Weekly WW2 Trivia Questions

marcsignal

There was a trivia thread a while ago, so I've decided to revive it with 10 new questions every week if anyone fancies having a go ??

Some of the questions will be difficult, but you have a week to do your research.

Here are this weeks 10, I'll post new ones next week and announce this weeks winner then.


1: What was the Black Orchestra ?

2: What were the WASPS ?

3: What ship was known as the Evil I ? (Thats the letter i)

4: What was the name of the RAF plan to deploy all available aircraft against the Luftwaffe as it approached Coventry ?

5: During the North African Campaign, what was known as Black Saturday ?

6: "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue" Who said it ? where? and when ?

7: What was the American retort/reply to the British quip "You Yanks are Overpaid Oversexed and Over Here"

8: Who said: "The last man to see Hitler wins the game"

9: Who said the following about whom: "His ardour and daring inflicted grievous losses upon us...a Great General"

10: What did the following message mean: "The Italian navigator has just landed in the New World. The natives are friendly"


Good Luck

Heisenberg.

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Morlar

1.

Black orchestra were anti hitlerites in the German armed forces inc Stauffenberg etc

Guess;
6 sounds very Churchey & hilley but that means it's probably not
9 ....

about rommel ?

Manic Moran

Some good questions, in that one. I can only guess.

2:

Women's Auxilliary Shuttle Pilot Service? (Those women who flew bombers and fighters across the Atlantic)

3:

USS Intrepid?

4:

Operation "Cabbage crates coming over the briney"

5:

Kasserine Pass?

7:

Atari Jaguar

10:

First test of the A-Bomb?

NTM

cyrusdvirus

Black orchestra was the gestapo name for the plot to overthrow hitler wasn't it? The one that brought down Rommel?

The wasps were womens air service pilots. mosly involved in ferry flights, target towing, tha sort of thing

Dunno this one.........maybe the Iowa?

I have a vague recollection of the phrase Cold water?

read a book on torch a few months back.....haven't got the foggiest!!

That was Nimitz, at Iwo Jima

under paid, under sexed, under eisenhower.

Think it was Monty about Rommell?

it was a reference to Enrico Fermi, and i thought it was to do with the worlds first nuclear reactor?.

kowloon

What did the British smuggle into the country from the US labelled Grapefruit?

Doublin

Jews

Q. During the Battle of Stalingrad there was an apartment block held by 25 Russian soldiers for 59 days under intense attacks by the Germans. The house remains still today as a symbol of Russian Resistance. What is it called?

arnhem44

1.A plot to destroy the German government from within

2.Women air service pilots

3.USS Lexington

4.Ultra

6. 16 March 1945,Admiral Nimitz,Iwo Jima

7.Underpaid,undersexed and under Eisenhower

8.Patton

9.Churchil about Rommel

10.A coded message confirming the first self sustaining nuclear reaction,Dec 2 1942

marcsignal

1: What was the Black Orchestra ?
A: The Group of Germans including Admiral Canaris who worked to overthrow Hitler and the Nazis.

2: What were the WASPS ?
A: Nearly 2000 American women who transoprted Aircraft for delivery to the allied forces, between 1942 and 1944.

3: What ship was known as the Evil I ? (Thats the letter i)
A: U.S. Aircraft Carrier "Intrepid" because of her ability to be in the way of Japanese bombs and torpedoes, all too frequently.

4: What was the name of the RAF plan to deploy all available aircraft against the Luftwaffe as it approached Coventry ?
A: "Operation Cold Douche" which had little success.

5: During the North African Campaign, what was known as Black Saturday ?
A: June 13th 1942 when Rommel ambushed 300 British Tanks, and destroyed 230 of them.

6: "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue" Who said it ? where? and when ?
A: Admiral Chester Nimitz, after the capture of Iwo Jima.

7: What was the American retort/reply to the British quip "You Yanks are Overpaid Oversexed and Over Here"
A: "You're underpaid, undersexed, and under Eisenhower."

