornith and Vicksburg
b. Shiloh and Antietam
c. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
d. Tennessee and Georgia
31. Gettysburg was more than a tactical defeat for the Confederates. By invading Pennsylvania
Lee set the stage for the Confederates defeat in the west, a defeat that lost the confederates con
of the _________ and opened up ________ to Union invasion.
a. Ohio, James
b. Vicksburg, Henry
c. Mississippi, Tennessee
d. Virginia, Maryland
32. In American Civ War, at _____________ ;Longstreet’s attk on the sec day pushed through
a gap in the cen of the Union line – a hole caused by the incompetence of staff officers and
Rosecrans’s inability to get along with his subordinates.
a. Battle of Antietam
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b. Battle of Malvern Hill
c. Battle of Wilderness
d. Battle of Chickamauga
33. ________ of all conflicts since 1945 have been civil wars fought with relatively simple wpns
a. 60 percent
b. 70 percent
c. 80 percent
d. 90 percent
34. In American Civ War, Hood’s explanation for the troubles confronting the Confideracy in
1864 was that southern troops had lost the offensive edge they had enjoyed in
a. 1860
b. 1861
c. 1862
d. 1863
35. In summer 1964 the US Senate passed the______________, authorizing air raids on North
Vietnamese targets, by a margin of eighty eight to two
a. Gulf of Saigon Reolution
b. Bay of Pigs Resolution
c. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d. Bay of Dinh Diem Resolution
36. In American Civ War, the destruction wrought in _____________ rep a portion of a larger
policy aimed at breaking the southerners will to cont the war
a. Fort Sumter and Nashville
b. Georgia and South Carolina
c. North Anna and Cold Harbour
d. Virginia and Richmond
37. In American Civ War, as Sherman was driving to the sea, Grant unleashed _________on
the Shenandoah valley
a. Gen Braxton Bragg
b. Gen Joseph Hooker
c. Gen Rosecrans
d. Gen Philip Sheridan
38. Malaya had two main ethnic communities i.e
a. Thais and Chinese
b. Indonese and Malays
c. Filipino and Thais
d. Malays and Chinese
39. Successes in achieving the unification of Germany under Prussian ldrship and involved a
series of short triumphant wars. These reflected
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b. Tac or tech superiority of Prussian armies
c. Experience achieved from the defeats of Napoleonic wars
d. Flex and dynamic pol and diplomatic policies
40. In the pd leading up to the1860s small elite gen staff pushed the Prussian army towards a
recog of the advs that ________________________ would provide in the in the next war
a. Telegraph and fast mob
b. Railway and changing wpn tech
c. Navy and rapid depl of mil forces
d. Sys of gen staff and scientific calcs
41. The Prussian army was also first in Europe to adopt a
a. Needle Gun
b. Steam ship
c. Universal Conscription
d. Flame thrower
42. Prussia did suffer from some significant disadvs as compared to Austria; One of the fol is
not among these disadvs
a. Other German states rallied to Austria
b. Prussia’s territory was divided in two
c. Difficulty in mob due to non aval of railways
d. Bohemia offered an easy launching pad for Austrian attk on Berlin
43. In battle of Koniggratz, out of 59 bns in the area, Austrians committed ______ in the firefight
in the Swiewald, ______ of witch simply disappeared
a. 49, 28
b. 44, 25
c. 52, 45
d. 42, 33
44. The German army dev a coherent picture of the 1918 b fd and by 1924 had published a
doctrinal manual Die Truppenfuhrung _________ based upon a through and complete
assessment of the last war
a. Def in Depth
b. Comd and Decisions
c. Tp Ldrship
d. Entrenched Warfare
45. The German army boasted ____ panzer divisions in 1935, ____ by 1939 and ___ by 1940
a. 2,4,9
b. 3,6,10
c. 3,8,12
d. 2,5,11

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46. In battle of Koniggratz, only most desperate efforts by Austrians __________ prevented the
Prussians from surrounding Benedicts entire force
a. Inf and Cav
b. Inf and Arty
c. Arty and Inf
d. Arty and Cav
47. In Algerian war; the yr 1956 mk the turning pt as the French did one of the fol which they
had never done in Vietnam, and almost imed these inexperienced troops ran into difficulty
a. Intro conscripts to the fighting
b. Started strat bombing on hideouts of FLN
c. Initiated a series of talks with FLN and European population
d. Launched their precious tk corps
48. In battle of Koniggratz, Bismarck persuaded his king to halt the Prussian advance and open
negotiations with the Austrians, for he saw that only ________ would benefit from the war
continuation
a. Russia
b. France
c. France and Austria
d. France and Russia
49. During Franco Prussian War, France declared war and both sides mobilized and depl, the
French believing that war would begin with their invasion of _____; to what purpose was unclear
