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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 3:39:04 AM

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Q2: The "Congressional Medal of Honor" is a well known award. Are the following claims true or false?
a) WW2 saw the highest number of MoH's awarded if any armed conflict?
b) No persons were awarded the medal twice during WW2?

As the Americans handed these out with the rations in WW2, (In 3 Div you'd be stiff to miss out) does it mean as much as say the V.C?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 4:18:45 AM

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Q2: The "Congressional Medal of Honor" is a well known award. Are the following claims true or false?
a) WW2 saw the highest number of MoH's awarded if any armed conflict?
b) No persons were awarded the medal twice during WW2?

As the Americans handed these out with the rations in WW2, (In 3 Div you'd be stiff to miss out)�does it mean as much as say the V.C?

Given that fewer than 500 were awarded in both theaters of the war, I dispute the characterization that they were handed out with the rations.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 4:21:08 AM

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ORIGINAL: terje439

Ok, google-mode set to off then

Q1: The British submarine commander Jimmy Launders achieved two milestones in submarine warfare. What two feats did he and his crew accomplish? (The two are quite similar with a small but significant difference.)

Q2: The "Congressional Medal of Honor" is a well known award. Are the following claims true or false?
a) WW2 saw the highest number of MoH's awarded if any armed conflict?
b) No persons were awarded the medal twice during WW2?

Q3: The Doolittle raid was launched from which carrier?

Q4: The German counterattack in the Ardennes in the period Dec 1944 to Jan 1945 is often referred to as "Battle of the Bulge" in english, but what was its German codename?

Q5:Sepp Dietrich, the German commander, was not really named "Sepp", what was his real name?

Q2. I expect that the American Civil War saw more CMoH (assuming it existed then).

I am not sure if more were given out in the Civil War, but that war was the first one in which the medal existed. I remember a few years ago seeing a list of CMoHs from the Civil War that were revoked. Would that impact the answer?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 4:27:22 AM

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ORIGINAL: Mike Dubost

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

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ORIGINAL: terje439

Ok, google-mode set to off then

Q1: The British submarine commander Jimmy Launders achieved two milestones in submarine warfare. What two feats did he and his crew accomplish? (The two are quite similar with a small but significant difference.)

Q2: The "Congressional Medal of Honor" is a well known award. Are the following claims true or false?
a) WW2 saw the highest number of MoH's awarded if any armed conflict?
b) No persons were awarded the medal twice during WW2?

Q3: The Doolittle raid was launched from which carrier?

Q4: The German counterattack in the Ardennes in the period Dec 1944 to Jan 1945 is often referred to as "Battle of the Bulge" in english, but what was its German codename?

Q5:Sepp Dietrich, the German commander, was not really named "Sepp", what was his real name?

Q2. I expect that the American Civil War saw more CMoH (assuming it existed then).

I am not sure if more were given out in the Civil War, but that war was the first one in which the medal existed. I remember a few years ago seeing a list of CMoHs from the Civil War that were revoked. Would that impact the answer?

My guess is more were awarded for the Vietnam conflict.

(And I agree with you, the "rations" comment was not nice.)

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 8:32:59 AM

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Maybe we'll get the one handed out to MacArthur revoked?

In a number of cases, the MoH was handed out for instances well below the criteria expected, it was used as a morale builder and political tool.

The 3rd US Infantry Division managed to receive more MoH than the entire USMC (6 Divisions)

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 11:51:26 AM

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Q1 : That's a shot into the blue sky ! They were the first submarine to sink a submarine ? Once by deck gunfire and once by torpedo ?

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ORIGINAL: terje439

Ok, google-mode set to off then

Q1: The British submarine commander Jimmy Launders achieved two milestones in submarine warfare. What two feats did he and his crew accomplish? (The two are quite similar with a small but significant difference.)

Q2: The "Congressional Medal of Honor" is a well known award. Are the following claims true or false?
a) WW2 saw the highest number of MoH's awarded if any armed conflict?
b) No persons were awarded the medal twice during WW2?

Q3: The Doolittle raid was launched from which carrier?

