Flashcards on Early WWII: Dunkirk and Appeasement Policy
Early WWII: Dunkirk and Appeasement Policy
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World War II — Dunkirk evacuation
19 cards
Card 1
Question: What was Operation Dynamo?
Answer: The desperate and near-miraculous rescue of Allied troops from Dunkirk, controlled from Dover Castle.
Card 2
Question: When did the Dunkirk evacuation begin?
Answer: It began on 26 May 1940 (with evacuation operations noted on 27 May 1940).
Card 3
Question: Approximately how many troops were rescued by the end of the Dunkirk evacuation?
Answer: Over 338,000 troops plus 139,000 French soldiers were rescued (the whole of the BEF at Dunkirk).
Card 4
Question: Why could larger vessels not sail directly to Dunkirk?
Answer: The waters of Dunkirk were too shallow to allow larger vessels.
Card 5
Question: What kinds of vessels and people aided the evacuation at Dunkirk?
Answer: Supply ships, destroyers, small passenger vessels, ships of the Royal Navy and merchant marine, and an armada of small craft manned mainly by voluntee
Card 6
Question: How many troops were evacuated on 27 May 1940 and why was the number limited?
Answer: Only 7,669 troops were evacuated because the shallow waters and German Luftwaffe attacks limited operations.
Card 7
Question: Which forces were trapped around Dunkirk in late May 1940?
Answer: Allied forces of British, French, and Belgian troops were trapped by the Germans on the coast around Dunkirk.
Card 8
Question: What does BEF stand for?
Answer: BEF stands for British Expeditionary Force, the contingent of the British army sent to France in 1939.
Card 9
Question: Which larger conflict and which battle does the Dunkirk evacuation relate to?
Answer: World War II and the Battle of Britain (the quote referenced relates to the Battle of Britain context).
Card 10
Question: Who made the famous quote, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”?
Answer: Winston Churchill.