a. Rhineland
b. Ruhr valley
c. Bohemain frontier
d. Low ctys
50. During Op Overlord, only at ______ beach did the defs seriously delay the attackers;
elsewhere the Germans reacted slowly and hesitantly
a. Juno
b. Omaha
c. Sword
d. Utah
51. During Franco Prussian War, on16 August Moltke, a massive encounter battle took place at
__________ in which French suffered 16,000 cas, the Prussians 17,000.
a. Marsa-la-Tour
b. Sedan
c. Alsace
d. Metz
52. During Franco Prussian War, the encirclement of one French army at ______ constituted a
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a. Belgian frontier
b. Metz
c. Marsa-la-Tour
d. Sedan
53. On 15 Aug, 1944; Allied forces effected another successful landing on the Mediterranean
coast of occupied ______
a. Italy
b. Greece
c. Crete
d. France
54. During Franco Prussian War, the Prussians battered the surrounded French into surrender
with their arty having learned from their bloody experiences at St private and Gravelotte
a. Metz and Marsa-la-Tour
b. Sedan and Belgian frontier
c. Alsace and Lorraine
d. St private and Gravelotte
55. The late nineteenth century saw an acceleration of industrialization in the US and Germany,
while ____________ and even Tsarist Russia participated in the expansion of the western world ‘s
eco power
a. France, Austria, Hungary
b. British, Hungary, Italy
c. Italy, Spain and Poland
d. Poland, Austria, British
56. The decades of imperialism also saw a revolution in mil and naval tech, as well as
a. Inc professionalism in the officer corps
b. More reliance on railways and telegraph
c. Rise of gen staff
d. Nationalism which drove nations to total war
57. By the end of world war I, the intro of _________ underlines the extraordinary tech changes
that effected the conduct of naval war
a. Destroyers, ac carr and torpedoes
b. Ac carr, submarines and fire boats
c. Ships, submarines and torpedoes
d. Submarines, ac and ac carr
58. The Israelis surrendered their conquests in the Sinai to a United Nations peacekeeping
force in return for promises that the Egyptians would allow transit through
a. Red Sea
b. Suez Canal
c. Gulf of Aqaba
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d. Strait of Tiran
59. The generation of peace before 1914 prevented European gens from fully understanding
the implications of the murderous comb of
a. Air power and sea warfare
b. Tech and conscription
c. Fire power and inf tac
d. Dev in fds of cav and arty
60. In Sep 1882, a British army under Sir Garnet Woseley launched a surprise ni attk that
crushed the Egyptian army at ________ ;an imed pursuit finished off the war and placed Egypt
under British domination for the next ______ years
a. Tel-el kebir, 74
b. Alexandria, 74
c. Tel-el kebir, 54
d. Alexandria, 54
61. In Feb 1881, the Boers again caught the British in the open and with superior use of
___________ inflicted a second defeat, this time killing the GOC
a. Swords and shields
b. Shields and short spears
c. Cover and rifle fire
d. Spies and inf tac
62. The largest ‘police action’ occurred in the mid 1870s in US against
a. The Sioux
b. The Zulus
c. The Red Indians
d. The Monatanese
63. The Nez Perce cont their march through Montana and had almost reached sanctuary in
Canada when US forces outnumbering them by __________ finally brought them to bay at eagle
Creek and forced their surrender
a. 10:1
b. 8:1
c. 6:1
d. 5:1
64. The treaty of San Stefano (1878) recog the independence of ___________ while
________became autonomus
a. Slovakia, Montenegro and Ukraine, Kosovo
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c. Slovenia, Ukraine and Belarussia, Romainia
d. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria
65. The discovery of gold in the __________ in 1886 added to the known mineral worth of the
Boer republics
a. Orange free state
b. Transvaal
c. Tugela river
d. Ladysmith
66. During boer war, the four corners of the empire rallied to the Union Jack, as substantial
forces mov from _____________ to South Africa
a. Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
b. France, Germany, Austria and Italy
c. Canada, France, Germany and Britain
d. Egypt, France, Canada and Australia
67. After a/m liberations, Montgomery stopped the advance in preparation for __________
designed to outflank the German defences by an attack through the Netherlands and capture of
the brs across the Rhine at Arnherm
a. Op Bagration
b. Op Dynamo
c. Op Neptune
d. Op Market Garden
68. During boer war, to meet a deteriorating sit, the British erected a series of __________ to
protect their sup and comm lines
a. Check posts and barriers
b. Wire entanglements and rft posts
c. Blockhouses and fences
d. Sup deps and con houses
69. Op Typhoon was the code name for attk on
a. Moscow
b. Ukraine
c. Greece
d. Crete
70. Of the non-western civilizations, only ________ displayed the ability to adopt the wpns of
the west and turn them against their developers
a. Japanese
b. Chinese
c. Egyptians
d. Turks

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71. The Japanese acquired ________ and lost dir con over ________ only because of Russian
interference
a. Manchuria, China
b. Manchuria, Korea
c. Formosa, China
d. Formosa, Korea
72. During Russo-Japanese war, both sides courted confrontation because each aimed to
control
a. Korea and Manchuria
b. Manchuria and China
c. Formosa and China
d. Formosa and Korea
73. In Feb 1904, Japanese torpedo boats attacked the Russian fleet in _____ before the
declaration of war
a. Manchuria
b. Port Farmosa
c. Port Arthur
d. Taiwan
74. The Japanese also attacked Russian ships at _________, a wk later their first army landed
and seized _______
a. Port Arthur, Farmosa
b. Inchon, Seoul
c. Manchuria, Korea
d. Nanjing, Nanshan
75. With a secure base in Korea, the Japanese mov north to the ________ and towards dir mil
action against Russian forces in _________
a. Yellow, Liaoyang
b. Yangtze, Seoul
c. Inchon, Farmosa
d. Yalu, Manchuria
