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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/1/2008 5:01:54 AM

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Going back to Victory - ( I think) she must be older than any US ship called Constitution�because she's older than the US Constitution!
Obviously I haven't checked because that would be a bad thing!

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No need to check - I can confirm that the Victory was launched in 176? - (she was old even at Trafalgar) meaning that Nelson`s famous flagship pre-dates the US constitution by about 20 years and the frigate USS Constitution by over 30 years.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/1/2008 8:37:45 AM

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Going back to Victory - ( I think) she must be older than any US ship called Constitution�because she's older than the US Constitution!
Obviously I haven't checked because that would be a bad thing!

Warspite1

No need to check - I can confirm that the Victory was launched in 176? - (she was old even at Trafalgar) meaning that Nelson`s famous flagship pre-dates the US constitution by about 20 years and the frigate USS Constitution by over 30 years.

176AD? So it's a trireme. Man, they don't make 'em like that anymore!

Cheers, Neilster

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/1/2008 10:10:57 AM

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The Victory is the oldest commissioned warship. The Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The Victory is permantly moored in concrete. The Constitution was under sail within the last couple of years.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/2/2008 12:23:46 AM

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I thought the ????? was in most wars ..????
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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/2/2008 5:19:23 AM

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I thought the ????? was in most wars ..????
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?????

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 4:54:59 AM

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The two worst single disasters in British maritime history - in terms of numbers dead - has been the sinking of the RMS Lancastria (a minimum of 4,000 believed dead) and the RMS Laconia (Over 3,000 dead) in 1940 and 1942 respectively. Apart from the fact that both losses were at the hands of the Germans (one was bombed the other torpedoed), what was the common denominator linking these two tragedies?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 5:23:30 AM

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Each ship was loaded with prisoners of war?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 8:05:43 AM

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Ok that's a interesting link between the two ships. But since I had to look it up I'll leave it for someone else.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 9:55:09 AM

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are the captain not suppose to go down with his ship ????

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 3:44:01 PM

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A few easy ones;

Q1: Two of the more reknowned German commanders came into Hitler's view after each writing a book (-let). Who were the commanders and what was the name of the books?

Q2: What led to the death of Patton?

Q3: What famous episode led to Patton not being given a command during "Overlord"?

Q4: What was mounted below the engine of the Stuka to make it strike the enemy with fear?

Q5: Whos idea was Operation Market Garden?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 4:31:01 PM

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1 Rommel - "Infantry Attacks" (A good read); & Guderian "Attention! Tanks" / "Acthung! Panzers" (I think that's the title, haven't read that one)
2 He fell off his horse and subsequently developed pnuemonia in the hospital?
3 He slappped a soldier suffering from shell-shock in a hospital, in front of the media. It was the 2nd such incident.
4 A siren.
5 Montgomery.

Who first said "A Bridge Too Far"?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 4:31:37 PM

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A few easy ones;

Q1: Two of the more reknowned German commanders came into Hitler's view after each writing a book (-let). Who were the commanders and what was the name of the books?

Q2: What led to the death of Patton?

Q3: What famous episode led to Patton not being given a command during "Overlord"?

Q4: What was mounted below the engine of the Stuka to make it strike the enemy with fear?

Q5: Whos idea was Operation Market Garden?

1. Rommel (Infantry attacks) and Guderian (Achtung Panzer). I thought Rommel came to Hitler's attention from being an adjutant or something though.

3. Abused (pulled a gun?) on a shell shock case.

4. Wind driven sirens called "the horns of Jericho".

5. Montgomery, although it may well have been suggested by one of his subordinates.

Cheers, Neilster

Edit: Bah! 36 seconds late.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 4:34:56 PM

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Who first said "A Bridge Too Far"?

I have Browning in my head. I think it was an American commander during the briefing for Market Garden.

Cheers, Neilster

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 4:56:45 PM

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I actually can't remember right now, on the 'Bridge' quote. But surely someone in this group knows for sure.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 5:25:28 PM

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Who first said "A Bridge Too Far"?

I have Browning in my head. I think it was an American commander during the briefing for Market Garden.

Cheers, Neilster

Browning was a british commander ... he commanded the first airborne corps ...in marked garden

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 6:30:57 PM

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1 Rommel - "Infantry Attacks" (A good read); & Guderian "Attention! Tanks" / "Acthung! Panzers" (I think that's the title,

"Acthung! Panzer!" is also a good read if you want to see the early ideas about tank warfare.

Q2: What led to the death of Patton?

still stands thou

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 6:34:40 PM

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I thought Rommel came to Hitler's attention from being an adjutant or something though.

