Q.1
At the end of 1915 Field Marshal French, commander of British forces in France, was dismissed. Who was his successor?
  • General Byng
  • General Haig
  • General Wilson
  • General Hamilton
Q.2
Which Belgian town was the centre of four battles in the Great War, the second of which erupted in April 1915?
  • Ypres
  • Loos
  • Mons
  • Ostend
Q.3
Who was the French commander on the Western Front at this time?
  • Petain
  • Nivelle
  • Foch
  • Joffre
Q.4
In 1915 the new British air force came into its own. What was it called?
  • The Royal Air Force
  • The Royal Flying Corps
  • The Royal Air Corps
  • The Royal Aircraft Force
Q.5
In September 1915 British forces unleashed a new deadly weapon for the first time, which had already been used by the Germans on another occasion. What was this weapon?
  • Poison gas
  • Flamethrowers
  • Shrapnel
  • Machine-guns
Q.6
Which German army leader replaced Moltke in September 1914 as Chief of the German General Staff?
  • Falkenhayn
  • Hindenburg
  • Ludendorff
  • Groener
Q.7
The British force that arrived in France and Belgium during August 1914 consisted of almost the whole of the regular army, and numbered about 125,000 men. By what name was it known?
  • The British Task Force
  • The British Expeditionary Force
  • The British Spearhead Force
  • The British Relief Force
Q.8
A major battle started in Belgium in September What was its name?
  • Loos
  • The Third Battle of Ypres
  • Bruges
  • The Ardennes
Q.9
Which British politician was given the new post of Munitions Minister, tasked with increasing rapidly the supply of shells and other weapons to the forces on the ground in Northern France?
  • Herbert Asquith
  • Winston Churchill
  • David Lloyd George
  • Sir Edward Grey
Q.10
Which Belgian city held out for 12 days against the Germans' Schlieffen Plan advance, thus forcing first, alterations to the plan and secondly, its abandonment?
  • Namur
  • Brussels
  • Liege
  • Leuven
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