A QUICK QUIZ - WW2

[2nd of foot]

It came to me :idea: when talking to Crab that it may be fun to have a quiz. :D

10 points for a right answer. If you get it right you can post a question. :twisted: Subject must be WW2 39 - 45 and try to refrain from how many rivets were used on HMS Hood.

British and allied troops coloured everything Khaki brown as camouflage. They even had khaki toilet roles.

True or false :?:
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[BDL]

True

[2nd of foot]

well done
your go

[BDL]

Ok, who Commanded RAF Fighter Command's 11 Group during the Battle of Britain?

[2nd of foot]

Lee Mallory

[2nd of foot]

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, or i could look it up in the BofB site and get it right.

[2nd of foot]

edited because i did not read the question :oops:

[festamus]

Park.

[BDL]

Festasmus has it

[Dani]

Festamus, look forward to read your question! :D

[festamus]

Sorry this has taken a bit long:

Something with an American flavour this time I think. But staying with Air Force leaders.

The USAAF 8th Air Force had a Bomber Command and a Fighter Command.

Who was "Bomber" Harris' 8th AF opposite number, leading the 8th AF's Bomber Command?

EDIT: upon arrival in England in 1942.

[Sturmtruppen]

Park.

Park :D

[Gen. Sandworm]

Sorry this has taken a bit long:

Something with an American flavour this time I think. But staying with Air Force leaders.

The USAAF 8th Air Force had a Bomber Command and a Fighter Command.

Who was "Bomber" Harris' 8th AF opposite number, leading the 8th AF's Bomber Command?

EDIT: upon arrival in England in 1942.

General Spaatz ???

[festamus]

Close... but no cigar. At the time, I believe Spaatz would have been in chagne of 8th AF in it's entirety. I'll give you a further clue - when Spaatz moved upstairs, the man in the question did take over Spaatz's job in charge of 8th AF.

EDIT and he and Spaatz went waaaaaaay back.

[reiver]

Ira Eaker? or Jimmy Doolittle?
(ok, I'm kind of cheating with two bites of the cherry...is either one right? ) :)

[Gen. Sandworm]

Well if its just one then ill go with Ira Eaker

[festamus]

I think Gen. Sandworm has to get that one because your last guess was Jimmy Doolittle, not Ira Eaker. :P

Gen. Sandworm - over to you!

[reiver]

I think Gen. Sandworm has to get that one because your last guess was Jimmy Doolittle, not Ira Eaker. :P

Gen. Sandworm - over to you!
Fair comment :)

[Gen. Sandworm]

Since im going to Norway..............a Norwegian Question.

What was the name of the German Heavy Cruiser sunk by the Norwegians in the Oslofjord 9 April 1940?

[2nd of foot]

Since im going to Norway..............a Norwegian Question.

What was the name of the German Heavy Cruiser sunk by the Norwegians in the Oslofjord 9 April 1940?

The Blücher?

[Sturmtruppen]

Since im going to Norway..............a Norwegian Question.

What was the name of the German Heavy Cruiser sunk by the Norwegians in the Oslofjord 9 April 1940?

The Blücher?
yes,you´re right

[2nd of foot]

http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/tanks/gb/ligh/carr/03251.jpg

What is the vehicle and what is the weapon?

[BDL]

Bren Carrier/Universal Carrier

Some kind of Land Mattress for getting rid of mines?

[Walther]

Bren Carrier/Universal Carrier

Some kind of Land Mattress for getting rid of mines?

AFAIK, you are right! I wouldn't want to be the poor fatherless who has to cock all the PIATs :shock: :?
I tried it once with one, but didn't succeed (I almost broke my back, but there was probably a trick with it, which was not in the books about this weapon)

Jan

[LargeBrew]

I've got my dad( 73yr vintage ex BSM RA) on my shoulder at the moment ( he's stopping over after a night on the lash) and he agrees, He would rather cock a spaniel than cock a Piat ( still laughing at his own joke) and followed with, if God had meant him to cock Piats he would'nt have given him all those loverly 25 pounders. As he says it depends on weather you want to bother your target or bollock's it ( he is old and a disturbed odd ball but seems to know what he is talking about) .

[2nd of foot]

walther gets it for piat. as for its use i have no idea.

[Gen. Sandworm]

walther gets it for piat. as for its use i have no idea.

Its the Ghetto American-British version of the Katusha.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Anyhow Walter your question?

[Gen. Sandworm]

Well if Walter isnt going to post a question then I will and keep this going. Sorry to step on your toes Walter if you are debating the question.

On January 20th 1942........ 15 Nazi officials met on the outskirts of Berlin and the outcome of this conference was implemetation of the "Final Solution." What was the name of the Conference? Hint: Is also the name of the area.

[Bladensburg]

That would be the Wannsee Conference a major element of Robert Harris' book Fatherland and an excellent but chilling BBC drama (well worth watching).

My question (because I can't think of anything better at this time of night and half-cut): Name the regiment that the actor David Niven recommisioned into at the outbreak of war. It's not the HLI.

[Tubbyboy]

The Rifle Brigade, I believe... Wasn't he in the HLI previously but resigned his commission to go to Hollywood?

[LargeBrew]

Did'nt I see that picture on Pimp my Bren Gun Carrier

[South African Military]

Moving on, moving on, was Tubbyboy right?

[Bladensburg]

Yes. On both counts. He also later joined the Commandos as a recce squadron commander.

[Walther]

Well if Walter isnt going to post a question then I will and keep this going. Sorry to step on your toes Walter if you are debating the question.

On January 20th 1942........ 15 Nazi officials met on the outskirts of Berlin and the outcome of this conference was implemetation of the "Final Solution." What was the name of the Conference? Hint: Is also the name of the area.