8: Who said: "The last man to see Hitler wins the game"
A: Rommel to an aide when discussing Hitlers ability to change his mind or make a decision.

9: Who said the following about whom: "His ardour and daring inflicted grievous losses upon us...a Great General"
A: Churchill about Rommel

10: What did the following message mean: "The Italian navigator has just landed in the New World. The natives are friendly"
A: Sent by Nobel Prize winner "Arthur Compton" it informed Washington that the U.S. had successfully produced a controlled chain reaction within the atom.

It looks like a tiebreaker between Arnhem44 & gatecrash well done guys

will post another 10 tomorow.

marcsignal

Thanks to everyone who had a go last week

The Questions will be a bit more varied and interesting this time

Here goes.

1: Who said "Ther'll be no Dunkirk here!" about where?

2: Who said "I'm too old a bunny to get excited about this" about what ?

3: Who popularized the phrase "Unconditional Surrender"

4: Identify the German General 2nd in command to Rommel who was captured in November 1942 when Montgomery drove the Germans out of Egypt.

5: Identify this infamous SS Officer
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6: Who was Commissar of Kharkov, the city known as the Soviet Pitsburg?

7: What was the name of the site near Kiev wher the SS murdered 34'000 Jews by Gunfire?

8: How did the Japanese get ariel photos of Pearl Harbour and Hickham Field?

9: How many women served as pilots in the Soviet Air Force?

10: Which Country acomplished the Largest mining of a seaway during WW2 ?

Will post the answers next Sunday Night

Good Luck

Morlar

marcsignal wrote: »

5: Identify this infamous SS Officer [/B]
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/989/96388651.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6937/65872117.jpg

I will pick the easy one first - Amon Goeth Commander of Plaszow concentraion camp.

arnhem44

1.

General W.Barton Lesch,Korea

2.

General Von Salmuth,when the second message was recieved about the D-Day landings

3.

Ulysses Grant

4.

General Wilhelm Ritter Von Thoma

5.

Amon Goeth

6.

Nikita Khrushchev

7.

Baby Yar

8.

As a guess mock lessons on civilian aircraft

9.

Around one thousand

10.

USA

Heisenberg.

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arnhem44

can I ask how is the spoiler put in place?

Heisenberg.

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marcsignal

1: Who said "Ther'll be no Dunkirk here!" about where?
British General L J Morshead commander at Tobruk

2: Who said "I'm too old a bunny to get excited about this" about what ?
General Hans von Salmuth CO of the German 15th Army when told of the second part of the coded message announcing the invasion of Europe. He continued to play Bridge with other Officers.

3: Who popularized the phrase "Unconditional Surrender"
FDR at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943. The term was an expansion of General Grants initials (U.S.) after Grants demand for unconditional surrender of Fort Donelson in Feb 1862.

4: Identify the German General 2nd in command to Rommel who was captured in November 1942 when Montgomery drove the Germans out of Egypt.
General Ritter von Thoma who was captured along with 30'000 Axis Troops.

5: Identify this infamous SS Officer
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http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6937/65872117.jpg
Amon Goth.

6: Who was Commissar of Kharkov, the city known as the Soviet Pitsburg?
Nikita Kruschev, who called the Kremlin and demanded the Soviet Army be withdrawn in the face of German Strength.

7: What was the name of the site near Kiev wher the SS murdered 34'000 Jews by Gunfire?
Babi Yar Ravine where the Jews were told assemble for resettlement. The Germans only expected about 6000 to turn up.

8: How did the Japanese get ariel photos of Pearl Harbour and Hickham Field?
By having agents take private sight seeing plane rides from John Rogers Airport.
Their task was duplicated hundreds of times by ordinary tourists.

9: How many women served as pilots in the Soviet Air Force?
More than 5000, of whom Lt. Lilya Litvak with 7 kills, and Lt Katya Budanova with 6 kills were the top 2 aces.

10: Which Country acomplished the Largest mining of a seaway during WW2 ?
The US on Jan 29th 1945 when the costal waters of Saigon, Penang and Singapore, among others, were filled with more than 360 mines dropped by B-29 bombers.



