Y315.1 The impact of factors directly related to the conduct of war Quiz: OCR History, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. Which military organisational structure did Napoleon pioneer to allow independent movement of self-contained army units?

   • Corps system
   • Phalanx system
   • Division system
   • Regimental system

2. Which German strategic plan of 1905 aimed for a rapid two-front victory by invading France through Belgium?

   • Hindenburg Plan
   • Tirpitz Plan
   • Schlieffen Plan
   • Moltke Plan

3. Which technology did Helmuth von Moltke the Elder first systematically exploit for military mobilization in 1866?

   • Radio transmitters
   • Motor trucks
   • Railways
   • Steamships

4. What military term coined by Carl von Clausewitz describes unpredictable factors that impede operations during war?

   • Friction
   • Culminating point
   • Absolute war
   • Fog of war

5. Which tactical artillery technique introduced in 1916 advanced shell fire just ahead of attacking infantry?

   • Preliminary bombardment
   • Box barrage
   • Counter-battery fire
   • Creeping barrage

6. Which military force structure introduced by the French Republic in 1793 instituted mass conscription for total mobilization?

   • Grande Armée
   • Gendarmerie
   • Levée en masse
   • National Guard

7. Which major naval tactical innovation helped Allied merchant shipping survive German U-boat attacks in both World Wars?

   • Blockade tactic
   • Wolfpack tactic
   • Line of battle
   • Convoy system

8. Which breech-loading rifle gave the Prussian army a crucial rate-of-fire advantage at the Battle of Sadowa?

   • Martini-Henry rifle
   • Chassepot rifle
   • Dreyse needle gun
   • Minié rifle

9. Which defensive network of radar stations provided Britain with vital early warning during the Battle of Britain?

   • Chain Home
   • Observer Corps
   • Ultra network
   • Enigma system

10. Which nation pioneered the permanent General Staff system to professionalise military planning and operational command during the 1800s?

    • Britain
    • Russia
    • Prussia
    • France

11. Which French pre-World War Two static fortification system along the German border reflected a strictly defensive strategy?

    • Maginot Line
    • Hindenburg Line
    • Siegfried Line
    • Mannerheim Line

12. Which critical operational factor crippled Operation Barbarossa as German forces advanced deep into the Soviet Union in 1941?

    • Trench stalemate
    • Lack of aircraft
    • Logistical failure
    • Naval blockades

13. Which military theorist wrote On War, emphasising that war is the continuation of politics by other means?

    • Antoine-Henri Jomini
    • Carl von Clausewitz
    • Sun Tzu
    • Basil Liddell Hart

14. Which French tactical philosophy prior to 1914 overemphasised offensive spirit and bayonet charges over defensive firepower?

    • Mass action
    • Defensive-offensive
    • Feuerkraft
    • Élan vital

15. Which strategic naval blockade strategy adopted by Britain in World War One severely restricted German economic supply lines?

    • Close blockade
    • Submarine campaign
    • Amphibious siege
    • Distant blockade

16. Which operational technology enabled real-time voice communication between tanks and aircraft during World War Two armored offensives?

    • Two-way radio
    • Homing pigeons
    • Telegraph wire
    • Signal flags

17. Which defensive innovation of 1914–1918 neutralized traditional cavalry and rendered frontal infantry assaults disastrously ineffective?

    • Machine gun
    • Musket
    • Heavy mortar
    • Bayonet

18. Which joint Allied strategic bombing strategy aimed to systematically destroy German industrial capacity between 1942 and 1945?

    • Rolling Thunder
    • Operation Sea Lion
    • Combined Bomber Offensive
    • Blitzkrieg campaign

19. Which German tactical doctrine gave subordinate commanders operational flexibility to achieve mission objectives independently?

    • Schwerpunkt
    • Vernichtungsgedanke
    • Befehlstaktik
    • Auftragstaktik

20. Which Soviet military doctrine developed in the 1930s targeted an enemy's entire operational depth simultaneously?

    • Deep Battle
    • Maskirovka
    • War of Attrition
    • Total War

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