Q4: The German counterattack in the Ardennes in the period Dec 1944 to Jan 1945 is often referred to as "Battle of the Bulge" in english, but what was its German codename?

Q5:Sepp Dietrich, the German commander, was not really named "Sepp", what was his real name?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 1:44:45 PM

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From JGN

Q2: The "Congressional Medal of Honor" is a well known award. Are the following claims true or false?
(a) WW2 saw the highest number of MoH's awarded if any armed conflict?
(b) No persons were awarded the medal twice during WW2?
A2: (A) False. The most is the United States Civil War. (B) True. No one was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor twice in WW2.

Q3: The Doolittle raid was launched from which carrier?
A3: USS Hornet (or as President F. D. Roosevelt told the press the Shangri-La).

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 1:48:28 PM

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I'm gonna sum it up as so many have responded since I placed these Qs;

Kaletsch is very close on Q1, they were indeed the first submarine crew to sink a surfaced submarine by torpedo, the other one is not correct. But part two is very close to this answer

Q2 - The highest ammount of MoH's handed out in an armed conflict was during the "ACW", and noone recieved the MoH twice during WWII.

Q3 - Hornet is correct

Q4 - Wacht am Rhein is also correct

Q5 - still stands

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 4:42:13 PM

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Q5 - still stands

Josef "Sepp" Dietrich

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 4:47:25 PM

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To add to the Medal of honor distribution discussion.

By conflict

Civil War 1,522
Indian Wars 426
Korean Expedition 15
Spanish-American War 110
Samoan Civil War 4
Philippine-American War 86
Boxer Rebellion 59
Mexican Expedition 56
Haiti (1915�1934) 8
Dominican Republic Occupation 3
World War I 124
Occupation of Nicaragua 2
World War II 464
Korean War 133
Vietnam War 246
Battle of Mogadishu 2
Iraq War 4
Afghanistan War 1
Peacetime 193
Unknowns 9

Kind regards,

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P.S Disclaimer: Purely my personal opinion. Considering the number of ppl involved or lack there of, killing indians seems/seemed the "easiest" way to get a MoH.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 7:25:22 PM

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To add to the Medal of honor distribution discussion.

By conflict

Indian Wars 426 The french indian wars?
Samoan Civil War 4 What is that?
Philippine-American War 86 I am mixed up i tought it was with the spanish-U.S. war?
Boxer Rebellion 59 In China? The americans were there too?
Haiti (1915�1934) 8 What is that with Haiti?
Dominican Republic Occupation 3 Did not know about that one either.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 7:44:37 PM

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Wikipedia is ur friend. If u remain some what critical of the infomation there.

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ORIGINAL: Walloc

To add to the Medal of honor distribution discussion.

By conflict

Indian Wars 426 The french indian wars? More like 1860-1898s running around "moving" indians into reservations etc...
I say from 1860s since the medal isnt instituted until then, so any part of the indian wars before naturally couldnt bestow any MoH.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Wars

Samoan Civil War 4 What is that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_Civil_War

Philippine-American War 86 I am mixed up i tought it was with the spanish-U.S. war?

Sorta, but not quiet the same. they are defined as seperate wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish-American_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War

Boxer Rebellion 59 In China? The americans were there too?
Ofc! ;-)

Haiti (1915�1934) 8 What is that with Haiti?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti
Look under: From 1915 On.

Dominican Republic Occupation 3 Did not know about that one either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic
Look under: U.S. interventions and occupation

Kind regards,

Rasmus

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 9:09:47 PM

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Q5: Were helicopters in use during WWII?

Q5 Yes. 1 prototype used by a nazi leader (forget who) who in 1945 used it to escape from the city where he was the designated commander. Was it Breslau?

More than just 1 prototype.
This is the Fl282V-21 Kolibri (http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/v/475/2/0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_Fl_282)

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 9:46:36 PM

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ORIGINAL: Walloc

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ORIGINAL: terje439
Q5 - still stands

Josef "Sepp" Dietrich

Kind regards,

Rasmus

Correct

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 9:47:12 PM

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From JGN

Here are the numbers for the number of recipients of the Victoria Cross in WW2"

Australian 18.5 (one claimed Irish/Australian) 10% (percentages are rounded)
Canadian 13 7%
Scottish 15 8%
Irish 4.5 (one claimed Irish/Australian) 2%
Other 131 71%
Total 181

The 3rd Infantry Division received fewer than 8% of the Congressional Medal of Honor�s for WW2.