Looks like Arnhem44 has it in the bag this week ! Well Done!:)

Will post another 10 tomorrow

marcsignal

1: Identify the 2 aircraft involved in the last dogfight of the European theater, and what was unusual about the result of this engagement.

2: Identify the first type of Monoplane to operate from a U.S. Aircraft Carrier.

3: Where and when did the British Fleet score its first victory against the Axis during WW2 ?

4: How many submarines did the U.S lose in the Atlantic ?

5: When did the heaviest and most severe raid on London by the Luftwaffe take place ?

6: When did the last air raid on Berlin by the Western Allies take place ?

7: Which Allied General was code named 'Duckpin' ? Was it a: Devers, b: Eisenhower, or c: Truscott

8: What was the code name of the unsuccessful 1943 attempt to kill Hitler by putting a bomb in his plane ?

9: What was known as the 'Gibraltar of the South Pacific' ?

10: Who was "Eva Brauns" sister "Gretl" married to ? and what was his eventual fate?

Good Luck

Heisenberg.

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marcsignal

Scien wrote: »

Woah, those are hard...

you should be able to crack em with tactical use of the google

Heisenberg.

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marcsignal

Scien wrote: »

That would be defeating the purpose of the quiz though...

well, not really, they're deliberately obscure questions that will take a little digging around to find. I figured many posters would be using google or wiki anyway, so i formatted the questions in such a way that they'll require a little snooping about.

arnhem44

hmm google or wiki,are you serious:P,theres nothing stopping anyone using the net to find the answers and no way of controlling it any other way really

Morlar

I thought the rule was no google or wiki ? If its wiki allowed then I would agree it defeats the purpose a bit.

cyrusdvirus

Marc is right there is no way to stop people from using google. Maybe to stop them using wiki though people should include a link to where they got their answers for each question? spoilered out obviously....

Even if you know the answer to a question, as Scien does to q10 this week, maybe include a link to back up your answer?

Just a suggestion lads....... Up to the quiz master though

Morlar

gatecrash wrote: »

Marc is right there is no way to stop people from using google. Maybe to stop them using wiki though people should include a link to where they got their answers for each question? spoilered out obviously....

Of course there is no way to stop people from using the web. No one is saying there is a way to do that other than ask people not to maybe.

gatecrash wrote: »

Even if you know the answer to a question, as Scien does to q10 this week, maybe include a link to back up your answer?

Just a suggestion lads....... Up to the quiz master though

Many answers are found in books/documentaries/history channel/other internet forums where discussion threads on more detailed aspects are carried out, some anecdote you heard somewhere sometime etc - it is not always possible to remember exactly where some nugget of information lodged in your originally head came from imo.

10 =

PS 10 is Fegelein

cyrusdvirus

Morlar wrote: »

Of course there is no way to stop people from using the web. No one is saying there is a way to do that other than ask people not to maybe.



Many answers are found in books/documentaries/history channel/other internet forums where discussion threads on more detailed aspects are carried out, some anecdote you heard somewhere sometime etc - it is not always possible to remember exactly where some nugget of information lodged in your originally head came from imo.

fair enough, but as i said they were just suggestions.

arnhem44

4.

one off Florida

10.

Herman Fegelin

Where does it say that you can't use wiki or google?,at the start of the quiz thread marc only states that everyone has a week to research there answers.I'll admit I've used the net to find some of the answers for the previous quiz but even at that some of the answers can't be found or are only half right,the net dosen't throw up the answers that easy

Morlar

arnhem44 wrote: »

4.

one off Florida

10.

Herman Fegelin

Where does it say that you can't use wiki or google?,a

I dont have a link but in one of the earlier quiz threads a few months ago this issue cropped up. I thought the unofficial rule was not to use the web - if everyone else however is then thats fine so long as it is cleared up one way or another.

arnhem44

maybe its best to have everyone agree on the ways the questions are answered,let marc put down the ground rules and take it from there

marcsignal

There's a lot of good points/opinions there, so here's my thinking on it.