Sorry, I wasn't around this weekend. My "Walther Mitty" living history group got hired as extras for a movie production (The story (what I picked up from the film people, I didn't read the script, I only did as I was told) is something about a group of Hitler Youths being observed at home, in school, and later close to the end of WW2 they get ordered by a pompous Waffen-SS Unterscharführer to defend a bridge over a canal at Osnabrück. The officer withdraws his regular troops after letting them wiring the bridge fort demolition, leaving 4 teenage boys armed with submachine guns to take on the British army. When the boys notice the British soldiers approaching, they get into an argument, one wants to cut the firing wires and is then shot by one of the others as a traitor. We were depicting a section of British army cautiously approaching the bridge, expecting resistance, but only finding the demolition charges and a dead Hitler Youth. It was interesting work, but due to the heat a bit demanding (wearing the old woolen uniforms plus all the equipment).

Jan

[Tubbyboy]

Yes. On both counts. He also later joined the Commandos as a recce squadron commander.

Cool, my question is:

Which Italian army officer was known as "The Butcher"?

[Sturmtruppen]

Yes. On both counts. He also later joined the Commandos as a recce squadron commander.

Cool, my question is:

Which Italian army officer was known as "The Butcher"?
i don´t have idea :? .

[Tubbyboy]

Think North Africa.

[Walther]

I can't remember the name, but wasn't he responsible for slaughtering Ethopian tribesmen armed with spears and muzzle loaders with poison gas as well?

Jan

[Tubbyboy]

Getting there Jan, the slaughter was not in Ethiopia, but he was CinC there at a later date.

[Walther]

Eritrea and Abyssinia wasn't, a Count something? I think he had some Aristocrat title.

Jan

[LargeBrew]

Would this be Graziani or some name similar.

[Gen. Sandworm]

Giovanni Messe

[JoseFrancis]

Which Italian army officer was known as "The Butcher"?

I know nothing about Italy and it's officers so I'l go with Mussolini. :P

I wouldn't be surprised if he had a nickname similar to "Butcher" since he was considered a person that brought bad luck. :wink:


Edit: By the way, I think Gen. Sandworm is correct. :roll:

[Tubbyboy]

Would this be Graziani or some name similar.

Entirely correct, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani. Next question please.

[LargeBrew]

Pulls shirt over head and runs around pitch

[Gen. Sandworm]

Pulls shirt over head and runs around pitch

Your question LargeBrew

[LargeBrew]

Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik, are famous for what ?

[BDL]

Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik, are famous for what ?

Shooting Heydrich in Czechoslovakia?

[LargeBrew]

Close enough BDL right man but wrong method.

[Tsolias]

For burrying what was left from the Chech ressistance with their attack? :roll:

[Walther]

The Sten gun they brougth malfunctioned (probably due to Jan Kubis having the buttstock removed to hide it under his coat, the end cap of the receiver is not strong enough to bear the load of firing without being supported by the buttstock latch), so they threw a grenade into Heydrich's car. Heydrich survived at first, but died a few weeks later of an infection from fragments of his car seat, which entered the wounds during the blast.

Jan

[Gen. Sandworm]

For burrying what was left from the Chech ressistance with their attack? :roll:

Good point Tsolias. They erased a couple of Chech towns from the map after that one.

So i guess its BDL's Question now.

[BDL]

What was the name of the Allied plans to invade Japan?

[Tsolias]

Operation Downfall

[BDL]

Correct Tsolias

[Tsolias]

Thanks BDL!
Now antother one.
Who's that words:
"We are used to saying that the Greeks fight like heroes, from now on we shall say that the heroes fight like Greeks."
Hint:It was during WWII

[South African Military]

Winston Churchill

[Tsolias]

Correct!
Your turn.

[South African Military]

I think there should be more of these quiz things.
So my question:

Who was the bloke who landed on DDay wearing white and who carried an old hunting rifle?

[Gen. Sandworm]

I think there should be more of these quiz things.
So my question:

Who was the bloke who landed on DDay wearing white and who carried an old hunting rifle?

Thats a bit vague. Do you mean the commando that showed up and met Erwin Rommel. If so George Lane. But im not sur WTF you are talking about so please explain.

[South African Military]

I think there should be more of these quiz things.
So my question:

Who was the bloke who landed on DDay wearing white and who carried an old hunting rifle?

Thats a bit vague. Do you mean the commando that showed up and met Erwin Rommel. If so George Lane. But im not sur WTF you are talking about so please explain.

well it was meant to be vague, but I guess its too hard then. So my revised one:

Who was the bloke who landed on DDay wearing white, who carried an old hunting rifle, and had a personall piper who piped while landing on the beaches.

That should do it! no excuses now.

[Tsolias]

Tha should be Lord Lovat.

[South African Military]

Tha should be Lord Lovat.

Correct!

[Dani]

Well done Tsolias!! :D :D
Off-topic: we should think about a reward system for people who answered correctly. :D

[Tsolias]

Thanks Colonel!
How 'bout a "knowledge" medal? :D

[Tsolias]

Apart from a beutifull Greek island what else is "Naxos"?
:shock:

[Kurt Panzer Meyer]

Naxos: Radar IIRC?

[Tsolias]

Sorry for the delay.
Kurt Panzer Meyer i think you're close.
Can you be alitle more specific about it?

[BDL]

Tsolias, was it the radar detector the Germans had?

IIRC they fitted it to their subs to help tham avoid destroyers and to their night fighters to tell them when Allied night fighters were tracking them.

[pdf27]

Tsolias, was it the radar detector the Germans had?

IIRC they fitted it to their subs to help tham avoid destroyers and to their night fighters to tell them when Allied night fighters were tracking them.
Bang on!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxos_radar_detector

[BDL]

In that case - which WW2 commander was known as "Smiling Albert"?

[Cuts]

Del Boy's uncle ?