76. After a series of offns w/o significant results, the Japanese then concentrated their whole
effort at capturing ___________ the lynch pin of Russian defs
a. 203 Meter Hill
b. Liaoyang
c. Sebastopol
d. Inchon

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77. During Russo-Japanese war, after an epic 20,000-mile journey the thirty two Russian
vessels eventually reached East Asian waters, only to find themselves outranged and
outmaneuvered by their opponents in the ________ on 27 May 1905
a. Tsushima Strait
b. Korea Strait
c. Makassar Strait
d. Formosa Strait
78. During boer war, the British had won because of their superiority in
a. Sups and comm lines
b. Inf tac and arty
c. Firepower and inf trg
d. Resources and manpower
79. “One rises from the study of the causes of the great war with a prevailing of a sense of the
defective con of indls upon world fortunes. It has been well said there is always more error than
design in human affairs”. This statement about outbreak of WW1 was said by
a. Winston Churchill
b. Bismarck
c. Elder Moltke
d. Erich Ludendorff
80. Almost immediately after Bismarck,s removal, the experts in the German Foreign office,
relieved of the chancellor’s interference, persuaded Wilhelm to dispense with the ___________
with _______ signed in 1887 and promising neutrality should either power become engaged in war
with a third party
a. Peace Treaty, France
b. Neutrality Treaty, Britain
c. Reinsurance Treaty, Russia
d. Non-aggression treaty, Austria
81. Not until 1897 did Kaiser of Germany find an admiral, ___________ who possessed both
the ambition and political acumen to carry out his dreams
a. Alfred von Tirpitz
b. Sir John Pershing
c. Charles Lanrezac
d. Alexander Von Kluck
82. In 1906 Admiral Sir John Fisher, the reforming head of the British Admiralty, introduced a
revolution class of battleship ___________ an all big gun, heavily armoured vessel that rendered
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a. Chasepot
b. Dreadnought
c. Mitrailleuse
d. Submerged
83. The battle of EI Alamein (Op Torch in WW2) was a
a. Battle of attrition
b. Battle of movs
c. Battle of outflanking movs
d. Battle of annihilation
84. In pre WW1 pd, the Austrians increasingly regarded Serbia, which __________ supported
as dir threat to their existence
a. France and Russia
b. Britain and France
c. Canada and Britain
d. Russia and Italy
85. In the nineteenth century Bismarck had stated that __________ was/were not worth the
bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier
a. Egypt
b. Balkans
c. Greece
d. Mediterranean
86. Of all the plans for war that European armies cast before 1914, only ________ did not
expect their army to achieve decisive results
a. France
b. US
c. Canada
d. Britain
87. In Sep and Oct 1918, Germany’s allies _______exhausted by four yrs of war, made peace
a. Bulgaria and Turkey
b. Romania and Italy
c. Bulgaria and Romania
d. Ukraine and Turkey
88. On the pol lvl, Schlieffen Plan had extraordinary weaknesses that resulted from both its
narrow definition of the problem and its faulty
a. Tac assumptions
b. Op assumptions
c. Strat assumptions
d. Pol assumptions

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89. The new chief of the general staff the younger Moltke, modified the schlieffen plan by
adding tps to the _________ wing, but he lt the ____ wing as strong as schlieffen had intended
a. Rt and Cen, Lt
b. Lt and Rt, Cen
c. Cen, Lt and Rt
d. Cen and lt, Rt
90. The settlement of 25 yrs of war b/w the European powers in 1815 rep no easy task. But the
victors agreed that they possessed certain interests in common, in particular they aimed to
a. Settle territorial disputes among maj powers of Europe
b. Con the nationalistic emotions of Europe
c. Maint a bal of power in Europe while con world’s commerce
d. A settlement which can turn the clock in Cen Europe back to 1789
91. As a result of above settlement, the Russian received virtually all of Poland; in return the
Prussians
a. Received territories along Rhine on the French frontier
b. Captured territories east and north of Prussia as a retaliation
c. Started the Prussian revolution against the Bourbon Monarchy
d. Annexed Polish territories on the Danube
92. As a result of a/m acqns, Prussia got two imp advs one of which was that it gained con of
an obscure river vally, the Ruhr, which was to
a. Become the first great center of the industrial revolution
b. Become the second great center of the industrial revolution
c. Become the third great center of the industrial revolution
d. Become the fourth great center of the industrial revolution
93. The schlieffen plan was an audacious attempt to surmount the op and tac problems raised
by the spirlling size of armies, as well as the increasing effectiveness of
a. Air power
b. Arty fire power
c. Entrenched warfare
d. Inf and arty wpns
94. Schlieffen plan involved moving 1.5 million men in seven armies which req
a. Liege to be taken by M-11
b. Brussels subdued by M-18
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95. Schlieffen plan would knock France out of the war with in _________the precise time which
schlieffen estimated Russia would need to complete full mobilization
a. 4 wks
b. 5 wks
c. 6 wks
d. 7 wks
96. In addition, Moltke and Ludendorff decided that mil op would begin imed upon notification of
mobilization, with mov into neutral ___________ to prevent last min second thoughts by the
Emperor or his diplomats
a. Switzerland and Belgium
b. Netherland and Belgium
c. Rhineland and Belgium
d. Luxembourg and Belgium
97. When Germany declared war on France on 3 Aug, 1941, her troops were already in
a. Switzerland and Belgium
b. Netherland and Belgium
c. Rhineland and Belgium
d. Luxembourg and Belgium
98. While the German moved into Belgium according to the 85. Schlieffen Plan, the French
followed their own strat __________ prep by Joseph Joffre, chief of their general Staff.
