Ok...Let's Have Some Fun...

NaKATPase · Post by **NaKATPase** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 8:30 pm

Originally posted by G_X
Here's a couple good ones...

2.) What country lost the most, overall in WWII?

Wouldn't this be the UK? Seeing as the war caused her to lose her whole empire?

AbsntMndedProf · Post by **AbsntMndedProf** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 8:55 pm

NaKATPase posted:

"Wouldn't this be the UK? Seeing as the war caused her to lose her whole empire?"

It's likely that the UK would have lost her empire eventually. Various nationalist movements were sprining up in places like India prior to WW II. This, combined with the fact that the empire was beginning to cost the UK more than she could get out of it, would probably have led to its fall. The war just sped up the process. JMHO from what I've read.

Eric Maietta

AbsntMndedProf · Post by **AbsntMndedProf** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 8:56 pm

Here's a soft-ball q:

Which nation's tanks had such a bad reputation that the Germans gave them the nickname 'self-propelled coffins'?

Eric Maietta

Belisarius · Post by **Belisarius** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 9:13 pm

Originally posted by G_X
Here's a couple good ones...

1.) Who ~won~ WWII. List all those that apply.

2.) What country lost the most, overall in WWII?

3.) What country had the strongest army at the end of WWII?

Here's a couple of quick and not too academic answers:

1) USA - the war made it (her?) a World Power. The U.S. also escaped the destruction of the other Allied nations relatively unharmed.

2) Probaly Soviet Union/Russia. In all aspects.

3) USA again, with Soviet Union a close second. SO would probably have been more than a match for the U.S. on land, but the U.S. dominated the seas and air. You can't win a war without controlling the sea. Check your history books for reference.

Voriax · Post by **Voriax** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 9:16 pm

Originally posted by AbsntMndedProf
Here's a soft-ball q:

Which nation's tanks had such a bad reputation that the Germans gave them the nickname 'self-propelled coffins'?

Eric Maietta

Must be Italian tanks

Voriax

Gaius Marius · Post by **Gaius Marius** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 10:10 pm

Originally posted by antarctic

That's about right ..... Hitler wanted to be an artist and/or architect..... I think that his dying quote was about how Germany had lost a great artist.... hmmmmm he musta be a pretty twisted guy....

Antarctic

I have not heard this. His last words are unknown, since he locked himself in a room with Eva Braun and his dog. His last words before this I believe were somehting innocuous to his staff, like that he was "getting his affairs in order" or something.

Nero, on the other hand, did say "What a poet dies in me" before the Praetorian guard killed him, I believe.

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 3:38 am

Micheal Maus

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 6:18 am

Time for me to get in on this action...

During WWII an enemy ship was boarded and captured at sea by US forces for the first time since the War of 1812.

What was the ship? (half credit if you're from Chicago)

For bonus credit:

Who was the officer who dreamed up the plan and commanded the ship that boarded the enemy? (Hint, my son, Daniel Vincent Behling is named after the officer, who was a good friend of mine. This is the man who inspired me to join the Navy and also to become a published author. He had a series of Navy books published in the late 60's early 70's)

Extra bonus credit:

What was the name of the US ship that did the boarding?

Extra, extra bonus credit:

Where is the captured enemy ship now?

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 6:28 am

This one might stir up a hornets nest, and I admit it's based upon information I was unable to verify but....

Two allied countries during WWII still had a declaration of war existing between them from a previous conflict, one that still exists to this day, because the treaty ending the conflict was never properly signed and approved. Name the two countries.

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 6:34 am

U 505.

I confess. I've been on it. Who could live on a closet sized war boat?

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 6:38 am

I forgot the extra extra credit.

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

And I live in the cess pool of socialism, the left coast and near Seattle and Gomorrah.

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 7:10 am

Originally posted by Baldrick
U 505.

I confess. I've been on it. Who could live on a closet sized war boat?

We have a winner!

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 7:11 am

Originally posted by Baldrick
I forgot the extra extra credit.

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

And I live in the cess pool of socialism, the left coast and near Seattle and Gomorrah.

Also correct (the location of the captured ship)

Anyone want the rest of the details or should I wait to see who can answer the remaining questions?

Voriax · Post by **Voriax** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 9:05 am

Originally posted by Bernie

Anyone want the rest of the details or should I wait to see who can answer the remaining questions?

Trust the Google, the Google is Your Friend

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq91-1.htm

Voriax
(too lazy to type it all here)

Belisarius · Post by **Belisarius** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 2:39 pm

Originally posted by Bernie
This one might stir up a hornets nest, and I admit it's based upon information I was unable to verify but....

Two allied countries during WWII still had a declaration of war existing between them from a previous conflict, one that still exists to this day, because the treaty ending the conflict was never properly signed and approved. Name the two countries.

A hazard guess on my part, but doesn't England and France have some unfinished business?

I'm sure England (Great Britain, that is) has some part in this... :p

Voriax · Post by **Voriax** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 3:22 pm

Originally posted by Belisarius

I'm sure England (Great Britain, that is) has some part in this... :p

Might also be United States..they didn't sign the Treaty of Versailles....also I recall the Denmark and some South American country were 'at war' until late 80's...but I don't remember what was the original cause for this 'war'. The 'war' was totally forgotten until some historian in Denmark stumbled upon some old documents

Voriax

Ivan · Post by **Ivan** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 4:46 pm

japan and russia?

Voriax · Post by **Voriax** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 4:56 pm

Originally posted by Ivan
japan and russia?

Allied countries?

Voriax

Ivan · Post by **Ivan** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 6:44 pm

allied huh?
sorry, i didnt bother paying enought detail to the question

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 7:05 pm

Originally posted by Voriax

Trust the Google, the Google is Your Friend

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq91-1.htm

Voriax
(too lazy to type it all here)

Excellent link Voriax, thanks for posting it!