Warfare Strategy & Theorists

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Quiz on Strategy and theorists
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Questão 1

Questão
Match the quote : 'War far from being an exact science is a terrible and impassioned drama'
Responda
  • Grant
  • Von Moltke
  • Jomini
  • Clausewitz

Questão 2

Questão
Which theorist was most influential on Napoleon?
Responda
  • Guibert
  • Douhet
  • Jomini
  • Du Picq

Questão 3

Questão
Which French marshal did Jomini serve?
Responda
  • Jourdan
  • Ney
  • Berthier
  • Murat

Questão 4

Questão
Whose book on navies influenced Kaiser Wilhelm II?
Responda
  • MacClellan
  • Clausewitz
  • MacMahn
  • Mahan

Questão 5

Questão
Which American general led the 'March to the Sea'?
Responda
  • Sheridan
  • Sherman
  • Jackson
  • Lee

Questão 6

Questão
What was Bloch's correct prediction about the future of war?
Responda
  • Wars would involve fewer soldiers as more powerful weapons
  • War would be forced underground by artillery
  • Smaller battlefields as air power took precedence
  • Shorter wars as resources could not last

Questão 7

Questão
Which military leader can be criticised for ignoring naval power?
Responda
  • Von Moltke
  • Napoleon
  • Wellington
  • Canrobert

Questão 8

Questão
Which military theorist who fought in the Franco-Prussian War, claimed that courage could overcome all obstacles?
Responda
  • Douhet
  • Liddell-Hart
  • Du Picq
  • Corbett

Questão 9

Questão
What factor did Clausewitz think was most important in battle?
Responda
  • Planning
  • Discipline
  • Luck
  • Adaptability

Questão 10

Questão
Which battle took place in the Franco-Prussian War?
Responda
  • Cambrai
  • Strasbourg
  • Alsace
  • Gravelotte

Questão 11

Questão
Which was the first country to introduce a General Staff?
Responda
  • France
  • Prussia
  • Austria
  • Britain

Questão 12

Questão
Which was the last country to introduce a General staff?
Responda
  • Prussia
  • Russia
  • Britain
  • France

Questão 13

Questão
Which British military theorist in the early 20th century was keen on naval blockades?
Responda
  • Liddell-Hart
  • Fuller
  • Corbett
  • Frasier

Questão 14

Questão
Who was the artillery 'guru' of WW1?
Responda
  • Speer
  • Bruchmuller
  • Siegfried
  • Guru Nanak

Questão 15

Questão
What were the German defensive lines of WW1 and WW2 called? TICK TWO
Responda
  • Schleiffen
  • Hindenburg
  • Siegfried
  • Gugenheimer
  • Ludendorff
  • Grunesei

Questão 16

Questão
What British military theorist was most associated with tanks?
Responda
  • Corbett
  • Liddell-Hart
  • Fuller
  • Frasier

Questão 17

Questão
What was Napoleon's favourite shape?
Responda
  • Square
  • Circle
  • Arrow
  • Diamond

Questão 18

Questão
When was the law of St Cyr introduced?
Responda
  • 1818
  • 1822
  • 1826
  • 1817

Questão 19

Questão
What did the law of St Cyr do?
Responda
  • Only French nationals could command armies
  • Introduced reservists
  • Limited size of army
  • Established a higher ratio of officers : soldiers

Questão 20

Questão
Match the quote: 'War is cruelty and you cannot refine it'
Responda
  • Clausewitz
  • Jomini
  • MacArthur
  • Sherman

Questão 21

Questão
Name one of Von Moltke's favourite books.
Responda
  • War and Peace, Count Leo Tolstoy
  • On War, Carl von Clausewitz
  • Pride & Predjudice, Jane Austen
  • The Art of War, Sun Tzu

Questão 22

Questão
Who was described as the 'Mahdi of mass destruction' by Liddell-Hart?
Responda
  • Kitchener
  • Clausewitz
  • Von Moltke
  • Montgomery

Questão 23

Questão
Which one is NOT one of the 'paradoxical trinity' of Clausewitzian factors on war?
Responda
  • Emotions
  • Army
  • Climate & Terrain
  • Political Leadership

Questão 24

Questão
Who marched to the sound of gunfire?
Responda
  • The Zulus
  • The Prussians
  • Napoleon
  • Radetsky

Questão 25

Questão
Which legate disagreed with Mahan over Jominian-style naval strategy?
Responda
  • McCoy
  • Judge Judy
  • Corbett
  • Fuller

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