[South African Military]

Albert Kesselring, hehe :arrow: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Albert_Kesselring.jpg

[BDL]

Well done SAM

[South African Military]

During WW2, merchants ships were constantly attacked and sunk by either German U-boats, ships, or from the air. A large percentage was done by the Luftwaffe, expecially the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor, and other planes. The Royal Navy did not have enough aicraft carriers to cover the many merchant ships and turned to desperate measures. A total of 35 merchant ships where reconfigured to fit a rocket-driven _______. 50 _____ were then reconfigured by General Aircraft for the merchant ships. This new idea was extremely risky for the _____, and were only operated by volunteers. The first battle and kill by a ______ was on August 3, 1941, where it destroyed a Kondor. During the two years these modified merchant ships were operating, 6 enemy planes were shot down.

The question is: What was the name of the modified merchant ships, and what was so special about the modification?

I hope that this one is not too hard. I left a few blanks where you will have just have to figure it out. If after a while you REALLY cant figure it out, then I will give you some hints.

[Dani]

Trolley for CAM (Catapult Armed Merchant Ships)?

http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/TheDevelopmentoftheCatapu.html

Quoted:
From the summer of 1941, some 35 cargo ships were fitted out as Catapult Armed Merchant Ships. ( CAM Ships. ) A rocket propelled trolley carried the aircraft on a catapult fitted in the bows of these ships. These 35 CAM ships made 175 voyages, 12 were sunk, and 8 catapult launches were made, 6 enemy aircraft were shot down by CAM launched fighters, and one Royal Airforce Pilot died.

[South African Military]

Trolley for CAM (Catapult Armed Merchant Ships)?

http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/TheDevelopmentoftheCatapu.html

Quoted:
From the summer of 1941, some 35 cargo ships were fitted out as Catapult Armed Merchant Ships. ( CAM Ships. ) A rocket propelled trolley carried the aircraft on a catapult fitted in the bows of these ships. These 35 CAM ships made 175 voyages, 12 were sunk, and 8 catapult launches were made, 6 enemy aircraft were shot down by CAM launched fighters, and one Royal Airforce Pilot died.

You got it! :D Most of these merchant ships used specially modified Hawker Hurricanes.

[Dani]

Here it is:
Brisk
Battleaxe
Alphabet
What do they mean?

[Dani]

Hint 1: They are codenames...

[South African Military]

Operation Battleaxe was the secound attempt to relieve Tobruk.
Operation Alphabet was when British troops evacuated Norway.
Brisk? I have no idea.

[Dani]

Good job S.A.M.!
Now I figure that "Brisk" was pretty unknown. Initially named Alloy, Brisk was a planned seizure of the Azores (planned in 1940- never happened).
So, I cancel my first codename and I ask you for a question. :D

[South African Military]

True or False

Erwin Rommel was charged with treason and he commited suicide.

[Gen. Sandworm]

True or False

Erwin Rommel was charged with treason and he commited suicide.

True he was forced to commit suicide or else he would be disgrased.

[South African Military]

True or False

Erwin Rommel was charged with treason and he commited suicide.

True he was forced to commit suicide or else he would be disgrased.

correct, on to you.

[Gen. Sandworm]

On November 11st 1940 the Italian Fleet was crippled by a British raid. 1. What was the name of the raid? 2. What effect did this have on the war out side of Europe?


1 Is the "real question" but 2 makes this raid very important later on.

[Tubbyboy]

On November 11st 1940 the Italian Fleet was crippled by a British raid. 1. What was the name of the raid? 2. What effect did this have on the war out side of Europe?


1 Is the "real question" but 2 makes this raid very important later on.

I know that it was at Toranto but I don't know of any other name for the raid (are you looking for a code name?).

I think that it had the effect of disabling the Italians in North Africa. Without their fleet they had no supply lines.

[BDL]

On November 11st 1940 the Italian Fleet was crippled by a British raid. 1. What was the name of the raid? 2. What effect did this have on the war out side of Europe?


1 Is the "real question" but 2 makes this raid very important later on.

The wider effect was showing the Japs that a raid by torpedo bombers on a fleet at anchor was possible, helping their planning of the attack on Pearl Harbour

[Tubbyboy]

On November 11st 1940 the Italian Fleet was crippled by a British raid. 1. What was the name of the raid? 2. What effect did this have on the war out side of Europe?


1 Is the "real question" but 2 makes this raid very important later on.

The wider effect was showing the Japs that a raid by torpedo bombers on a fleet at anchor was possible, helping their planning of the attack on Pearl Harbour

I didn't think of that, good point.

[Gen. Sandworm]

I know that it was at Toranto but I don't know of any other name for the raid (are you looking for a code name?).



The wider effect was showing the Japs that a raid by torpedo bombers on a fleet at anchor was possible, helping their planning of the attack on Pearl Harbour

Tubbyboy had the name I was looking for. BDL had the right answer to number 2. Since 1 was the "real question"...........Ill have to say Tubbyboy is next. I did want to point out that not only was this a succesful raid it had more of an impact than they could have possibly expected.

[Tubbyboy]

OK,

Straight facts here:

What was the first British aircraft in World War II to be armed with eight machine guns?

[LargeBrew]

Not an Aircraft buff but was it the Bristol blenheim

[Firefly]

The Hurricane - 8 x .303

[Tubbyboy]

The Hurricane - 8 x .303

Correct, over to you

[Firefly]

OK

What small modification did the Germans have to make to their Armour that invaded Poland in 1939, before the end of the campaign, and why did they have to do it?

[Hanz Lutz]

Put some pictures :wink:

[Firefly]

If I put some pictures it will be bloody obvious.

[Sturmtruppen]

If I put some pictures it will be bloody obvious.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Hanz Lutz]

Hihihi :lol: :lol: :lol:

[BDL]

Air recognition panels?

[Firefly]

Air recognition panels?

Very close...............................

[BDL]

Carrying a flag spread out across the rear decking?

