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RE: Next quiz - 3/22/2011 12:56:43 AM   
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something tells me that it is a minor country plane .... Fokker D.XXI

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RE: Next quiz - 3/22/2011 1:49:42 AM   
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I can't be bothered to read all 68 pages of this (though I did get through 10 or so) so sorry if these have already been asked.

1. What two US submarines were confirmed to have sunk themselves?

2. What US submarine hit its target with 13 of 13 torpedoes and failed to sink its target?

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RE: Next quiz - 3/22/2011 3:08:49 AM   
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1. One of them was USS Tang 'cuz I asked that somewhere between page 11 and 67.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/22/2011 5:12:53 PM   
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Oops!   USS Tang is correct though it is the better known of the two because of her famous commander.  Any idea on the other?

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RE: Next quiz - 3/22/2011 5:50:55 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

I have been going crazy the past couple of days trying to remember what the Germans called their units that got cut off during the Russian winter offensive 1941-1942. Hitler labeled it a tactic and insisted on it being used throughout the long retreat from Stalingrad.

I assume that virtually all of you know the answer to this (even some remote part of my brain does I am sure).


Thay were called "Strong points".

Example: Originally Rommel confided that the invasion could occur as early as late-May and he remarked to the assembled garrison at strong point Wn.62 that “this section of the coast resembles the Bay of Salerno in Italy and there fore we should be on special guard against hostile landings!” Allied troops landed in the Bay of Salerno in September 1943. -SB

The 352nd Infantry Division at Omaha Beach


A company, along with C company of the 1st Battalion South Lancs, would attack and eliminate the Strong Point Cod. This consisted of: One 75mm gun, two 50mm anti-tank guns, three 81mm mortars, a 37mm gun and 5 machine gun posts.

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By late 1944, the German position on both the Eastern and Western Fronts was steadily crumbling. On June 22, 1944 (the third anniversary of the German invasion of Russia), the Russians broke through two strong points in the German line and surrounded 40 divisions known as Army Group Center.

FC136: World War II in Europe (1939-45)


Could you be thinking of Kampfgruppe?

A combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the German Wehrmacht and its allies during World War II and, to a lesser extent, in World War I.


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RE: Next quiz - 3/22/2011 7:14:10 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

quote:

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

I have been going crazy the past couple of days trying to remember what the Germans called their units that got cut off during the Russian winter offensive 1941-1942. Hitler labeled it a tactic and insisted on it being used throughout the long retreat from Stalingrad.

I assume that virtually all of you know the answer to this (even some remote part of my brain does I am sure).


Thay were called "Strong points".

Example: Originally Rommel confided that the invasion could occur as early as late-May and he remarked to the assembled garrison at strong point Wn.62 that “this section of the coast resembles the Bay of Salerno in Italy and there fore we should be on special guard against hostile landings!” Allied troops landed in the Bay of Salerno in September 1943. -SB

The 352nd Infantry Division at Omaha Beach


A company, along with C company of the 1st Battalion South Lancs, would attack and eliminate the Strong Point Cod. This consisted of: One 75mm gun, two 50mm anti-tank guns, three 81mm mortars, a 37mm gun and 5 machine gun posts.

East Yorkshire Regiment Living History Group


By late 1944, the German position on both the Eastern and Western Fronts was steadily crumbling. On June 22, 1944 (the third anniversary of the German invasion of Russia), the Russians broke through two strong points in the German line and surrounded 40 divisions known as Army Group Center.

FC136: World War II in Europe (1939-45)


Could you be thinking of Kampfgruppe?

A combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the German Wehrmacht and its allies during World War II and, to a lesser extent, in World War I.


Hedgehog was the term I was trying to remember.

This is for the AI Opponenet nomenclature.

When contesting a Land Region, hex control and the presence of friendly and enemy units can be assessed as:

1 - Theirs: enemy controls all hexes in the LR.
2 - Cleanup: no enemy units present in the LR but some hexes are enemy controlled.
3 - Consolidate: isolated enemy units present in the LR.
4 - Eliminate: enemy has a bridgehead in the LR.
5 - Conflict: both sides have units in the LR.
6 - Bridgehead: 'we' have a bridgehead in the LR.
7 - Hedgehog: 'we' have isolated units in the LR.
8 - Partisans: 'we' have no units present, but still control some hexes.
9 - Ours: we control all hexes in the LR.

It's possible that there might be a mix of some of these. For instance, in advancing into Eastern Poland, there could be a mix or 2/3/4.

There is also the relationship of adjacent LRs to take into consideration. At the start of the war, Germany would have a status of Ours in Germany and Theirs in Poland.

But for now, I just wanted to establish a quasi scale for the AIO tactical decision making.

[I apologize for this being off-topic. If you want to continue this discussion, please use one of the thread on the AIO, or start a new thread.]

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RE: Next quiz - 3/22/2011 7:27:02 PM   
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Not the Fokker michaelbaldur.

-More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/22/2011 8:22:19 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets


quote:

ORIGINAL: flipperwasirish

All I can think of is Hedgehog.

Thanks.

You are welcome.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/23/2011 9:37:42 AM   
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quote:

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Not the Fokker michaelbaldur.