a. Plan XIV
b. Plan XV
c. Plan XVI
d. Plan XVII
99. A small op against a radical movement in the Caribbean island of Grenada pointed out maj
weaknesses in American mil forces, particularly in the realm of
a. Actionable int
b. Inter svc coop
c. Sustainable log
d. Air ops
100. In October 1941, the Chief of of the General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, ordered an offn in
Flanders to drive the Allies from
a. Aisne and Gumbinnen
b. Galicia and Champagne
c. Antwerp and Channel Ports
d. Rhineland and Brussels
101. In 1914, two armies, under Paul Rennenkampf and Alexander Samsonov, struck East
Prussia. Rennenkampf’s forces moved from Russian territory to attack ___________ from the
east. While Samsonov’s army attacked from __________ and struck north
a. Gumbinnen, Austria
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b. Konigsberg, Poland
c. Tennenberg, Russia
d. Rhineland, Hungary
102. After the German Comd in East Prussia panicked and abondened the whole province as a
result of Russian offn in Aug,1914; Moltke and the Kaiser demurred, sacked the comdand
replaced him with a retd gen ___________ together with ___________as his chief of staff
a. Max Von Hoffman, Erich Von Falkenhayn
b. Paul von Hindenburg, Ludendorff
c. Alexander Von Kluck, Erich Von Falkenhayn
d. Karl Von Bulow, Ludendorff
103. In 1914, Hoffman withdrew most of the forces facing Rennenkampof by rail and conc them
instead at ____________ against Samsonov
a. Galicia
b. Tannenberg
c. Konisberg
d. Vienna
104. In the late September, 1941 the Russians almost broke onto the Hungarian plain, which
might have led to Austria’s collapse in 1914, but their adv eventually faltered from __________
a. Shortage of resources and manpower
b. Log difficulties and heavy losses
c. Outstretching beyond means
d. Long sups and comm lines
105. In 1915, french doctrine still emphasized morale as the most imp factor in battle. In the
larger sense they were right, but tps lacked ___________ nec to break into and through German
forces
a. Tech, Arty sp and Tac concepts
b. Firepower, Inf tac and Ldrship
c. Inf tac, Outflanking movs and Gen staff
d. Rapid mob, bal org and op concepts
106. The initial German offn came in Galicia. On 2 May 1915, General August Von Mackensen
attacked Russian posns between __________________, catching them by surprise
a. Petersburg and Moscow
b. Kiev and Anteitam
c. Moscow and Galicia
d. Gorlice and Tarnow
107. In July 1915, Falkenhayn ordered _________ from the north and _________ from the south
to drive Russian forces out of Poland
a. John French, Von Hotzendorf
b. Hindenburg, Mackensen
c. Max Von Hoffman, Hindenburg
d. Von Hotzendorf, John French
108. The attk on the Dardanelles rep the one strategic masterstroke of the war. It was Churchill’s
brainchild, Which one of fol is incorrect as per first lord’s argument
a. Open up crucial sup lines to Russia
b. Bring balkans into the war on the allied side
c. Provide direct support to Serbia
d. Create a third front against Austria-Hungary
109. In 1916, the day after Douaumont fell, French also brought in their best gen
a. Papa Joseph
b. Philippe Petain
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c. Sir John Pershing
d. Charles Lanrezac
110. The bloodiest single day in American mil hist in civ war, with the comb cas well over 20,000
was at
a. Battle of Chickamauga
b. Battle of Malvern Hill
c. Battle of Antietam
d. 1st Battle of Bull Run
111. 1n 1916, Using tac dev by Captain Andre Laffargue that emphasized small units and
decentralized leadership, French forces under General Robert Nivelle recaptured
_______________ and almost drove the Germans back to their original starting posns
a. Verdun and Siphox
b. Douaumont and Vaux
c. Loos and Isonzo
d. Meuse and Champagne
112. At a conf in Dec 1915, allied ldrs had selected _______ for their major effort in 1916
a. Verdun
b. Somme
c. Normandy
d. Marne
113. In battle of Somme, after arty bombardment for a wk on German posns; on 1 July, after
bombardment halted; along an 18 mile front ________ came on in waves
a. 12 British and 5 French div
b. 14 British div
c. 8 French div
d. 12 French and 5 British div
114. ________________ typified both the Somme and Verdun slowly but steadily drove the
German army towards defeat
a. The strat of attrition
b. The battle of outflanking movs
c. The strat of frontal aslts
d. The battle of resources