Q: What self recognized war criminal received the Philippines highest award for WW2? (McArthur was refused this award because he left the Philippines).

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 10:11:31 PM

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ORIGINAL: terje439

I'm gonna sum it up as so many have responded since I placed these Qs;

Kaletsch is very close on Q1, they were indeed the first submarine crew to sink a surfaced submarine by torpedo, the other one is not correct. But part two is very close to this answer

Q2 - The highest ammount of MoH's handed out in an armed conflict was during the "ACW", and noone recieved the MoH twice during WWII.

Q3 - Hornet is correct

Q4 - Wacht am Rhein is also correct

Q5 - still stands

Q1 The torpedo the U-boat fired circled back and sank the U-boat?

Which American sub accomplished this feat in the South China Sea?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 10:13:19 PM

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Wikipedia is ur friend. If u remain some what critical of the infomation there.

By gentlemen's agreement we don't google the answers here.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 10:15:28 PM

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Q1 The torpedo the U-boat fired circled back and sank the U-boat?

Which American sub accomplished this feat in the South China Sea?

Nope

Lets sum up Q1,
Part 1: The British crew torpedoed and sank a surfaced submarine. The first crew to achieve this.
Part 2: somewhat similar to Part 1, with one major difference.
Now, read carefully at Part 1, and Part 2 should reveal itself

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 10:51:46 PM

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Nope
Lets sum up Q1,
Part 1: The British crew torpedoed and sank a surfaced submarine. The first crew to achieve this.
Part 2: somewhat similar to Part 1, with one major difference.
Now, read carefully at Part 1, and Part 2 should reveal itself

They rammed and sank a surfaced submarine?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 10:54:34 PM

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

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Wikipedia is ur friend. If u remain some what critical of the infomation there.

By gentlemen's agreement we don't google the answers here.

Ehh, it was specific to that post. Where it seems to me that the poster was unaware of some particular wars/events. Why wouldnt u wiki that. Has nothing to do with finding answers to the quiz.

My post about MoH by conflicts was a part of the debate after the quiz was answered.
Why wouldnt u google that. That said i knew the approx figurs from the official MoH page i once looked at. I googled the numbers for ease, but again long after the quiz was answered. I cant see why u wouldnt do that.

Kind regards,

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P.S For the record the Josef "Sepp" Dietrich answer was from the book: Hitler's Gladiator: The Life and Wars of Panzer Army Commander Sepp Dietrich

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 10:59:11 PM

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ORIGINAL: terje439

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Q1 The torpedo the U-boat fired circled back and sank the U-boat?

Which American sub accomplished this feat in the South China Sea?

Nope
Lets sum up Q1,
Part 1: The British crew torpedoed and sank a surfaced submarine. The first crew to achieve this.
Part 2: somewhat similar to Part 1, with one major difference.
Now, read carefully at Part 1, and Part 2 should reveal itself

My guess is they sank/torpedoed a submerged submarine too... :-)
Or got sunk them self my another uboat. Ops thats 2 guesses.

Rasmus

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 11:06:01 PM

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ORIGINAL: Froonp

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ORIGINAL: Grymme

quote:

Q5: Were helicopters in use during WWII?

Q5 Yes. 1 prototype used by a nazi leader (forget who) who in 1945 used it to escape from the city where he was the designated commander. Was it Breslau?

More than just 1 prototype.
This is the Fl282V-21 Kolibri (http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/v/475/2/0, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_Fl_282)

Watched Top10 on discovery the other day. According to them the FA 223 flew alrdy in 1940 and was even supposed to be used in the rescue of Mussolini, but that was abandonded as it didnt work on the day of the operation. Looking at google it seemed a number of fa 223 was used well before the kolibri.

