Q 01/05

C. H. Lightoller, who sailed his yacht Sundowner to Dunkirk, had been the senior surviving officer of which liner?

A) Lusitania

B) Titanic

C) Britannic

D) Olympic

Answer · why

B) Titanic

Titanic's second officer was 66 and retired when he crossed the Channel with his eldest son and a teenage Sea Scout. They brought more than 120 soldie...

Q 02/05

Planners hoped to lift 45,000 troops from Dunkirk in two days; roughly how many were rescued in the end?

A) About 35,000

B) About 110,000

C) About 338,000

D) About 1.1 million

Answer · why

C) About 338,000

About 338,000 Allied soldiers reached England in little over a week, more than seven times the hoped-for figure. Only 7,669 got away on the first day.

Q 03/05

Which English king, short of money, sold the port of Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France in 1662?

A) Charles II

B) James II

C) Charles I

D) William III

Answer · why

A) Charles II

Charles II had held the town for only two years after his Restoration and judged it a costly liability. Louis XIV, his cousin, paid five million livre...

Q 04/05

At De Panne and nearby beaches, troops waiting to leave Dunkirk built makeshift piers at low tide from what?

A) Upturned fishing boats

B) Railway sleepers

C) Ammunition crates

D) Abandoned vehicles

Answer · why

D) Abandoned vehicles

Abandoned vehicles were driven onto the sand in rows, anchored with sandbags and joined by wooden walkways. Men could then walk out to the boats inste...

Q 05/05

Among the troops rescued from Dunkirk were unarmed Indian soldiers of Force K-6, who handled which animals?

A) Mules

B) Camels

C) Horses

D) Oxen

Answer · why

A) Mules

Mules and their handlers had come to France with the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Three of the four units got away from the coast, and one was cap...