115. Expert gen staff offrs of Germany with recent battle experience evolved a new doctrine
encapsulated in the manual _________________ which was completed in autumn 1916
a. Def in depth
b. Attk in depth
c. Conduct of Offn battle
d. Conduct of the Def battle
116. Above all, the a/m new doctrine evolved authority for tactical decisions down the chain of
command. ____________ on the scene would now make the critical decisions as to whether to
retreat, hold, or counter-attack
a. Lt and Capt
b. NCOs
c. Capt
d. Lt
117. In WW2; ________ destroyed the Reich’s last op res
a. Battle of the bulge
b. Battle of the 203m hill
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c. Battle of Messina ridge
d. Battle of the st helina
118. In 1917, French politicians turned to ______________ the one politician with ruthlessness
to see the crisis through
a. Andre Laffarge
b. Papa Joseph
c. Georges Glemenceau
d. Philippe Petain
119. Tks had 1st apperared in
a. Franco Prussian War
b. Austro Prussian War
c. WW1
d. WW2
120. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin propagated the Bolsheviks’ slogan of _________ a stance that
reflected the needs of his German paymasters as well as his own instincts
a. No war and Revolution
b. Grain and Revolution
c. Flour and Peace
d. Peace and Bread
121. For the first time, the fighting in Crimean War saw the dir impact of science and tech on the
b fd. It incl:-
a. Minie bullet, stream ships and telegraph
b. Rifled musket, ships and railways
c. Telegraph, battle ships and rifle muskets
d. Large cal arty, telegraph and railways
122. In 1917, the German new apch “Attk in depth” emphasized delegation of authority all the
way down to________ and reintroduced mnvr on the b fd but mnvr that remained closely tied and
coord with fire power
a. Lt and Capt
b. NCOs
c. Capt
d. Lt
123. A brilliant mil teacher and ldr who became comd in chief of all allied forces during a/m
German offn was
a. Crown Prince Rupprecht
b. William Haig
c. Lloyd George
d. Ferdinand Foch
124. On the afternoon of 30 May 1918, the Germans reached _______ less than 40 miles from
Paris
a. Marne
b. Somme
c. Verdun
d. Ypres
125. As a result of above, national panic occurred in France as the govt again prepared to
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b. Brussels
c. Hague
d. Rheim
126. The First major American offn in WW1 came against
a. Messina Ridge
b. St Michael Salient
c. Somme
d. Verdun
127. Bismarck felt no great desire to create a united Germany, after all, southern Germany was
the bastion of two of his great hates
a. Protestantism and baptism
b. Orthodoxism and facism
c. Extremism and conservatism
d. Liberalism and Catholicism
128. In 1918, more than two thirds of German losses were POWs; a dangerous sign. Ludendorff
later admitted that ________was the black day of the war for the German army
a. 18 May
b. 28 Jun
c. 8 Aug
d. 12 Sep
129. Victory at _________ in Crimean War reflected superior allied tech rather than trg or discp
a. Alma
b. Inkerman
c. Sebastopol
d. Balaclava
130. In WW1, almost half of Australia’s eligible men between the ages of 18 and 45 volunteered
to fight in the war, of whom
a. Over 1/2 were wounded and almost 1/4th were killed
b. Over 1/4th were wounded and almost 1/5th were killed
c. Over 1/5th were wounded and almost 1/7th were killed
d. Over 1/3rd were wounded and almost 1/6th were killed
131. By the early 1920s many Germans believed that their defeat in 1918 had resulted from
political sabotage by ____________ within the Reich
a. Politicians and Jews
b. Allies and Politicians
c. Jews and communists
d. Communists and Allies
132. In 1923, with Germany lagging behind in its reparations payments, French troops occupied
a. Rhineland
b. West Germany
c. Ruhr
d. West Berlin
133. Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in
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d. Jan 1933
134. In American Civ War, defeat at ________ underlined how idle had been Union hopes that a
single victory could end the civ war
a. Battle of Bull Run
b. Battle of Chickamauga
c. Battle of five forks
d. Battle of Wilderness
135. The key decisions that determined the course of ground conflict in WW II occurred in
a. 1920s
b. 1930s
c. 1940s
d. 1930-40s
136. Termed ________ the French doctrine evolved by a small group in the French War College
seemed to offer an escape from the terrifying cas of the last war but it drew upon the experience of
