Basic Recruit Training Course (BRTC) Practice Exam

Dunkirk was also known as which operation?

1940 Op Dynamo 1940 Op Overlord 1939 Op Dynamo 1942 Op Neptune

Correct Answer:

1940 Op Dynamo

Explanation:

Dunkirk’s rescue operation was given the code name Operation Dynamo. The British used this name for the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, in 1940, as German forces threatened the pocket of soldiers there. That’s why this option is the best fit: it directly links the Dunkirk evacuation to the Dynamo code name and the correct year. The other options point to different events: Operation Overlord was the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, with Operation Neptune being its naval component; a 1939 Dynamo name would be misdated, and a 1942 Neptune reference does not match Dunkirk.

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