Commandos (United Kingdom) - Quiz
A) No. 3 Commando B) No. 6 Commando C) No.11 Independent Company D) The Royal Marines
A) Major-General Robert Laycock B) Winston Churchill C) Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Clarke D) Major Ronnie Tod
A) Norway B) French coast C) St Nazaire D) Guernsey
A) No British soldiers were injured B) Dudley Clarke C) Ronnie Tod D) Robert Laycock
A) 23 June 1940 B) 23 June 1944 C) 14 July 1944 D) 14 July 1940
A) No. 6 Commando and No. 11 Independent Company B) No. 3 Commando and No. 6 Commando C) No. 3 Commando and No. 11 Independent Company D) Only No. 11 Independent Company
A) It was a false alarm B) The barracks were destroyed C) The buildings were empty D) It was heavily defended
A) Operation Gauntlet B) Operation Ambassador C) Operation J V D) Operation Collar
A) Operation Aquatint B) Operation Jubilee C) Operation Chariot D) Operation Gauntlet
A) 1,000 B) 100 C) 5,000 D) 10,500
A) 12 B) 36 C) 57 D) 7
A) 7 B) 57 C) 36 D) 12
A) 12 B) 7 C) 36 D) 57
A) Operation Jubilee B) Operation Collar C) Operation Aquatint D) Operation Chariot
A) Operation Collar B) Operation Chariot C) Operation Ambassador D) Operation Aquatint
A) Dudley Clarke B) Ronnie Tod C) Winston Churchill D) Robert Laycock
A) The war was ending B) Lack of manpower C) The units were needed elsewhere D) Germans were strengthening beach defences
A) Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Vaughan B) The unit commanding officers C) The War Office D) Brigadier Charles Haydon
A) Lack of manufacturing capacity B) Losses in the Middle East C) Equipment was left behind at Dunkirk D) Strict rationing policies
A) Spean Bridge B) London C) Braemar D) Achnacarry
A) John Hunt B) Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Vaughan C) Frank Smythe D) Brigadier Charles Haydon
A) Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Vaughan B) Brigadier Charles Haydon C) Squadron Leader Frank Smythe D) Major John Hunt
A) 12 miles B) 5 miles C) 8 miles D) 20 miles
A) Returned to unit B) Discharged immediately C) Relegated to reserve D) Demoted in rank
A) Simulated B) Blank C) Training D) Live
A) A zip-line B) A small boat C) A swimming exercise D) A rope bridge
A) Braemar B) Spean Bridge C) Achnacarry D) Loch Arkaig
A) Charles Haydon B) Frank Smythe C) Charles Vaughan D) John Hunt
A) John Hunt B) Charles Vaughan C) Charles Haydon D) Frank Smythe
A) Urban warfare B) Desert combat C) Coastal raids D) Arctic conditions
A) Focusing on purely raiding operations B) Concentration on the assault infantry role C) Abandoning all joint training exercises D) Reducing physical fitness requirements
A) Intelligence gathering B) Deep sea diving C) Long-range sniper tactics D) Calling for naval gunfire support
A) 10,000 B) 5,000 C) 50,000 D) 25,000
A) Army Rangers B) Green Berets C) Airborne infantry D) Marines
A) Physical fitness B) Prior military combat experience C) Knowledge of map reading D) Officer status
A) Parachute operations B) Airfield construction C) Amphibious beachhead control D) Intelligence gathering
A) Nine B) Seven C) Eight D) Ten
A) Middle East Commando B) Miscellaneous Troop C) Small Scale Raiding Force D) Inter-Allied Commando
A) Royal Air Force B) Royal Marines C) Special Operations Executive D) Special Air Service
A) Miscellaneous Troop B) Inter-Allied Troop C) Arctic Troop D) Guards Troop
A) Six B) Eight C) Four D) Ten
A) Airfield defense B) Parachute operations C) Control of beachheads D) Intelligence gathering
A) 65 B) 50 C) 30 D) 100
A) Make airfields operational B) Intelligence gathering C) Small boat attacks D) Safe cracking