only a few carefully sel battles in 1918
a. The Methodical Battle
b. The Conduct of Def Battle
c. The Battle of Attrition
d. The Battle of Annihilation
137. In 1935 Mussolini attacked ________ under doses of mustard gas its resistance collapsed
and the country was annexed by Italy
a. Greece
b. Ethiopia
c. Algeria
d. Cyprus
138. Hitler replaced his senior gens and ministers early in 1938 with individuals more amenable
to risks, and within a month he invaded
a. Serbia
b. Austria
c. Poland
d. Hungry
139. Over the summer of 1938 Hitler mfr a crisis to destabilize ________ and indicated his
intention to destroy it
a. Czech Republic
b. Austria
c. Greece
d. Balkans
140. When Britain guaranteed independence of _______in Mar 1939, Hitler was furious.
a. Austria
b. Rhineland
c. Poland
d. Schendenland
141. In early Oct 1939 Hitler ordered the Army high Command to draw up plain to seize
________ and northern France to the Somme
a. Belgium, Switzerland, Finland
b. Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg
c. Netherland, Belgium, Luxembourg
d. Denmark, Finland, Romania
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142. The Soviets, having occupied eastern Poland and the Baltic states according to plan,
attacked _______ in Nov 1939
a. Sweden
b. Ukraine
c. Finland
d. Norway
143. During WW2 in 1940, the seizure of the impregnable ___________ by glider-borne inf
added to the sense of bewilderment on the allied side
a. Fort Hague
b. Fort Eben Emael
c. Fort Boulogne Meuse
d. Fort Messina
144. During WW2 in 1940, in the centre, the panzers failed to achieve a breakthrough and in the
south, at__________, the force commanded by Heinz Guderian also rain into tenacious resistance
a. Dinant
b. Meuse
c. Abbeville
d. Sedan
145. During WW2 in 1940, on the 17 th May, Guderian subverted an order for only a
‘reconnaissance in force’, by turning off his radio as the tks raced westward down the Somme
valley and, on 20 May, reached _________ on the coast just as Bock’s army took _______, all
exactly according to plan.
a. Dinant, Marne
b. Flanders, Rhineland
c. Abbeville, Brussels
d. Paris, Bolougne
146. By the end of __________ on 3 Jun, 1940, allied ships had brought out nearly 350,000
allied troops – not enough to save France, but enough to allow Britain to fight on.
a. Op Avalanche
b. Op neptune
c. Op Dynamo
d. Op Uranus
147. The plans for ___________ in WW2 called for Rhine River barges to transport the army
across the Channel; one can imagine their chances in such waters against British destroyers
a. Op Daffodil
b. Op Husky
c. Op Sealion
d. Op Baytown
148. In Sep, 1940 during battle of britain; under great pressure to knock the British out before the
weather broke, the Germans switched their attention to ________, a decision that allowed Fighter
Comd time to recover
a. London
b. Edinburg
c. Wales
d. Piccadilly
149. In the Balkans, in Sep 1940 once Hitler mov to secure Romania and its oil by w/o info his
Italian allies then in retaliation, in Oct, 1940 Mussolini attacked ______ without informing Hitler
a. Bulgaria
b. Greece
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c. Ukraine
d. Albania
150. To get at the Greeks and relieve pressure on the Italians in Albania, the Germans
negotiated deals with _____________ in WW2
a. Hungarians, Romanians, and Bulgarians
b. Romanians, and Bulgarians
c. Austrians and Turks
d. Hungarians and Romanians
151. The Boer war has considerable impact on the British army; above all it resulted in an
emphasis on
a. Log planning
b. Firepower
c. Inf trg
d. Unconventional tac
152. The fall of mainland Greece still left the British in control of ________, from which the RAF
could threaten Romania’s oil wells, as Hitler recog
a. Cyprus
b. Crete
c. Turkey
d. Malta
153. During planning for op batbarossa; Hitler leaned towards attacking ________ while the
army high comd targeted ________ in the belief that its fall would automatically result in the Soviet