[Hanz Lutz]

I don't know.

[Firefly]

Carrying a flag spread out across the rear decking?

Nope, you were closer last time......

[Sturmtruppen]

anti aircraft weapon/s ???

[Firefly]

anti aircraft weapon/s ???

Nope, on a scale of 1 to close thats about Stanley for you.

[Sturmtruppen]

anti aircraft weapon/s ???

Nope, on a scale of 1 to close thats about Stanley for you.
http://www.troutsoup.com/photos/albums/sillyshit/big_cup_of_shut_the_fuck_up.jpg

[BDL]

Radio that could talk to aircraft?

[Firefly]

Radio that could talk to aircraft?

Nah you were on the right track with your arial recognition panels.

[BDL]

Think I've got it - they stopped painting white crosses on the sides of their tanks because they made such good targets?

Remember reading it before, but I thought it had been done in the west, not Poland.

[Walther]

Applying Zimmerit paste to prevent magnetic hollow charges from sticking?

Jan

[Firefly]

Give that man a small silver star of encouragement.

Yes they painted large white crosses on their tanks, unfortunately for them the Polish forces had just recently taken delivery of some pretty good AT weapons. After a few days they re-painted smaller white crosses and then changed to dull yellow.

Aim for the big white cross Stanislav, you cant miss.....


Your up next I believe, its good when its ungoogleable init.

[BDL]

Applying Zimmerit paste to prevent magnetic hollow charges from sticking?

Jan

I think that was later on in the war wasn't it Jan? From what I've read they only started doing that after about 1942 when the Ruskies started using mag mines against them?

Firefly - that was a very good one, well done 8)

[BDL]

What was the name of the German plan to destabilise the UK economy by flooding the country with counterfeit £5 notes?

(as a clue - it was named after the guy who set the op up)

[Cuts]

The 'von Vorger plan' ?

[BDL]

The 'von Vorger plan' ?

Nope

[Tsolias]

Operation Bernhard?

[Cuts]

The 'von Vorger plan' ?

Nope

Ah din' tink sooo !
:wink:

[BDL]

Operation Bernhard?

Correct

Ah din' tink sooo !
Wink

I was going to put a funny answer to you, but they all either looked sarcy or weren't funny :P [/quote]

[Tsolias]

An outstanding pilot he was appointed Squadron Commander of Fighter Group 53 in 1944. Flying a ME 109 it is claimed he made 352 kills during the Second World War. In 30 months of fighting he flew 1,425 combat missions and was shot down sixteen times but was never wounded.
Who might that be?

[reiver]

An outstanding pilot he was appointed Squadron Commander of Fighter Group 53 in 1944. Flying a ME 109 it is claimed he made 352 kills during the Second World War. In 30 months of fighting he flew 1,425 combat missions and was shot down sixteen times but was never wounded.
Who might that be?

Erich Hartmann.

[Tsolias]

Correct!

[reiver]

OK,
Why was Georges Guingouin a significant WW2 figure?

[Tsolias]

For his part in the french ressistance?

[reiver]

For his part in the french ressistance?

"First man of the Resistance".
Exactly. Over to you, Tsolias.

[Tsolias]

Thanks.
Now an easy one.
Who might that be?
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/diveskin/who.jpg

[Dani]

Heydrich?

[Tsolias]

Nope.
Sorry i thought it was easy.
Here's a bit about him:

Born in Solingen, Germany on 19th March, 1906. When he was a child the family moved to Linz in Austria where his father became head of the city's streetcar company. At school he was bullied by the other children and accused of being Jewish.

He attended the Linz Higher Institute for Electro-Technical Studies before finding work as a salesman for a electrical firm. He began to take an interest in politics and in April, 1932 joined the Austrian Nazi Party.

[Dani]

Adolf Eichmann. (I know that Erwin could very easily answer to this :D )

And that's Heydrich:
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/7458/heydrich8de.jpg

Sorry Tsolias :oops: :oops:

[Tsolias]

Correct Dani!
They have the same nose!
:shock:

Over to you!

[Dani]

They have the same nose!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Eichmann's face was very well known to me but I don't remeber his name at the time!!

Now here's mine:
Very well known, born in Austria in 1908, arrested by US on 15th of May, 1945, died in Spain (under Franco's protection).

And it is a color picture!

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1826/vs7mm.jpg

[Tsolias]

Otto Skorzeny!

[Dani]

Fast, very fast!! :lol:
Good job Tsolias!

[Tsolias]

Thanks Dani.
Your not bad yourself!
Here's my question:
Who was Germany's only one-armed general in WWII?

[Dani]

General and not Feldmarschall ( :D )??

[Cuts]

A quick aside, but look at those two pictures again:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/diveskin/who.jpg

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/7458/heydrich8de.jpg

Is it me or aren't their noses a little...... well...... er...... Jewish ?
:D

[Dani]

Eichmann At school he was bullied by the other children and accused of being Jewish.


Well, the truth is out there... :lol:

[Tsolias]

General and not Feldmarschall ( :D )??

Err.. i think he was a general (at least he was in October 1943).

[Dani]

I have no clue!! :shock: :shock:

[Tsolias]

Ok I'll help:
He was born in Naumburg, Germany, on 29th October, 1880. He joined the German Army and in 1910 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served throughout the First World War and was seriously wounded and as a result lost his left arm.

Despite his disability, he remained in the army and in 1939 was promoted to colonel. He took part in the invasion of Poland where he was again seriously wounded. He returned to duty the following year and as commander of the 16th Motorized Division participated in the Western Offensive.

Promoted to major general he participated in Operation Barbarossa. A brave officer, he won the Knight's Cross (August 1941), Oakleaves (January 1942) and Swords (December 1942). He was at Stalingrad and was one of the senior officers evacuated from the front on 28th January 1943, when it was clear the German Army would be defeated.

