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michaelbaldur -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/20/2012 10:05:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur famous battlefield. 1. it was a major defeat for that country Warspite1 Stalingrad good guess but no

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/20/2012 10:23:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur famous battlefield. 1. it was a major defeat for that country Warspite1 Stalingrad good guess but no Warspite1 Singapore

Extraneous -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/21/2012 8:45:25 AM)
Manila

Orm -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/21/2012 11:28:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur famous battlefield. 1. it was a major defeat for that country 2. most of the defending units were destroyed. 3. and the city was captured Kiev.

michaelbaldur -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/21/2012 7:06:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur famous battlefield. 1. it was a major defeat for that country 2. most of the defending units were destroyed. 3. and the city was captured 4. it was defended by commonwealth units

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/21/2012 7:54:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur famous battlefield. 1. it was a major defeat for that country 2. most of the defending units were destroyed. 3. and the city was captured 4. it was defended by commonwealth units Warspite1 Tobruk (though not sure about city status if it is)

michaelbaldur -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/22/2012 2:16:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur famous battlefield. 1. it was a major defeat for that country 2. most of the defending units were destroyed. 3. and the city was captured 4. it was defended by commonwealth units Warspite1 Tobruk (though not sure about city status if it is) correct.. what is a city then ..

patchogue -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/22/2012 5:50:28 PM)
Wikipedia describes it as a port city...so it must be true! In the England you need a city charter - normally associated with a cathedral but Cambridge is a city and doesn't have a cathedral.

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/22/2012 10:05:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur famous battlefield. 1. it was a major defeat for that country 2. most of the defending units were destroyed. 3. and the city was captured 4. it was defended by commonwealth units Warspite1 Tobruk (though not sure about city status if it is) correct.. what is a city then .. Warspite1 Good question. Even now, apparently, Tobruk has a population of only about 120,000. It just seems strange calling such a small place like that a city and not a town.

Orm -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/23/2012 12:11:28 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur famous battlefield. 1. it was a major defeat for that country 2. most of the defending units were destroyed. 3. and the city was captured 4. it was defended by commonwealth units Warspite1 Tobruk (though not sure about city status if it is) correct.. what is a city then .. Warspite1 Good question. Even now, apparently, Tobruk has a population of only about 120,000. It just seems strange calling such a small place like that a city and not a town. The concept of city versus town can be very confusing. City means different things in different countries. Just check out US on this wiki page... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City#United_States A lot of cities in USA with rather modest population. In those terms 120,000 people seem like a huge metropolitan city.

JeffroK -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/23/2012 9:50:16 AM)
Hardly a city A big white (painted) town, with a peacetime population of about 5,000 people, Tobruk lies at the end of a bay about one mile wide and two miles long. It was planned and built as a garrison town, for there can be no other reason for its existence in arid, treeless country supporting only a few camels, goats, and gazelles. Through the town runs the single bitumen road that crosses Cyrenaica. Written January 1942 by the Minister for Information, Senator the Hon. W P Ashley, as a tribute to the men who again honoured the name of ANZAC http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww2/anecdotes/tobruk.html

michaelbaldur -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/30/2012 6:06:46 PM)
battle field. 1. small town/village 2. in 1944

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/30/2012 6:42:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur battle field. 1. small town/village 2. in 1944 Warspite1 Imphal-Kohima

JeffroK -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/30/2012 11:16:53 PM)
Thats 2 towns, pick one only[:'(]

paulderynck -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (4/30/2012 11:52:39 PM)
Bastogne

michaelbaldur -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 12:47:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur battle field. 1. small town/village 2. in 1944 3. among the defenders there were paratroopers (not bastogne)

JLPOWELL -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 12:55:13 AM)
Sorry to be so late responding... See comments... quote: ORIGINAL: patchogue Language: one of the Native American languages Navajo so YES Commando raid: was it Telemark? No sorry pretty tricky involves swimming... Defence Plant: Oak Ridge or Los Alamos? No and No this was the MAIN nuclear facility not as famous but perhaps more secret... LOTS of Pu made here (essentially all of it). Code breaking - Bletchley Park YES!

JLPOWELL -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 12:57:39 AM)
For still unanswered ones...Hint involves 'swimming' quote: ORIGINAL: JLPOWELL What commando unit was based 'within sight' of its principal target for an extended period? And what was the 'Name' of its base of operations which remained undetected in plain sight?