Union’s Collapse
a. Moscow, Leningrad
b. Ukraine and Leningrad, Moscow
c. Petersburg and Moscow, Ukraine
d. Riga, Petrersburg
154. In 1848, a more serious challenge to order occurred with trouble again starting in
__________. But this time it did not stop at the frontiers; instead it spread to central Europe.
a. Brusssels
b. Switzerland
c. France
d. Prussia
155. In December 1941 and January 1942 the German army in the east lay marooned in a
series of fortified areas, nicknamed __________ around the main centres of comm and teetered
on the brink of collapse
a. Blockhouses
b. Hedgehogs
c. Sup Pts
d. Comm Pts
156. Ironically, defeat in Asia (Russo-Japanese war) focused Russian attention on European
aspirations once more, particularly in
a. Turkey
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b. Low Ctys
c. Cen Europe
d. Balkans
157. For the 1st time in hist, the offrs leading the aslt colms sync watches in
a. American civil war
b. Crimean war
c. Boer war
d. Franco-Prussian war
158. In WW2, no other aspect of the allied war effort has occasioned more controversy than
a. Normandy Landings
b. North African Campaign
c. Comb Bomber Offn
d. Battle of Atlantic
159. By May 1944 Russians had reached the Carpathians as well as the frontiers of __________
while attacks elsewhere pried the Germans from their positions around Leningrad and recaptured
the _________
a. Romania and Bulgaria, Balkans
b. Hungary and Romania, Crimea
c. Bulgaria and Ukraine, Turkey
d. Ukraine and Romania, Serbia
160. In the nineteenth century the French expanded into an area that they misnamed Indo China
which incl three distinct peoples
a. Laotians, Malaya and Thai
b. Thai, Cambodians, and Vietnamese
c. Thai, Malaya and Vietnamese
d. Laotians, Cambodians, and Vietnamese
161. In late spring 1944 the Soviets fed the Germans bogus int indicating that the next major
attack would come against Army Group _____ in prep for a drive into the Balkans, while in fact the
Red Army built up its forces opposite Army Group _____
a. North, South
b. South, Cen
c. Cen, North
d. North, Cen
162. On _________ gp of German offrs, dismayed by Hitler’s conduct of the war, made an
attempt on his life
a. 20 May 1944
b. 20 Jun 1944
c. 20 Jul 1944
d. 20 Aug 1944
163. In WW2; By Jan 1944 the high comd for Normandy was in place, with the American ______
in overall charge and the British ________ commanding the force during the initial ph
a. John Pershing, George Kenney
b. Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery
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164. In early 1862 an obscure Union general , Ulysses S. Grant mov against the two forts
guarding the entrances to the Cumberland and and Tennessee rivers
a. Fort Alma and Kentucky
b. Fort Ohio and Vicksburg
c. Fort Cornith and Shiloh
d. Fort Henry and Donelson
165. In WW2, on 2 Sep 1944, the British liberated _______; two days later they captured
_______ with its dockyards undamaged
a. Rhineland, Brussels
b. Brussels, Antwerp
c. Antwerp, Ruhr
d. Belgian frontier, Rhineland
166. In WW2; on 16 Dec 1944, the Germans struck at weakly held US defs in the Ardennes; they
aimed to separate the _______ forces in the north from the ________ in the south, and to
recapture and destroy Antwerp
a. Americans and Canadian, British
b. British and Canadian, Americans
c. Americans and British, Canadian
d. British, Americans and Canadians
167. Hitler blew out the roof of his mouth on
a. 30 Feb, 1945
b. 30 Mar, 1945
c. 30 Apr, 1945
d. 30 May, 1945
168. Ever since her great victory in 1905, Japan’s Imperial Defence Plan had ident ______ as
the major threat
a. China
b. Russia
c. USA
d. Britain
169. In Jun 1940 the Japanese occupied the northern portion of French indo-China and in Sep
signed a ten-year treaty of mil and economic cooperation with
a. Italy and US
b. Britain and US
c. France and Germany
d. Germany and Italy
170. Pearl Harbour attks were launched on
a. 7 Dec 1940
b. 17 Dec 1940
c. 7 Dec 1941
d. 17 Dec 1941
171. With the Russian withdrawal north of the Danube in Crimean War, Anglo –French
commander determined to invade the Crimea, and attack the Russain naval base at
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d. Sebastopol
172. In August 1942, the United States made its first offn move in the Pacific. The 1 st Marine Div
landed on _________, an island in the Solomons
a. Iwo Jima
b. Guadalcanal
c. Port Morseby
d. Gilbert
173. By 1943; new ___________ began arriving at Pearl Harbor; at 27,000 tons, with a top
speed of 32 knots and 100 aircraft, they represented a major increase in hitting power
a. Essex cl carr
b. Nimitz cl carr
c. Indep lt cl carr
d. Swiss cl carr
174. During WW2; the taking of _______ positioned the Americans to invade the Philippines
a. Marianas and Kwajlein
b. Biak and Saipan
c. Tarawa and Surigao
d. Guadalcanal and Aleutian
175. World War II also heralded the arrival of _______ as the dominant theme in warfare
a. Science
b. Air Power
c. Mech Warfare
d. Sea Power
176. There had been a few prophets in the wilderness; ______ had warned that the next
European war might last thirty years
a. Elder Moltke
b. Younger Moltke
c. Bismarck
d. Winston Churchill
177. In early Jan 1951 the sit stabilized south of Seoul as UN forces under the comd of the best