In March 1943 he was now given command of 14th Panzer Corps and soon afterwards was sent to Italy. In July General Erwin Rommel sent him to Sicily.
Germany's only one-armed general in the Second World War, was placed in command of the 1st Panzer Army in October 1943. He was badly defeated by General Ivan Konev and the Red Army at Dniester in March 1944. Soon afterwards he clashed with General Erich von Manstein when he ordered him to stay north of the Carpathians. When Manstein was replaced by General Walther Model, he got his way and was able to retreat across the Dniester.

On 20th April 1944 Hube returned to Germany where Adolf Hitler personally awarded him the Diamonds. He was killed when his plane crashed while returning to the Eastern Front on 21st April 1944.

:D

[Dani]

Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube
http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generaloberst/HUBE_HANS.html

BTW You forgot to delete Hube on your post. :D

So please another question :D

[Tsolias]

BTW You forgot to delete Hube on your post. :D



:oops:

Dani please be my guest and post a question?

[Dani]

Dani please be my guest and post a question?

No way sir! :D
It was your fault and you have to repair it :D (No offense intended!)
So I look forward for your next question.
:D

[Tsolias]

Sir yes Sir!

Here it is:
Who was the man known as Devil of Rabaul ?

[South African Military]

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa

[Tsolias]

Indeed he was!

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa remains Japan's "Naval Ace of Aces". Known as the "Devil of Rabaul". Has been credited with well over 100 aerial victories by some sources and would then qualify as Japan's all-time "Ace of Aces". Formed part of the Tainan Ku's world famous "Ace Trio" along with Toshio Ohta and Saburo Sakai. Destroyed six Grumman F4F Wildcats over Guadalcanal on November 2, 1942. With the 203rd Ku, Nishizawa's flight of four Zeros escorted five other bomb-laden Zeros in the IJNAF's first official suicidal "Kamikaze" attack, destroying two of 20 intercepting Grumman F6F Hellcats on the mission of October 25, 1944 - The very next day of October 26th, Nishizawa was killed while a passenger on a Nakajima Ki.49 Donryu "Helen" Army Bomber transport aircraft that was shot down by intercepting Hellcats of VF-14 from the USS WASP. Funeral services for Nishizawa were delayed until December 2, 1947.

http://www.acesofww2.com/japan/Japan.htm


Your turn S.A.M.

[South African Military]

A picture: What was the name of this gun?

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1589/bl50053oa.jpg

[Tsolias]

BERGMANN MP- 18?

[South African Military]

BERGMANN MP- 18?

No. Should I give hints? I could have sworn there are some gun buffs around here...

[Dani]

BERGMANN MP- 18?

No. Should I give hints? I could have sworn there are some gun buffs around here...

:shock: :shock:
http://img288.imageshack.us/img288/7079/bergmannsmg0uz.jpg
Bergmann MP18/1

http://www.winterwar.com/Weapons/FinSmallArms/FinAutomatics.htm#BERGMANN

I'm afraid that Tsolias is right! :D

It is the same submachine gun!!

[Firefly]

Is it the Finnish one? Dont know the name!

[Dani]

Quoted from the site posted earlier:

THE GERMAN 7.65 mm and 9.00 mm MP/18-1 BERGMANN MACHINEPISTOL

The designer Hugo Schmeisser, working in Theodor-Bergmann arms factory invented in 1916 a new type of weapon, the MP/18-1 machinepistol, which were developed for the German Army until 1918. Because of the Versailles peace treaty the Germans had to end their machine pistol manufacturing.
In 1920 Bergmann sold his machinepistol license to SIG-arms, which is still a Swiss arms manufacturing company. SIG started to sell it in different calibers with small improvements.
The Finnish Civil Guard ordered, in 1921, 1 000 SMG's. By 1932 the Civil Guard had 1 415 Bergmanns.
Until 1939, the Bergmanns were used for training by the Civil Guard. A few dozen were converted to 9 mm for test purposes.
In Winter War, the Bergmanns were issued to infantry combat units. In the "Continuation War" 1941 - 44, these weapons were first held by coastal forces, but were later returned due to rare caliber, to the Home Front.
End quote
It was used by the Finish Army during Winter War.

[South African Military]

eh what the hell, seems like someone copied someone :D

I was looking for the British WWII Lanchester SMG. wait.... someone did copy!!!

From Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanchester_SMG

With no time to spare for the development of a new weapon it was decided to adopt a direct copy of the German MP28, examples of which were at hand for the necessary copying.

hehehe, so looks as if I picked a bad gun for a quiz :D sorry, should of done more research :D :oops:

well heres a pic of the Mp-28
http://www.battlefront.co.nz/images/newbpics/swed-bergmann-smg.jpg

edited to include picture.

[Tsolias]

OK S.A.M ask again or give us the winner.
:evil:

[South African Military]

OK S.A.M ask again or give us the winner.
:evil:

hehehe, ok.

Who is considered the father of the tank?



btw Tsolias, I sent you a Privat message.

[Tsolias]

Shattuck?

[Hanz Lutz]

I think Roebling Family they are build first tank.

[Tsolias]

Yes they did the first ampivious (spel?) .

[Firefly]

Mr Tritton?

[Hanz Lutz]

Yes they did the first ampivious (spel?) .

Ok

[Cuts]

Reference SAM's question, the SMG pictured was indeed the Lanchester.

There are a number of differences to the Bergmann, the most noticeable being the brass mag housing, the Enfield bayonet mount, the protected front sight and the typically Enfield butt.

One could argue that they are the same, but then all blowback SMGs will therefore be Bergmanns !


http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1589/bl50053oa.jpg
http://www.battlefront.co.nz/images/newbpics/swed-bergmann-smg.jpg

[South African Military]

The guy im looking for, is not the first guy to invent the tank, but the first guy to see the purpose and potential of it, and thus put it in the battlefield.