The object of the exercise is to have a bit of fun, but also to increase everyones knowledge of WW2 Trivia.

If someone looks at a question and doesn't know the answer off the top of their head, they're snookered outright for that question. However if they can have a dig around and try to find the answer somewhere (wiki/google/books/documentaries etc) and find it, or think they've found it, then they're more likely to remember the answer to that question long into the future, like doing research for a college assignment etc, and might pick up a few little tit bits on the way.

it's also the reason I put a 1 week timeline on each 10 questions, and for that reason I've tried to make some of the questions a little obscure.

The only suggestion I can make is that we agree to allow google/wiki/ or whatever for the questions posted for this week and see how it affects everyones results, as i'm pretty sure nobody will get all 10 right.

Maybe posters can put their vote at the end of their answers this week ie: Yes for Wiki or No for Wiki and we can take it whatever way the majority want to do it from next sunday on ??

Everyone's knowledge level is different, and I didn't want some posters to feel excluded, because they felt they wern't as knowledgable as some of the others, that's all.

i'm easy one way or the other.

PS: if anyone is looking for a picture signature linking to this, or any other military related forum, like Arnhem 44s or mine, just pm me.

arnhem44

1.

Piper Cub and Fiessler Storch

2.

VE7-SF

3.

Uragauy,13/12/39

4.

one off floridia R-12

5.

heaviest on the 15/10/40 and most severe on 29/12/40

6.

20/4/45

8.

Operation Flash

10.

hermann Fegelin

marcsignal

1: Identify the 2 aircraft involved in the last dogfight of the European theater, and what was unusual about the result of this engagement.
A Piper Cub unarmed spotter plane named 'Miss Me' of the U.S 5th Armoured and a German Feisler Storch, also a spotter plane, met over Germany in April 1945. Lt Duane Francies (pilot) and his observer, Lt William Martin dove on the Feisler and fired their .45 Colts, bringing the German plane down. They landed and captured the pilot and German observer. It was the only German plane shot down with a handgun.

2: Identify the first type of Monoplane to operate from a U.S. Aircraft Carrier.
The Brewester Buffalo

3: Where and when did the British Fleet score its first victory against the Axis during WW2 ?
In Mid March 1941 in the battle of Cape Matapan against the Italians in the Mediterranean

4: How many submarines did the U.S lose in the Atlantic ?
3, S-26 on Jan 24th 1942, R-12 on June 12 1943, and a boat named Dora on Oct 12 1943

5: When did the heaviest and most severe raid on London by the Luftwaffe take place ?
May 10-11 1941 when over 1400 were killed and 1800injured, Westminster Abbey and the House of Commons were hit.

6: When did the last air raid on Berlin by the Western Allies take place ?
Saturday April 21st @ 09:25 by the U.S. 8th Air Force.

7: Which Allied General was code named 'Duckpin' ? Was it a: Devers, b: Eisenhower, or c: Truscott
Eisenhower

8: What was the code name of the unsuccessful 1943 attempt to kill Hitler by putting a bomb in his plane ?
Operation Flash

9: What was known as the 'Gibraltar of the South Pacific' ?
Rabul on New Britain Island

10: Who was Eva Brauns sister Gretl married to ? and what was his eventual fate?
Herman fagelein who was executed by Hitler in 1945

marcsignal

Looks like Arnhem44 has it in the bag again well done

will post new questions in a day or 2, as i'm up to me goolies in work atm.

citizen_p

hmmmm i think your watch is broken...

marcsignal

Mousey- wrote: »

hmmmm i think your watch is broken...

yep, sorry all, im travelling about atm without my main reference books, back sunday


apologies

marcsignal

Here's the next 10 questions

1 : Name the top 5 German Fighter Aces of WW2?

2 : How many Allied POW's were forced to work for the Nazi German war machine?

3 : What was the Japanese strength on Okinawa in April 1945 in troops and planes?