US cbt gen of WW II, __________ solved serious morale problems and dev tac solutions that
emphasized firepower to deal with massed Chinese attacks
a. Dwight Eisenhower
b. Douglas MacArthur
c. Chester Nimitz
d. Matthew B. Ridgway
178. In Nov 1952 _____________ was elected as president of USA
a. Ulyses Grant
b. Jimmy Carter
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Harry S Truman
179. Late in 1953, an airborne attk captured __________ a posn that the French believed critical
to Giap’s log, hoping that the Viet Minh would appear in str so that their elite troops could deal
them a devastating blow
a. Saigon
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d. Ho Chi Minh City
180. During Algerian War, when Charles De Gaulle came in power in Paris, the French mil by
isolating the FLN from its bases in _________ and by sophisticated use of hels and mob fmns, the
French army destroyed their opponents in the fd
a. Morocco and Algeria
b. Algeria and Tunisia
c. Tunisia and Libya
d. Tunisia and Morocco
181. Algeria became indep in
a. 1960
b. 1961
c. 1962
d. 1963
182. Over the winter of 1917-18, Haig also announced a policy of _________ but his HQ proved
incapable of promulgating a consistent doctrine throughout the British Expeditionary Force
a. Def in depth
b. Attk in depth
c. Conduct of Offn battle
d. Conduct of the Def battle
183. On 21 Mar 1918; 32 German div advanced and 39 div stood in reserve and the Germans
launched over a million men in
a. Ludendorf Offn
b. Passchendaele Offn
c. Michael Offn
d. Flanders Offn
184. ______ is the justification for war
a. Casus belli
b. Chasseur
c. Condottiere
d. Carrack
185. During WW2, on 13 Sep 1942 a ferocious german assault hit Stalingrad, which sprawled for
12 miles along the west bank of the river and for the next two months the city became
a. Somme of WW II
b. Ypres of WW II
c. Marne of WW II
d. Verdun of WW II
186. Under tutelage of ____________ the American mil would fight the war in Vietnam on the
basis of statistical indices
a. Robert McNamara
b. Dean Rusk
c. Lyndon Johnson
d. Richard Nixon
187. In 1956 war, using a comb of_____________, the Israelis first blocked the Mitla Pass in the
Sinai and then chopped the Egyptians to pieces
a. Fighter ac and arty
b. Armr and attk hels
c. Arty and fighter ac
d. Paratroopers and armr
188. The one def measure the Israelis had taken before the war of 1973 was to move another
a. Res armr bde on golan hts
b. Res armr regt on bar lev line
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c. Res inf bde on mount sinai
d. Res inf bn on mount hermon
189. The greatest impact of the Yom Kippur War of 1973, however, arose from the decision of
the OPEC to sp the Arab mil effort by first halting oil production and then inc its price by
a. 50 per cent
b. 150 per cent
c. 250 per cent
d. 350 per cent
190. A retd marine gen noted after the war: “This was the first time in history when the
grcampaign sp the air campaign” This was in ref to US participation in
a. Vietnam war
b. Korean war
c. Gulf War 1991
d. Op Enduring Freedom
191. The collapse of the USSR caused deep ethnic divis to resurface in Yugoslavia, a federation
of six republics _______________ held together by an authoritarian communist regime
a. Kosovo, Slovekia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Romania
b. Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Macedonia, Romania, Slovekia and Serbia
c. Moldova, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Andorra and Bulgaria
d. Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Montenegro
192. The CPA’s (Coalition Provisional Auth) opponents drew on two sources of strength
a. Wpns and Faith
b. Air Power and Trg
c. Finance and Log
d. Morale and Ldrship
193. In fact, the major russian effort of 1914 was not directed against East Prussia, but rather
against the Austro-Hungarian Empire in __________
a. Vienna
b. Galicia
c. Loos
d. Champagne
194. The Op Torch in WW2 targeted __________and to squeeze ax is forces from the west
a. Morocco and Algeria
b. Tunisia and Libya
c. Libya and Egypt
d. Algeria and Tunisia
195. The 30 yrs war was fought from
a. 1566-96
b. 1618-48
c. 1830-60
d. 1733-63
196. Since his 1st days in comd, _________ had interested Haig as a site for a possible offn in
1916 the French pushed the British into Somme offn; in 1917 Haig could pick his own ground,
however, and he chose__________
a. 203 m hill
b. Messina ridge
c. Passchendaele
d. Flanders
197. In most pds since the Greeks, the inf’s most common activity has been
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c. Lead the adv
d. Siege
198. In req six yrs to perfect volley fire; from a first sketch of the mnvr by William Louis of
Nassau in 1594 to its first deployment in action at ________ in 1600
a. Battle of Mantineia
b. Battle of Parthia
c. Battle of Nieuwpoort
d. Battle of Bannockburn
199. In April, 1865; Lee’s posn at Petersburg collapsed as the Army of the Potomac won its first
offn victory at
a. Battle of Wilderness
b. Battle of Chickamauga
c. Battle of Petersburg
d. Battle of Five Forks
200. In WW2; con of French and Norwegian naval vases after 1940 greatly aided the Germans,
but still the U-boat fleet grew only gradually, partially due to the Kriegmarine’s cont emphasis on
a. Battleship const
b. Ac carr const
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