[Tsolias]

Richard Edgeworth?

[South African Military]

nope. Hint: He was in the British military and also designed tanks.

[BDL]

Col Swinton

[Gen. Sandworm]

Engelbert Humperdink :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Crab_to_be]

Captain Basil Henry Liddell Hart

[South African Military]

Col Swinton

Correct! :)

[Cuts]

Engelbert Humperdink :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Now are really being serious ?
:wink:

[LargeBrew]

Bollocks, I knew that one but was to busy posting on another thread keep up.

[BDL]

What port was the Lancastria sank at, giving Britain her worst ever maritime disaster?

[South African Military]

St Nazaire?

[BDL]

Correct SAM

[South African Military]

What were Winston Churchills famous words when talking about the S.O.E.

[BDL]

Don't know the whole speech, but "set Europe ablaze"?

[South African Military]

Don't know the whole speech, but "set Europe ablaze"?

thats it!

[BDL]

Mine again then - name the Captain of the Tirpitz

[South African Military]

err I got a website that states more than one captain. What time period?

[Bluffcove]

Karl topp

[South African Military]

Feb 1941-Feb 1943: Captain Karl Topp.

Feb 1943-May 1944: Captain Hans Meyer.

May 1944-Nov 1944: Captain Wolf Junge.

Nov 1944: Captain Robert Weber.

http://www.kbismarck.com/tirpitz.html

[BDL]

Sorry, thought there'd only been one :oops:

Your question Bluff

[Bluffcove]

entirely off-topic, but that has never stopped us before!!!!!!

inspired by the "barbarian" comments in minstix post.

What is the origin of the word "beserk" and with it "beserker" please embelish your answer with a suitably graphic account of Beserk behaviour.

http://www.geowproctor.com/fantasy/warrior.jpg

[Walther]

Berserk means a bear skin jacket.
Certain Viking warriors would get mad during battle and loose total control of themselves, attacking without fear.

Jan

[Bluffcove]

Yes Ill give you that, I understood that they wore Bear-Shirts, and frequently of recently killed bears.A Fur and blood covered Madman carrening around the battle field frequently irregular troops unleashed onto a battlefield in a melee, to butcher and clear out enemy positions after the completion of hte first phases of "organised" conflict

The Bear-Shirters, became Beserkers.

Jan your turn

[Walther]

Ok, here is my question:

What is a Hooverville?

Jan

[pdf27]

Ok, here is my question:
What is a Hooverville?
Jan
Cardboard shanty town in the US during the great depression, usually full of unemployed men. Named after US President Herbert Hoover.
And all without using google ;)

[2nd of foot]

It was a village/town set up to house people who had been evicted during the depression in the US.

edited at 1748 to say bugger

[Walther]

PDF27, You've got it. :D
It's your turn now!

Jan

[pdf27]

Yet another photo quiz - sorry I can't be bothered to think of a proper question.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7905/quiz24qm.jpg
So what is it then?

[StalingradK]

A Soviet copy of the B-29?

[Walther]

To me it looks a bit like the jet version of the Avro Tudor.

Jan

[pdf27]

No and no. Glad to see it's somewhat harder than the last two which were guessed immediately (very impressed with Erwin for getting the prone pilot Meteor, unless he traced the image back).
The Soviet B-29 knock-off was the Tu-4 Bull, which looked practically identical to the B-29 and a photo of it can be found here (http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/ru_monino_aircraft_tu4_02.jpg).

[South African Military]

No and no. Glad to see it's somewhat harder than the last two which were guessed immediately (very impressed with Erwin for getting the prone pilot Meteor, unless he traced the image back).
The Soviet B-29 knock-off was the Tu-4 Bull, which looked practically identical to the B-29 and a photo of it can be found here (http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/ru_monino_aircraft_tu4_02.jpg).

Ya I think he traced it back :wink:

I have no idea, I think we need some hints :wink:

[Firefly]

Short Sperrin

http://www.apda61.dsl.pipex.com/Av4/Sperrin.jpg

[StalingradK]

No and no. Glad to see it's somewhat harder than the last two which were guessed immediately (very impressed with Erwin for getting the prone pilot Meteor, unless he traced the image back).
The Soviet B-29 knock-off was the Tu-4 Bull, which looked practically identical to the B-29 and a photo of it can be found here (http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/ru_monino_aircraft_tu4_02.jpg).
Thanks

[2nd of foot]

I thought it looked like an early Canberra.

[pdf27]

I thought it looked like an early Canberra.
It's at about the same technical level, but substantially larger. It was the backup to the backup to the two aircraft designs competing to fulfil the V-bomber requirement, and fortunately never got past the first two prototypes.
All yours Firefly...

[Firefly]

That was a hard one.

When you give these my first thing is to think about how the aircraft looks, Usually the same designers ac look slightly similar. High wings etc. i initially though this was a Vikers design (similar to the Valiant) and it took me ages to track it down.




My question then, and you know I like to try and make them ungooglable.


This should be an easy one:

Who is the 1st official death on the allies side in OP Overlord, and for a bonus what was his favourite sport.

[Dani]

Brigadier-General Don Pratt - 101st Airborne - 6th June, 4am, glider accident I'd say.

[Firefly]

Brigadier-General Don Pratt - 101st Airborne - 6th June, 4am, glider accident I'd say.

nope, about 4 hours late id say

[Dani]

Damn, it was a British Commando I'd say... :D

[Walther]

Probably one of the Oxs & Bucks at the Orne bridges.

Jan

[Dani]

Lt. Den Brotheridge - 6th Airborne
No clue about sport (criquet?? :oops: )

[Firefly]

Lt. Den Brotheridge - 6th Airborne
No clue about sport (criquet?? :oops: )

yes, you got it. He was originally a semi-proffesional footballer and he was like major Howard promoted from the ranks.