Well he was placed in Potsdam (?) after WWI, but Infanterie Greift An became a huge success, and was what really made Hitler notice him.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 6:52:14 PM

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A few more for you guys to think about while I do some serious TV-watching

Q1: What was Hitler's first name (**trick Q**)

Q2: What led to the death of Patton?

Q3: While living in Vienna, Hitler made a living of painting postcards, what did these card depicture?

Q4: What WW2 national leader (self proclaimed) had a name that today has the meaning of "traitor"?

Q5: What is the shipdesign that had the most ships built?

Q6: What was Huff-Duff?

Q7: What was a Rommel Aspargus?

Q8: What top ranking Nazi parachuted into Scotland?

Q9: Who was the last person to recieve the "Blood Order"?

Q10: Who was head of the Abwehr untill 1944?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 7:51:17 PM

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Q1: Adolph

Q2: Patton died in a car accident after VE-Day.

Q3: The Vienna Cathedral(?)

Q4: Vidkun Quisling (Norway)

Q5: Liberty Ship

Q6: HFDF - High Frequency Direction Finding - radio triangulation to determine ship/UBoat positions

Q7: Poles used to impale gliders on the Atlantic Wall. (stripped tree trunks, NOT natives of Poland...)

Q8: Rudolph hess

q9: No idea

Q10: Admiral Canaris

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/3/2008 8:29:07 PM

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Q1 - WRONG! (and no, I am not after the spelling Adolf either)
Q2 - He did not die IN the accident, but from complications later on
Q3 - I'll allow that one, but any famous building in Vienna, not just the cathedral
Q4 - Correct
Q5 - Correct
Q6 - Correct
Q7 - Correct
Q8 - Correct
Q9 - nope, he was not named "No Idea"

Q10 - Correct

Q1+Q9 still remains

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/4/2008 8:01:22 AM

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Warspite1

The two worst single disasters in British maritime history - in terms of numbers dead - has been the sinking of the RMS Lancastria (a minimum of 4,000 believed dead) and the RMS Laconia (Over 3,000 dead) in 1940 and 1942 respectively. Apart from the fact that both losses were at the hands of the Germans (one was bombed the other torpedoed), what was the common denominator linking these two tragedies?

Warspite1

The answer is that the captain of both ships - the two biggest maritime tragedies remember - was the same person! Captain Rudolf Sharp survived the Lancastria but was to die on the Laconia. It is thought he intentionally went down with the Laconia.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/4/2008 8:02:36 AM

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A few more for you guys to think about while I do some serious TV-watching

Q1: What was Hitler's first name (**trick Q**)

Warspite 1

Q.1 Heil

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/4/2008 2:07:26 PM

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A few more for you guys to think about while I do some serious TV-watching

Q1: What was Hitler's first name (**trick Q**)

Warspite 1

Q.1 Heil

hehe no, not correct

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/4/2008 2:35:05 PM

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Q1 are you talking about Bing Hitler the comdian? or Vic Hitler in Hill Street Blues? or Eddy Hitler in Bottom?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/4/2008 3:47:16 PM

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Q1 are you talking about Bing Hitler the comdian? or Vic Hitler in Hill Street Blues? or Eddy Hitler in Bottom?

Nope, I'm talking about THE Hitler, German Fuhrer before and during WWII.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/6/2008 5:38:11 AM

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haven't looked up the Bridge quote yet, but plodding through the Churchill volumes led me to an actual WiF quiz question:

Which piece in World in Flames is initially assigned to the wrong home country?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/6/2008 7:54:07 AM

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haven't looked up the Bridge quote yet, but plodding through the Churchill volumes led me to an actual WiF quiz question:

Which piece in World in Flames is initially assigned to the wrong home country?

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There are a few in the naval dept.

The heavy cruiser Shropshire is shown as an Australian ship - but was only transferred to the RAN in 1942 due to the loss of HMAS Canberra.

HMNZS Achilles and Leander are shown as a New Zealand ships but the New Zealand navy did not exist in its own right until 1941. Prior to this, they were part of the New Zealand squadron of the Royal Navy. HMS Neptune was to have been transferred too but losses in the Med meant she could not be sent to New Zealand as planned. However she had aboard 150 New Zealanders when she was sunk in December 1941 - all of whom lost their lives.

HMNZS Gambia also started life as an RN ship and was transferred to the Kiwi`s early in her career. It too is shown as a Kiwi ship.

I have not checked for others - but these are the obvious ones.

All of which leads me to another question. Which was the only ship of the British Pacific Fleet to have been in the war from day one?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/6/2008 4:23:11 PM

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Warspite got more of them than I knew about. Dunno which HMS ship started in the Pacific fleet.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 10/6/2008 8:21:08 PM

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