JLPOWELL -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 12:59:57 AM)
For still unanswered ones...Hint nearly all US 'Poo' made here near a river and worlds largest (at the time) dam. quote: ORIGINAL: JLPOWELL One more... What was the huge (500+ square miles) defense plant established in 1943 where less than 1% of the 50,000 workforce knew what they were working on?

JeffroK -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 3:17:23 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JLPOWELL For still unanswered ones...Hint involves 'swimming' quote: ORIGINAL: JLPOWELL What commando unit was based 'within sight' of its principal target for an extended period? And what was the 'Name' of its base of operations which remained undetected in plain sight? The Italian Frogmen assaults on Gibraltar, from Tangier?

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 5:47:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur battle field. 1. small town/village 2. in 1944 3. among the defenders there were paratroopers (not bastogne) Warspite1 Monte Cassino

JLPOWELL -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 6:52:17 AM)
Italian Frogmen but from much closer a ship the Olterra was docked at Algeciras right across from Gibraltar was a covert base. The British suspected but had no evidence. "We never found any proof of the part played by the Olterra in this affair. From British Naval Headquarters on Gibraltar we could see, with the naked eye, the Olterra�s superstructure above the exterior mole at Algeciras. The possibility that the Olterra might be associated in some way with the attacks of human torpedoes did not escape us, but there was never the least visible evidence to suggest the actual nature of her participation..." [Borghese, Valerio (1995). Sea Devils: Italian Navy Commandos in World War II. Naval Institute Press. p 244] quote: ORIGINAL: JeffK quote: ORIGINAL: JLPOWELL For still unanswered ones...Hint involves 'swimming' quote: ORIGINAL: JLPOWELL What commando unit was based 'within sight' of its principal target for an extended period? And what was the 'Name' of its base of operations which remained undetected in plain sight? The Italian Frogmen assaults on Gibraltar, from Tangier?

JeffroK -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 7:01:02 AM)
The Brits made a bloody good movie on how they stopped them, wasnt made up was it??[:'(] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decima_Flottiglia_MAS

michaelbaldur -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 2:05:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur quote: ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur battle field. 1. small town/village 2. in 1944 3. among the defenders there were paratroopers (not bastogne) 4. most attackers where paratroopers

Walloc -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 2:09:26 PM)
Carentan.... Dunno if Peyton is a god, but he is now nearer to him/them with about a mile.....

michaelbaldur -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/1/2012 7:36:22 PM)
correct

Extraneous -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/13/2012 2:40:27 PM)
04/06/42 Submarine HMS Urge (17 N) returned to Malta from patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea, having sunk the Light Cruiser RN Giovanni delle Bande Nere, shelled a merchant vessel, and blown up what SIGNIFICANT mobile ground target?

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/13/2012 5:56:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Extraneous 04/06/42 Submarine HMS Urge (17 N) returned to Malta from patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea, having sunk the Light Cruiser RN Giovanni delle Bande Nere, shelled a merchant vessel, and blown up what SIGNIFICANT mobile ground target? Warspite1 I read once about a sub that was supposed to have destroyed a tank on shore! No idea if that is true or if the Urge was involved, but it fits your question so I will go with that.

Extraneous -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/14/2012 2:43:57 PM)
quote: 04/06/42 Submarine HMS Urge (17 N) returned to Malta from patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea, having sunk the Light Cruiser RN Giovanni delle Bande Nere, shelled a merchant vessel, and blown up what SIGNIFICANT mobile ground target? A tank would not be a SIGNIFICANT mobile ground target. This is the only clue I'm giving. There is an old myth that Mussolini make the them run on time.

warspite1 -> RE: OT - WWII quiz (5/14/2012 7:17:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Extraneous quote: 04/06/42 Submarine HMS Urge (17 N) returned to Malta from patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea, having sunk the Light Cruiser RN Giovanni delle Bande Nere, shelled a merchant vessel, and blown up what SIGNIFICANT mobile ground target? A tank would not be a SIGNIFICANT mobile ground target. This is the only clue I'm giving. There is an old myth that Mussolini make the them run on time. Warspite1 Well Mussolini made the trains run on time - but why a train would be significant and not a tank is beyond me [&:]

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