He was married and expecting his first child and it was reckoned that after the war he had a career as a professional footballer in front of him.

As he crossed Pegasus bridge he was hit in the neck and died soon afterwards.

Some of the other officers thought he was a bit strange as in the evening he would go and chat with his lads about football.

Sad story really, but your up next dani.

[Dani]

Sad indeed, Firefly!

Back on question, please name the planes with the following nicknames:

Schwarzer Todt (given by Germans)
Tante Ju (given by Germans)
Fokker (given by Russians)
Kukuruznik (given by Russians)

[Hosenfield]

http://www.vho.org/VffG/2001/3/Image37.jpg

who is the man pointing at the map?where is his location?

[Dani]

Hosenfield have patience!! :D
Before posting a new question, you should answer at previous one.

Check "rule" at:http://www.ww2incolor.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=11034#11034

[Hosenfield]

http://www.panzercampaignsclub.com/images/pz_lehr.jpg

what unit is this man from?

[Hosenfield]

tante ju is the ju-52
Soviet Fokker D.VII for fokker

Polikarpov U 2 / Po 2 Kukuruznik

[Dani]

http://www.vho.org/VffG/2001/3/Image37.jpg

who is the man pointing at the map?where is his location?

Easy to track back:
Jochen Peiper during the Ardennes campaign.
Hint: Save the picture on your hard-disk, rename it and upload it through www.imageshack.us or any other servers.

Edited: from http://www.vho.org/VffG/2001/3/Moncrief279-292.html

[Dani]

tante ju is the ju-52
Soviet Fokker D.VII for fokker

Polikarpov U 2 / Po 2 Kukuruznik

JU 52 - right
Po 2 - right
Fokker - wrong

[Dani]

http://www.panzercampaignsclub.com/images/pz_lehr.jpg

what unit is this man from?

As previous tracking, Panzer-Lehr:
http://www.panzercampaignsclub.com/ax/PzLehr.html

[Dani]

So, Hosenfield two more planes to name ....

[BDL]

Fokker - Fw-190?

[Dani]

Right, BDL. :D
One more plane...

[Bluffcove]

guys try to hide the source of the photo if you can.............. Im finding myself very tempted to cheat on some of these.

[Dani]

Still one more plane missing...
Hint (joke): as you probably understand it is a russian plane.

[pdf27]

Still one more plane missing...
Hint (joke): as you probably understand it is a russian plane.
Il-2 Sturmovik, the most produced aeroplane in the history of the world...

[Dani]

You got it, pdf27!
Hosenfield got 2 answers but he already posted 2 "quiz".
BDL got 1 answer,
pdf27 got 1 answer.
In this case either BDL or pdf27 could ask.

[BDL]

I'll stick one on, since pdf27 hasn't.

Who is the guy in the middle, wearing the hat?

http://www.hikokiwarplanes.com/images/webscans/comp_condor.p84_137.jpg

[Dani]

"With a Ju 52 waiting in the background, Werner Mölders gets ready to climb aboard for his trip back to Germany. The bottle he is being offered is
probably `aniseta’, one of the favourite alcoholic beverages of the German soldiers in Spain."

http://www.hikokiwarplanes.com//competition_previous.php

Please BDL, save the pics on your HDD, rename it and upload it!!

Track back!!

I have no clue who is Werner Molders... :oops:

Another one please!

[pdf27]

I have no clue who is Werner Molders... :oops:
First guy in history to score 100 kills, among other things...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Mölders

[BDL]

"With a Ju 52 waiting in the background, Werner Mölders gets ready to climb aboard for his trip back to Germany. The bottle he is being offered is
probably `aniseta’, one of the favourite alcoholic beverages of the German soldiers in Spain."

http://www.hikokiwarplanes.com//competition_previous.php

Please BDL, save the pics on your HDD, rename it and upload it!!

Track back!!

I have no clue who is Werner Molders... :oops:

Another one please!

Sorry Dani, I was busy doing an assignment for work and din't have time to mess round saving to HDD, then uploading to a hosting site, then linking to here - I was relying on people having the integrity not to cheat :wink:

[Dani]

Sorry Dani, I was busy doing an assignment for work and din't have time to mess round saving to HDD, then uploading to a hosting site, then linking to here - I was relying on people having the integrity not to cheat :wink:
Cheats happened before :wink: . I thought (like on Hosenfield's questions) that is better to do myself this cheating instead of other ( :wink: ) and asking for another quiz.

Thanks pdf27. In that very moment I haven't any clue and I just wanted to embold that is very easy to cheat.

[Dani]

BDL, it is your turn! :D

[BDL]

Ok-

We all know the gold 'oscar' statues that are given out every year at the Academy Awards. What were they from during the war?

[Cuts]

Plaster of Paris.

(Well possibly Plaster of Pittsburg !)

[BDL]

Nope, not plaster

[Man of Stoat]

Brass?

[Tsolias]

Due to the metals shortage during World War II, Oscars were made of
painted plaster for three years. Following the war, all of the awarded plaster figures were redeemed for gold-plated metal ones.

[BDL]

Not brass or plaster

[Tsolias]

Well oscar.com clearly states plaster was used during that period :cry:

http://www.oscar.com/legacy/faq/02.html#Q9

[BDL]

The site I got if off said something else Tsolias. Suppose we'll have to go with the official site though.