-More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.

Warspite1

ezz, can I ask that you repeat all the clues when you add a new one in case, as has happened here, there is a big gap between the clues? Thanks.


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RE: Next quiz - 3/23/2011 3:33:56 PM   
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I am a planes in flames counter.

- More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.
- Axis aircraft
- Has night fighter designation on the counter but was never intended as such.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/23/2011 9:19:33 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: ezz

I am a planes in flames counter.

- More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.
- Axis aircraft
- Has night fighter designation on the counter but was never intended as such.


JU88-G

Edit: Those things were vicious. They'd fly parallel to the Allied bomber formation, throw open a side door, and blaze away with a gatling-gun style cannon. An early version of Puff the Magic Dragon but anti-air, not anti-ground.

< Message edited by paulderynck -- 3/23/2011 9:25:10 PM >


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RE: Next quiz - 3/23/2011 10:58:19 PM   
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Not the JU-88

I am a planes in flames counter.

- More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.
- Axis aircraft
- Has night fighter designation on the counter but was never intended as such.
- This disappointing twin engine plane was the successor to another long range fighter. However the replacement was so poor that the original long range fighter was forced to stay in production throughout the entire war.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/23/2011 11:37:49 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: ezz

Not the JU-88

I am a planes in flames counter.

- More of this plane was built abroad under licence than in the home country
- Conceived in 1937, first prototype was in 1939, but production didn't begin until 1943.
- Axis aircraft
- Has night fighter designation on the counter but was never intended as such.
- This disappointing twin engine plane was the successor to another long range fighter. However the replacement was so poor that the original long range fighter was forced to stay in production throughout the entire war.

Me210 !

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RE: Next quiz - 3/24/2011 1:58:26 AM   
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Me 210 is the right answer.

Willy Messerschmitt had trouble with sequels. The Me210, Me209 and Me309 all being failures.

Most Me210s were built in Hungry. About 250 production in total. Many never saw any action being used for spare parts for the Me410.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 4:51:19 AM   
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so why do I have to draw all those dang 210s and 410s to get my jet fighters, dang it!

actually I like that bit of the WiF design. you win some, you lose some.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 7:42:25 PM   
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Okay, another change of tack.

Which WIF (all options in play) land unit am I?

- I am an army unit and have a counter in WIF

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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 8:14:58 PM   
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so it is a Russian or Chinese army ...

not enough information


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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 8:23:54 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

so it is a Russian or Chinese army ...

not enough information

Warspite1

Ugh?

This is the same format as always from me - five clues, each one making the answer clearer than before. The first clue is essentially a lucky guess - nothing more, nothing less......



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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 8:41:37 PM   
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Which WIF (all options in play) land unit am I?

- I am an army unit and have a counter in WIF
- This famous corps counter appears in the force pool of the country concerned two years after this unit was formed in real life.



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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 9:03:06 PM   
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a long shot ...

British royal marine corps


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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 9:22:48 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

a long shot ...

British royal marine corps

Warspite1

Not the RM corps.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 10:04:45 PM   
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Which MWIF counter am I?

1) One of my aircraft sunk an U-boat early in WWII.

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RE: Next quiz - 3/25/2011 11:43:33 PM   
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Was it Warspite?

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RE: Next quiz - 3/26/2011 12:04:55 AM   
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ORIGINAL: ezz

Was it Warspite?

Of course it was Warspite.

The Grand Old Lady deserves to be mentioned here a few times.




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RE: Next quiz - 3/26/2011 12:37:22 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Orm

quote:

ORIGINAL: ezz

Was it Warspite?

Of course it was Warspite.

The Grand Old Lady deserves to be mentioned here a few times.




Warspite1

She does indeed Orm - btw, did I ever mention I am a big fan of hers?

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RE: Next quiz - 3/26/2011 3:01:19 AM   
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What fighter am I

shot down more planes than any other plane in history

Was made in large numbers

the last types made would do over 450mph.

first flew in 1934

Tigercub


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RE: Next quiz - 3/26/2011 6:21:56 AM   
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ORIGINAL: tigercub

What fighter am I

shot down more planes than any other plane in history

Was made in large numbers

the last types made would do over 450mph.

first flew in 1934

Tigercub


Me 109

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RE: Next quiz - 3/26/2011 8:19:00 AM   
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P-38
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ORIGINAL: tigercub

What fighter am I

shot down more planes than any other plane in history

Was made in large numbers

the last types made would do over 450mph.

first flew in 1934

Tigercub


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RE: Next quiz - 3/26/2011 8:19:04 AM   
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Which WIF (all options in play) land unit am I?

- I am an army unit and have a counter in WIF
- This famous corps counter appears in the force pool of the country concerned two years after this unit was formed in real life.
- WIF has me designated as an armoured corps, although in most of my campaigns and battles I was largely (and in some cases, entirely) an infantry corps.




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RE: Next quiz - 3/26/2011 8:24:26 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: tigercub

What fighter am I

shot down more planes than any other plane in history

Was made in large numbers

the last types made would do over 450mph.

first flew in 1934

Tigercub

Warspite1

1934?!?!

That was before the Spitfire, the Me109 etc etc - wow.

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