Kind regards,

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 11:26:19 PM

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ORIGINAL: Walloc

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ORIGINAL: terje439

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Q1 The torpedo the U-boat fired circled back and sank the U-boat?

Which American sub accomplished this feat in the South China Sea?

Nope
Lets sum up Q1,
Part 1: The British crew torpedoed and sank a surfaced submarine. The first crew to achieve this.
Part 2: somewhat similar to Part 1, with one major difference.
Now, read carefully at Part 1, and Part 2 should reveal itself

My guess is they sank/torpedoed a submerged submarine too... :-)
Or got sunk them self my another uboat. Ops thats 2 guesses.

Rasmus

Hehe yup, they were the first crew to torpedo and sink a submerged sub.
In February 1945 Germany decieded to send some of their research to Japan hoping that this would force the US to divert most of its troops to the Pacific. Plans for the Me262 and parts for jet engines were packed on the sub U-864. This sub was sunk by the HMS Venturer under Launders. The wreck was rediscovered in 2003, and is now causing a headache for the Nrwegian government as the wreck also contained 67 tons of mercury that is now leaking into the ocean.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/17/2009 11:38:46 PM

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ORIGINAL: Walloc
Watched Top10 on discovery the other day. According to them the FA 223 flew alrdy in 1940 and was even supposed to be used in the rescue of Mussolini, but that was abandonded as it didnt work on the day of the operation. Looking at google it seemed a number of fa 223 was used well before the kolibri.

I was not saying it was the first helicopter.
The question was "Were helicopters in use during WWII?" to which someone answered "Yes. 1 prototype".
I was just pointing out that much more than only 1 prototype of Helicopter had flew during WW2.

Fa223

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/18/2009 2:05:03 AM

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ORIGINAL: Froonp

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ORIGINAL: Walloc
Watched Top10 on discovery the other day. According to them the FA 223 flew alrdy in 1940 and was even supposed to be used in the rescue of Mussolini, but that was abandonded as it didnt work on the day of the operation. Looking at google it seemed a number of fa 223 was used well before the kolibri.

I was not saying it was the first helicopter.
The question was "Were helicopters in use during WWII?" to which someone answered "Yes. 1 prototype".
I was just pointing out that much more than only 1 prototype of Helicopter had flew during WW2.

Fa223

Nope, wasnt meant as responce/correction of you, Patrice(hope i spell it correctly been a while since i visted ur website). More to the thing that issue of a prototype being used in 1945. I was merely as u trying to point out that choppers was in operational use well before that. As obviously is the true in the case of the FA 223. Why his part was included in my original quote too.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/22/2009 11:53:51 PM

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I posted the question at the bottom a few days back as part of an incorrect guess on one of Terge's questions. Actually in rechecking the source, its hard to say if it was the China Sea or South China Sea. Anyone want to take a shot at the answer.

Q1 The torpedo the U-boat fired circled back and sank the U-boat?

Which American sub accomplished this feat in the South China Sea?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/23/2009 2:32:33 PM

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Ah! another easy one : what WWII fighter was produced the most?

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/23/2009 3:08:02 PM

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Let me guess, that could be the ME109 (in various typs) ?!

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/23/2009 3:45:55 PM

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Let me guess, that could be the ME109 (in various typs) ?!

Your are right, over 33000 built.

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RE: OT - WWII quiz - 3/24/2009 10:53:53 AM

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JGN has summed up the unanswered Qs in this post

(Q1) What was the largest naval battle of the Spanish Civil War?

(Q2) Why should the Spanish Nationalist cruiser Baleares not be included in WiF after March 1938?

(Q3) What were Japanese Aircraft carriers and seaplane carriers mostly named after?

(Q4) If the IJN battleship Fuso's name means "Land of Divine Mulberry Trees" what is this also an old name for?

(Q5a) Who is the Peruvian cruiser Coronel B named after (no its not the football team or the collage)?

(Q5b) What is Coronel B's most famous saying?

(Q6) What self recognized war criminal received the Philippines highest award for WW2? (McArthur was refused this award because he left the Philippines).

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