OT - WWII quiz

[marcuswatney]

How do I upload a photo, currently saved on my hard-drive as a Word page?  I was going to give a visual hint to one of my questions, but have been stymied.  The 'Add Image' icon appears to apply only to URLs, not files on a hard-drive.

[Froonp]

ORIGINAL: marcuswatney

How do I upload a photo, currently saved on my hard-drive as a Word page?  I was going to give a visual hint to one of my questions, but have been stymied.  The 'Add Image' icon appears to apply only to URLs, not files on a hard-drive.

You can only upload JPG (or GIF ?) attachments to the forum.
You need to transform your photo that is in your word document into a JPG file.
You can do that by copying & pasting the photo from Word to a picture editing program, such as the simple Paint that is included in Windows XP.
Then you save as JPG.

[marcuswatney]

6.  The letter P inside a square was the shoulder-flash of which British unit, and what was its role?

Hint:

... well that didn't work. So, Patrice, I have converted the picture into a jpeg, but how do I then upload it into the thread? Using the Image button on the taskbar doesn't seem to work.

[marcuswatney]

Yay! Finally did it! I had been using Fast Reply without realising it. So:

6. The letter P inside a square was the shoulder-flash of which British unit, and what was its role?

Hint:

[marcuswatney]

ORIGINAL: monkla
And I'd give the answer to Q9 as EVERYBODY ducks when the americans bomb.... [:D]

Correct.

In Normandy, British troops had this pithy saying:

"When the British bomb, the Germans duck;
When the Germans bomb, the British duck;
And when the Americans bomb, everybody ducks!"

[micheljq]

ORIGINAL: marcuswatney

ORIGINAL: monkla
And I'd give the answer to Q9 as EVERYBODY ducks when the americans bomb.... [:D]

Correct.

In Normandy, British troops had this pithy saying:

"When the British bomb, the Germans duck;
When the Germans bomb, the British duck;
And when the Americans bomb, everybody ducks!"

It did not change since Normandy.

[Mad Russian]

ORIGINAL: micheljq

ORIGINAL: marcuswatney

ORIGINAL: monkla
And I'd give the answer to Q9 as EVERYBODY ducks when the americans bomb.... [:D]

Correct.

In Normandy, British troops had this pithy saying:

"When the British bomb, the Germans duck;
When the Germans bomb, the British duck;
And when the Americans bomb, everybody ducks!"

It did not change since Normandy.

Yeah and the Americans bomb A LOT! We like things that make a BIG BANG!! [:D]

Good Hunting.

MR

[praem]

8. Who liberated Copenhagen? Copenhagen was not liberated untill after the German Forces in North West Germany and Denmark had oficially surrendered. Montgommery flew to Copenhagen with a few men and got the official surrender of the garrison.
 

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: praem

8. Who liberated Copenhagen? Copenhagen was not liberated untill after the German Forces in North West Germany and Denmark had oficially surrendered. Montgommery flew to Copenhagen with a few men and got the official surrender of the garrison.

Sweden had a some troops assembled and a plan to liberate Copenhagen and other parts of Denmark (and Norway) if the German troops there would not surrender. But when there was no major fighting there they decided to stand down and not enter the war just for the last few days. That sort of made it easier to claim neutrality for the future (one of the main reasons not to enter late in the war on the allied side).

[Walloc]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Sweden had a some troops assembled and a plan to liberate Copenhagen and other parts of Denmark (and Norway) if the German troops there would not surrender. But when there was no major fighting there they decided to stand down and not enter the war just for the last few days. That sort of made it easier to claim neutrality for the future (one of the main reasons not to enter late in the war on the allied side).

Apart from that there was the Danish brigade. 5+ btns strong. Consisting entirely of danes who had fleed/ordered to sweden. They recieved training and equipment from the swedish/british military and landed on the 5th of may in Helsingør. comming from Sweden and entered Copenhagen later on that day.

As a curiostery the Bde was actually officially a part of the 21 Army group.

Kind regards,

Rasmus

[warspite1]

Which Royal Navy escort vessel has the distinction of having sunk an Italian, a German and a Japanese submarine during WWII? [&o]

[marcuswatney]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: praem

8. Who liberated Copenhagen? Copenhagen was not liberated untill after the German Forces in North West Germany and Denmark had oficially surrendered. Montgommery flew to Copenhagen with a few men and got the official surrender of the garrison.