4 : Identify the German passenger ship that was stalked by a U.S.Navy warship until the German Captain scuttled, rather than be sunk or siezed in 1939?.

5 : What was the strength of the French Air Force when the war began?

6 : Identify the aircraft considered by many to be the best torpedo bomber of WW2?

7 : Identify the pilot who flew more combat missions than anyone else in WW2?

8 : What was the name of the Law, in German, that made the families of German Generals responsible for the Generals actions?

9 : Identify the Italian Commander who invaded Egypt from Lybia in September 1940?

10 : Which American Broadcast Newsman made the following quip after Italy joined the war
"Italy looks like a Boot, and behaves like a Heel"

marcsignal

jeasus lads you were ALL issued with a shovel, dig around for fuck sake

the panzers are closing in loike :pac:

Morlar

I don't have a shovel for any of these so I will stick with the bible and the PanzerFaust

marcsignal wrote: »

Here's the next 10 questions

1 : Name the top 5 German Fighter Aces of WW2?

2 : How many Allied POW's were forced to work for the Nazi German war machine?

Guess None

3 : What was the Japanese strength on Okinawa in April 1945 in troops and planes?

4 : Identify the German passenger ship that was stalked by a U.S.Navy warship until the German Captain scuttled, rather than be sunk or siezed in 1939?.

5 : What was the strength of the French Air Force when the war began?

6 : Identify the aircraft considered by many to be the best torpedo bomber of WW2?

7 : Identify the pilot who flew more combat missions than anyone else in WW2?

8 : What was the name of the Law, in German, that made the families of German Generals responsible for the Generals actions?

9 : Identify the Italian Commander who invaded Egypt from Lybia in September 1940?

Rodolfo Graziani who made a pig's ear of it.

10 : Which American Broadcast Newsman made the following quip after Italy joined the war
"Italy looks like a Boot, and behaves like a Heel"

Walter Winchell

(thank you google)

FiSe

Will not look for it or google it so here what I think I know:

1 : Name the top 5 German Fighter Aces of WW2?
E. Hartman, H. Graf, W. Nowotny, G. Barkhorn, H. Bar

2 : How many Allied POW's were forced to work for the Nazi German war machine?

3 : What was the Japanese strength on Okinawa in April 1945 in troops and planes?

4 : Identify the German passenger ship that was stalked by a U.S.Navy warship until the German Captain scuttled, rather than be sunk or siezed in 1939?.

5 : What was the strength of the French Air Force when the war began?
1000 aircraft /?/

6 : Identify the aircraft considered by many to be the best torpedo bomber of WW2?
Tricky question Avenger, Val /?/


7 : Identify the pilot who flew more combat missions than anyone else in WW2?

8 : What was the name of the Law, in German, that made the families of German Generals responsible for the Generals actions?

9 : Identify the Italian Commander who invaded Egypt from Lybia in September 1940?

10 : Which American Broadcast Newsman made the following quip after Italy joined the war
"Italy looks like a Boot, and behaves like a Heel"

That's just about it. Didn't use the spoiler thingy as I don't think that my few answers are correct anyway

marcsignal

and the answers are....

1 : Name the top 5 German Fighter Aces of WW2?
A: Eric Hartmann (352 kills), Gerhard Barkhorn (301 kills), Gunther Rall (275 kills), Otto Kittel (267 kills), Walther Nowotny (255 kills)

2 : How many Allied POW's were forced to work for the Nazi German war machine?
A: Approx 2 million

3 : What was the Japanese strength on Okinawa in April 1945 in troops and planes?
A: 100'000 Troops and 3000 Planes *edit - thanks Dinter*

4 : Identify the German passenger ship that was stalked by a U.S.Navy warship until the German Captain scuttled, rather than be sunk or siezed in 1939?.
A: Colombus

5 : What was the strength of the French Air Force when the war began?
A: 3'600 including aircraft in the Colonies, only 1'400 were in France at the time.

