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3. In some quarters German retreats became routs.
4. German communiqués admitted strategic withdrawals.
5. Hitler announced his armies were "stationary."
61. Shortly after Hitler fired No. 1 General von Brauchitsch and took the job himself, it was announced that Field Marshal von Reichenau:
1. Had been demoted and sent back to Germany.
2. Had been court-martialed and shot.
3. Had died of apoplexy.
4. Had been appointed Hitler's adjutant.
5. Was to replace General Rommel in Libya.
62. And by mid-February the Nazis had:
1. Been cleared out of the Crimea.
2. Lost both Kiev and Odessa.
3. Abandoned Latvia and Estonia.
4. Lost their ally Finland, who made a separate peace.
5. Been driven 100 miles back from Moscow.
63. To the names of General Mud, General Winter and General Dissatisfaction the Nazis had to add General Louse, a major enemy because he:
1. Smuggled messages across the line.
2. Spread smallpox all along the front.
3. Laid maggots in German food supplies.
4. Spread typhus among whole divisions.
5. Devoured Nazi winter uniforms.
64. The extent of French collaboration with Germany was signaled by the forced resignation in November of North African Proconsul:
1. Weygand.
2. Robert.
3. Huntziger.
4. Darlan.
5. Deat.
65. Meanwhile all Europe rumbled with revolt, which the Nazis tried to put down in Occupied France chiefly by:
1. Letting elected Committees police the area.
2. Executing French prisoners of war inside Germany.
3. Sending thousands to die in Poland.
4. Relaxing their unbearably stringent regulations.
5. Executing many men not known to be implicated.
66. Another thorn in Hitler's side was a series of daring raids neatly executed by the Commandos:
1. Free French irregulars.
2. Slang for the American Eagle Squadron.
3. Norwegian airmen trained in England.
4. British shock troops.
5. Serbian mountain troops.
67. Though Britain's sea losses last summer and fall were but one-third of last spring's, the Battle of the Atlantic entered a grave new stage in January when:
1. Experts estimated 450 subs were in our waters.
2. 42 U. S. ships were torpedoed off our shores.
3. 11 U. S. ships were sunk along our eastern coast.
4. Practically all of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet was transferred to the Pacific.
5. A new Nazi Gaussing torpedo was reported in use.
WAR IN AFRICA
68. In November the British started their long-heralded drive into Libya and by year's end had:
1. Taken nearly all Cyrenaica.
2. Laid siege to Tripoli.
3. Relieved Tobruk, then were driven back.
4. Advanced as far as Derna and were stopped.
5. Taken 80,000 Italian and 5,000 German prisoners.
69. All but one of these things were true of this campaign:
1. American-built planes and tanks played an important part in it.
2. Italian forces again proved ineffective.
3. British fleet disrupted Axis supply lines.
4. The drive took only two-thirds as long as Wavell's.
5. France still refused to let the Axis use Tunisia.
70. Then the British took Salum and