A) Miscellaneous Troop B) Royal Naval Commandos C) Small Scale Raiding Force D) Special Air Service
A) Fernando Po B) The Arctic Circle C) Germany D) The Middle East
A) Winston Churchill B) Clement Attlee C) Neville Chamberlain D) David Lloyd George
A) Defend the British coastline only B) Carry out raids against German-occupied Europe C) Provide logistics for the main army D) Capture enemy leaders
A) 1,000 B) 100 C) 250 D) 450
A) Roger Keyes B) John Dill C) Louis Mountbatten D) Robert Laycock
A) Royal Air Force B) Royal Navy C) Royal Marines D) British Army
A) 5-man B) 10-man C) 15-man D) 20-man
A) Three B) Four C) Six D) Five
A) 10 B) 7 C) 20 D) 15
A) 14 B) 20 C) 12 D) 17
A) December 1943 B) June 1944 C) December 1944 D) January 1943
A) Seven B) Three C) Fifteen D) Ten
A) 1944 B) 1943 C) 1941 D) 1942
A) Ross rifle B) Lee–Metford rifle C) Lee–Enfield rifle D) M1 Garand
A) Bren light machine gun B) Sten gun C) Lewis gun D) Vickers machine gun
A) Thompson B) Owen gun C) MP40 D) Sten gun
A) Colt 45 pistol B) Luger P08 C) Browning Hi-Power D) Webley Revolver
A) Walther P38 B) Colt 45 pistol C) Browning Hi-Power D) Webley Automatic
A) Thompson submachine gun B) De Lisle carbine C) Browning Hi-Power D) Sten gun
A) Scope B) Silencer C) Folding stock D) Bayonet mount
A) Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife B) BC-41 C) Kukri D) Mark I trench knife
A) PIAT B) 3-inch mortar C) 2-inch mortar D) Vickers machine gun
A) Bush hat B) Beret C) Tam O'Shanter D) Steel helmet
A) Bush hat B) Green beret C) Woollen cap comforter D) Tam O'Shanter
A) 1943 B) 1941 C) 1942 D) 1940
A) Woollen cap comforter B) Bush hat C) Green beret D) Tam O'Shanter
A) Leather hiking boots B) Rubber soled gym shoes C) Jackboots D) Heavy ammunition boots
A) Toggle rope B) Grappling hook C) Inflatable lifebelt D) Demolition cable
A) Bergan rucksack B) Denison pack C) Pattern 37 rucksack D) Canvas haversack
A) Battle jerkin B) SAS smock C) Denison smock D) Bush jacket
A) March 1941 B) December 1941 C) April 1943 D) September 1942
A) 370,000 B) 30,000 C) 216 D) 11
A) Lofoten Islands petrol dumps B) Glomfjord hydroelectric power plant C) Vågsøy Island factories D) German shipping near Haugesund
A) By motor torpedo boats B) By airplane C) By parachute D) By submarine
A) They were executed at Bergen-Belsen B) They reached Sweden C) They were captured again D) They returned to the UK via submarine
A) 18,347 men B) 370,000 men C) 30,000 men D) 216 men
A) Vågsøy Island B) Glomfjord C) Lofoten Islands D) Haugesund
A) Herm B) Jersey C) Guernsey D) Sark
A) 200 B) 12 C) 50 D) 140
A) Communication radios B) German codebooks C) Artillery pieces D) Maps of France
A) Guernsey B) Herm C) Sark D) Alderney
A) Herm B) Jersey C) Sark D) Guernsey
A) Twelve B) Two C) Four D) Seven
A) Sark B) Herm C) Jersey D) Alderney
A) Operation Dryad B) Hardtack 28 C) Operation Basalt D) Hardtack 7
A) They lost their codebooks B) The island was deserted C) They could not scale the cliffs D) The team walked into a minefield
A) Crete B) Cyprus C) Rhodes D) Sicily
A) German Luftwaffe B) Afrika Korps C) Italian army D) French Vichy forces
A) Parachute drop B) Naval bombardment C) Covering the withdrawal route D) Offensive assault
A) Bardia B) Algiers C) Rhodes D) Sphakia
A) 1000 B) 600 C) 179 D) 800
A) 221 B) 179 C) 600 D) 800
A) Sent to the Pacific B) Merged with the SAS C) Renamed to 2nd Commando Brigade D) Disbanded
A) Sicily B) Bardia C) Sedjenane D) Crete
A) Winston Churchill B) Thomas Peck Hunter C) Bernard Montgomery D) Anders Lassen |
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