Sweden had a some troops assembled and a plan to liberate Copenhagen and other parts of Denmark (and Norway) if the German troops there would not surrender. But when there was no major fighting there they decided to stand down and not enter the war just for the last few days. That sort of made it easier to claim neutrality for the future (one of the main reasons not to enter late in the war on the allied side).

I'm learning some fascinating facts about the Scandinavians, but none of these answers is correct. The answer to this question is linked to that of Question 6. Solve Question 6, and you'll guess the answer to Question 8, and maybe even sense why it was done.

[LiquidSky]

Hmm....a british paratroop unit arrived in Copenhagan on VE day (8th Para Batallion) to discover that the Danish Resistance had taken the city, and was involved in fighting with Danish sympathizers (nice word for traitor) belonging to the um...Hilfepolizei. 

[LiquidSky]

Upon reflection, I am wondering if the P in a rectangle patch is for the Glider Pilots? 

[paulderynck]

I have it! Propaganda is what the P stands for. Hence all the radio broadcast equipment.

[marcuswatney]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

I have it! Propaganda is what the P stands for. Hence all the radio broadcast equipment.

Nice try but no cigar. It was my father's regiment, and when girls asked him what the P stood for, he told them that he belonged to the Purity Regiment, and that it was his job to check on their sexuality. How's that for a chat-up line?

[marcuswatney]

ORIGINAL: LiquidSky

Upon reflection, I am wondering if the P in a rectangle patch is for the Glider Pilots? 

Nope. My father never learnt to fly. The fastest he ever went was on his motorbike (a Norton).

[marcuswatney]

ORIGINAL: LiquidSky

Hmm....a british paratroop unit arrived in Copenhagan on VE day (8th Para Batallion) to discover that the Danish Resistance had taken the city, and was involved in fighting with Danish sympathizers (nice word for traitor) belonging to the um...Hilfepolizei. 

Far too late. VE Day was 8 May. The formal German surrender of all forces in NorthWest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands took place on 4 May. So who physically liberated Denmark, and why was it considered so important to do this?

There is an interesting time-line here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_Wor ... _in_Europe .

[Mad Russian]

Denmark in WWII.

From "World War Two: Nation by Nation" by J. Lee Ready:

"On the morning of 9 April 1940 paratroopers of Hitler's Nazi German state dropped onto neutral Denmark, tanks drove across the border and marines climbed ashore. The nation was taken totally by surprise: one fighter plane got off the ground, and was promptly shot down. Amidst a battle in Copenhagen King Christian ordered a ceasefire. Come mid-morning he had agreed to welcome the Germans as guests.

The Danes, still in shock, buried their thirteen war dead and dressed the wounds of their 23 injured and sought spiritual guidance to come to terms with the traumatic event."

"On 4 May 1945 the German garrison in Denmark formally surrendered to the allies. The Resistance, wearing armbands, came out onto the streets to disarm the Germans and fascists. There were gun battles as some fascists knew they would be executed anyway and chose to go down fighting. A battalion of Danish paratroopers trained in England arrived to help with the pacification.

The Soviets bombed Bornholm, killing civilians, until the islands Germans agreed to surrender. This incindent rankled with Danes for a generation."



Then in, "The Historical Encyclopedia of World War II" by Greenwich House:

"A secret Danish Army, formed in Denmark and Sweden was poised for a general upheaval at a moment set by the Allies. But the Allied advance was so rapid that the planned rebellion was called off. On May 5, the first British contingents, accompanied by Danish officers, landed at the Kastrup airfield near Copenhagen. Beginning on May 7 the 280,000 Germans in Denmark surrendered to the British and to the Resistance. The king and the government returned to power......

Widely regarded as passive in 1940, the Denmark of 1945 was a full-fledged memeber of the Allies."



My Granparents, on my Fathers side, immigrated to the US in the late 1920's. So I am of half Danish descent myself.

Good Hunting.

MR

[marcuswatney]

That's good stuff, MR ... you're nearly there.

ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

"On 4 May 1945 the German garrison in Denmark formally surrendered to the allies."

But to whom?

And who are those pesky dare-devils with a P on each shoulder racing for Copenhagen in the first days of May 1945, and why are they thinking about Bornholm?


I had only one Danish grandparent, so I am a quarter Danish: my father's mother.