Cuts - your question

[Cuts]

Nope, not plaster


I've tried Google but could only come up with this:

http://www.netfundu.com/oscar/Trivia.htm
Ninth paragraph. Not all Oscars look alike! In the 1930s, juvenile players received miniature replicas of the statuette; ventriloquist Edgar Bergen was presented with a wooden statuette with a moveable mouth; and Walt Disney was honoured with one full-size and seven miniature statuettes for his animated feature Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. During the II World War the Oscar statuettes were made of plaster in support of the war effort. After the war, winners exchanged their plaster Oscars for golden ones.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/06/1015365716226.html
Fifth paragraph.Parer said Australia's first Oscar was made in plaster because there was an acute metal shortage in the United States during the war. Plaster was used to make all Academy Award statuettes presented in 1943, 1944 and 1945, but only as a temporary measure. At war's end all recipients, including legendary stars such as Greer Garson and James Cagney, were instructed to return the plaster statuettes so that they could be replaced with normal Oscars.

http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~zbigniew/Periphery/No2/oscars.html
Fifth line down; composition.Britannia alloy, copper plate, nickel plate, gold plate (during the World War II years the Academy awarded plaster Oscars; win ners were later presented with the real thing)

http://www.helixcourier.com/newsletters/mess_mar02.htm
Academy Awards, March 25 - second paragraph.The Oscar, formally known as the Award of Merit of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was designed by sculptor George Standly. It depicts a man standing on a film reel and clutching a sword before him. The first Oscars were made of bronze but are now made of gold-plated britannium.

http://www.hollywoodgoldcontest.com/RedCarpet.asp
Tenth Paragraph, on the left of the second photograph. The statuette itself is very vulnerable and prone to breaking off above the feet if not held properly at the base, as the proud mesomorph Oscar© is top-heavy and tapers down sharply at his ankles. There once was a vulnerability of another kind, when the Oscar© was made from plaster due to the shortage of metals caused by World War II. Bing Crosby, winner for 1944’s “Going My Way,” was practicing his golf swing in his living room when he clipped his plaster Best Actor award on the mantle-piece and decapitated it. He, and all other winners of plaster Oscars©, was given metal awards after the wartime shortages were eliminated.

http://www.e0nline.com/Features/Awards/Oscars2002/Trivia/index5.html
22. During WWII, to conserve on materials, Oscar statuettes were made of plaster rather than tin, copper and gold plate. When the war was over, recipients of the plaster Oscars, including Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, were belatedly given the real thing.

http://www.ucfnews.com/global_user_elements/printpage.cfm?storyid=219911
A look at Oscar: War-time -During World War II, Oscars were made of plaster because metals were scarce. After the war ended and there was no longer a metal shortage, the plaster Oscars could be redeemed for a gold plated one.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/kevin.waller/kshock_3.htm
18. During WWII, to conserve on materials, Oscar statuettes were made of plaster rather than tin, copper and gold plate. When the war was over, recipients of the plaster Oscars, including Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, were belatedly given the real thing.

http://tejas.jigar.net/default.aspx?tabid=230&246Page=9&catid=3
Eighteenth bullet point.During World War II, Oscars were made of plaster instead of scarce metals. After the war ended and there was no longer a metal shortage, the plaster Oscars could be redeemed for a gold plated one.

http://64.78.155.72/features/reeltalk/feature.asp?ID=46
Halfway down:
TUCKER: And to view some of your fabulous photos! I can't help noticing you look just as shiny and solid in person. Gold is definitely your color. Have the statuettes always been made out of that precious metal?

OSCAR: Not during World War II. I did my part for the war effort then. All winners received plaster Oscars -- which they exchanged for the real thing after the war.

I don't often use Google, are these answers any good ?
:wink:

[BDL]

Git, just post your question :wink:

I obviously should have checked more than one site :oops:

[Cuts]

Who was 'Babs,' what did 'Babs' write and why was the subject, (and the author,) so important ?

Any additional gen you can come up with earns you Brownie point.
And points means prizes !

[Dani]

Any additional clues, maybe...? :wink:

[Cuts]

'Babs' had... err, well babs.
:wink:

[Bluffcove]

barbara cartland character in Little Britain wrote terrible Schmaltzy romantic bollocks, like wilbur smith but without guns or africa!

[Cuts]

Nice try, but get closer to WWII in Britain.

[2nd of foot]

As a complete shot in the dark is Babs the compiler of the times crossword who inadvertently use key codewords from D-Day in one of the cross words. Pluto, Overlord, Juno I think appeared in the work.

edited to add

or was it the cook book?

[Cuts]

Think photographs.

(That must have given it away !)

[Tsolias]

Constance Babington Smith?

[Bluffcove]

Connie Babs Smith,
"Evidence in Camera"
if Im not mistaken...........
Bluff

[Tubbyboy]

I think she was the Air Photo gal who found out about the V1s and V2s - amongst other things....

[Tsolias]

Constance Babington Smith :!:
She served in the WAAF during WW2 as an interpreter of aerial reconnaissance photographs, and was awarded the MBE and the American Legion of Merit for this work. She died in 2000. :evil:

[Cuts]

Well it's between Tsolias, Bluff and Tubbyboy.

Have to admit that the latter brought the last bit of the gen into the fray.
So it's Tubs unless you three are going into the ring about it...

Standby............ MILL !

[Tubbyboy]

I haven't really got time to think of a hard question. How about a nice easy picture quiz?

Name all of the people pictured below (mainly very easy with a couple of stinkers)...

Full names please.

http://www.photodump.com/direct/Tubbyboy/WWiipicquiz.jpg

[Gen. Sandworm]

Just of the top of my head.

1. Hitler
2. Some british dude. Bomber Harris maybe.
3. Truman
4. George C Marshall
5. Mussolini
6. F.D.R.
7. Josef Goebbals or however you spell it
8. Hirohito
9. Stalin
10. Montgomery
11. Either Petain or a really bad pic of Charles DeGualle
12. Thats tough........Hans Frank Maybe
13. Churchill
14. Eva Braun
15. Anne Frank
16. Rommel
17. Doris Day maybe
18. Himmler
19. Mountbatton........really not sure
20. Fucking hell...........Madonna.........lol

[Bladensburg]

19 - is Sir Hugh Dowding, RAF.

[BDL]

2 is Sqn Ldr Guy Gibson VC