6 : Identify the aircraft considered by many to be the best torpedo bomber of WW2?
A: The Italian Savoia-Marchetti Sparviero (believe it or not)

7 : Identify the pilot who carried who flew more combat missions than anyone else in WW2?
A: Luftwaffe Ace and Stuka pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel, who according to German records flew 2530 missions

8 : What was the name of the Law, in German, that made the families of German Generals responsible for the Generals actions?
A: Sippenschaft (apprehension and arrest of next of kin) written by Robert Ley and passed in August 1944.

9 : Identify the Italian Commander who invaded Egypt from Lybia in September 1940?
A: Marshal Rodolfo Graziani

10 : Which American Broadcast Newsman made the following quip after Italy joined the war "Italy looks like a Boot, and behaves like a Heel"
A: Walter Winchell


good effort Fise & Morlar, and it looks like Morlar wins the sticky bun this week

Ok, judging by the viewing count, a lot of people seemed interested, but the questions were probably too obscure, so the next ten will be a little more general and maybe we should all agree not to use google ???

will post tomorrow (hopefully);)

Dinter

Are you sure about the answer to 3?

Excluding the Okinawan conscripts (although there is no real difference between them and British conscripts from Jersey for example) the figure seems extremely low.

Sorry I'm not being pedantic just actually wondering. I'd answered a few of these but forgotten to post!! Just as well because my answer for manpower was a multiple of 10!!

marcsignal

Dinter wrote: »

Are you sure about the answer to 3?

Excluding the Okinawan conscripts (although there is no real difference between them and British conscripts from Jersey for example) the figure seems extremely low.

Sorry I'm not being pedantic just actually wondering. I'd answered a few of these but forgotten to post!! Just as well because my answer for manpower was a multiple of 10!!

ooops you're right Dinter ! I missed a Zero there it should be 100'000 men sorry

marcsignal

Ok here's this weeks questions.

I've included some multiple choice ones this week so everyone at whatever level can have a stab at them, but be warned, there's a few bastards in there too

Do we all agree not to use google ? whatever, see how we go.

Good Luck

1 : Which one of these countries declared it would be non-beligerant on Sept 2nd 1939?
Italy, The Soviet Union or Japan ?

2 : Which type of ship was the largest lost by the U.S. in Okinawa ?
Destroyer, Light Cruiser, Heavy Cruiser, Escort Carrier, or Fleet Carrier ?

3 : Which Italian City was subjected to the worst bombing raid (in Italy) of the war ?
Rome, Naples or Turin ?

4 : When did the U.S.'officially' declare that war with Germany had ended?
May 7th 1945, Jan 1st 1946, or October 19th 1951 ?

5 : Can you identify this aircraft, used on the eastern front by the Germans as a spotter/recon aircraft ?

6 : Other than the name, what was eerily unusual about the German U-Boat U-666 ?

7 : Here is a pic of Adolf and Eva in Berchtesgarten with their 3 dogs, can you name them ?? (from left to right)

8 : Identify the French General who conquered Monte Cassino in Italy?

9 : Approximately how many bombing incidents from aircraft were there in Ireland (that's neutral Southern Ireland) during WW2?

10 : How long did the Dutch hold out against the German invasion in 1940?

will post answers this day next week

citizen_p

1

Italy

2

Destroyer

3

Turin

4

1951, de nazification.. nuremburg etc...

5

no idea, thats a model though

6

never found / unkonwn fate ?

7

no idea

8

no idea

9

No idea 2 or 3?

10.

surrendered after 4 days.... and in certain places resisted for 7 days (the only one im certin of )

FiSe

1. Italy

2. destroyer /?/

3. Turin

4. 1946 /?/

5. BV 141

6. ?

7. ? I should now that Shepperd's name if nothing else

8. ?

9. 16

10. 1 week

marcsignal

and this weeks answers are.....

1 : Which one of these countries declared it would be non-beligerant on Sept 2nd 1939? Italy, The Soviet Union or Japan ?
A : Benito Mussolini made the declaration for Italy

2 : Which type of ship was the largest lost by the U.S. in Okinawa ? Destroyer, Light Cruiser, Heavy Cruiser, Escort Carrier, or Fleet Carrier ?
A : Of the 36 ships lost, none was larger than a Destroyer.

3 : Which Italian City was subjected to the worst bombing raid (in Italy) of the war ? Rome, Naples or Turin ?
A : Turin on Nov 20th 1944

4 : When did the U.S.'officially' declare that war with Germany had ended? May 7th 1945, Jan 1st 1946, or October 19th 1951 ?
A : October 19th 1951, Britian France and Australia declare that war with Germany ofically ended on July 9th 1951

5 : Can you identify this aircraft, used on the eastern front by the Germans as a spotter/recon aircraft ?
A : Blohm & Voss BV 141 well done Fise

6 : What was eerily unusual about the German u boat U-666
A : The U-666 was Listed as missing in the North Atlantic on 10 Feb, 1944. There is still no explanation for its loss. All 51 crewmen were also lost. well done Mousey, if that was a guess it was a good one

7 : Here is a pic of Adolf and Eva in Berchtesgarten with their 3 dogs, can you name them ??
A : From left to right: Negus, Stasi and Blondi.*(Hitler detested Eva's Dogs)

8 : Identify the French General who conquered Monte Cassino in Italy?
A : General Alphonse Juin

9 : Approximately how many bombing incidents were there in Ireland (that's neutral Southern Ireland) during ww2?
A : 16 SPOT ON Fise!!

10 : How long did the Dutch hold out against the German invasion in 1940?
A : answers between 4 days & 1 week are ok.


Well done Fise & Mousey Looks like we have a tiebraker, so here's your tiebreaker question.

Q: What was the main difference between Japanese Kamakazi and German Sonderkommando Pilots at the end of the war??

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citizen_p

i seen this on a tv show (dogfights)

in the show the sonderkommando pilots used to ram enemy planes and then eject from their damaged plane.
Kamikazees didnt eject, they wanted to die "honourably"

FiSe

Kamikazes were Navy pilots and as long as Germans had very small Navy 'air force' this must be it

This is what I think:

There are more differences:

- kamikaze attacks were widely used from 1944 /?/ onwards
- kamikaze were attacking ships rather than aircraft
- they were using dive bomb attack increased by the impact of the aircraft afterwards
- kamikazes had one way ticket only, no matter of the outcome of the attack. They were not coming back

- the Sonderkommando pilots were still an experimental unit used in a couple of attacks /wouldn't know how many/
- they were aimed to attack Allied bombers
- ramming of the enemy plane was the tactic used
- after attack pilot meant to used a parachute to get him into safety from his wrecked aircraft , this was nice in theory, but useless in practice, not to mention that pilot on the chute was a legitimate target for the enemy fighters in this case

I suppose that's it

marcsignal

Q: What was the main difference between Japanese Kamakazi and German Sonderkommando Pilots at the end of the war??

you're both right again

A: The answer i was looking for here, was that the German pilots had the option to parachute to safety, so you both covered that aspect.

So here's another 3, and we'll do a best out of....

Q1: what was the overriding reason for the American campaign to capture Guadalcanal in the Pacific?

Q2: Identify the SS General who met Alan Dulles of the OSS, to try to negotiate peace in March 1945

Q3: Which WW2 campaign is considered to be the most spectacular series of victories gained over a British army?

citizen_p

Q1: what was the overriding reason for the American campaign to capture Guadalcanal in the Pacific?

Q2: Identify the SS General who met Alan Dulles of the OSS, to try to negotiate peace in March 1945

Q3: Which WW2 campaign is considered to be the most spectacular series of victories gained over a British army?

1.

runways/emergerncy stop for damaged bombers

2.

no idea

3.

north africa? until el alemain

FiSe

Ahhh, not good, not good

1. Emergency landing strip for damaged bombers?
2. Who's Allan Dulles? Himmler? Haven't got a clue
3. First I was thinking of Belgium, France, Dunkirk... But I'll stick to Japanese advance in the 'Indo-china'