OT - WWII quiz

[Szilard]

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

Why did she serve under US colors?

1st clue: Generals Eisenhower and Clark.

To carry Clark to Algeria for his meeting with ummmm Vichy French Admiral Wossisname?

[micheljq]

ORIGINAL: Szilard

To carry Clark to Algeria for his meeting with ummmm Vichy French Admiral Wossisname?

Amiral Darlan i think.

[Ur_Vile_WEdge]

If you play with Cruisers in flames, you'll notice that the Japanese light cruiser Kitakami has a truly impressive ship to ship attack value of 5. While originally a fairly ordinary Kuma-class cruiser, she received an upgrade prior to the war in the Pacific. What kind of new armaments did she sport that justified such a powerful attack rating?

[Extraneous]

[font="times new roman"]Why did she serve under US colors?

2nd clue: Generals Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, Mark Wayne Clark, and codename Kingpin.
 

No.
 
On November 7, 1942, just before the beginning of Operation Torch, Darlan went to Algiers to visit his son, who was hospitalized after a severe attack of polio. Darlan did not know that secret agreements had been made on October 23, 1942.

 
 
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[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge

If you play with Cruisers in flames, you'll notice that the Japanese light cruiser Kitakami has a truly impressive ship to ship attack value of 5. While originally a fairly ordinary Kuma-class cruiser, she received an upgrade prior to the war in the Pacific. What kind of new armaments did she sport that justified such a powerful attack rating?

painful

making me think of the Broadside-class cruiser...(star wars)

[Centuur]

ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge

If you play with Cruisers in flames, you'll notice that the Japanese light cruiser Kitakami has a truly impressive ship to ship attack value of 5. While originally a fairly ordinary Kuma-class cruiser, she received an upgrade prior to the war in the Pacific. What kind of new armaments did she sport that justified such a powerful attack rating?

Wasn't this ship upgraded with 203 mm Guns?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge

If you play with Cruisers in flames, you'll notice that the Japanese light cruiser Kitakami has a truly impressive ship to ship attack value of 5. While originally a fairly ordinary Kuma-class cruiser, she received an upgrade prior to the war in the Pacific. What kind of new armaments did she sport that justified such a powerful attack rating?

Warspite1

She - and her sister Oi - were fitted with a huge number of 24-inch torpedo tubes.

[warspite1]

After Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines, who ordered the surrender of American forces in PI?

[Ur_Vile_WEdge]

Warspite gets it. Each ship had 40 tubes. Combined with the extremely powerful torpedoes the Japanese used they could have dished out a *lot* of hurt, but as far as I know, neither ever got a chance to engage a big capital ship with them.

For his own question:

After Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines, who ordered the surrender of American forces in PI?

Wasn't it Johnathan Wainwright who gave the surrender?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Ur_Vile_WEdge

Warspite gets it. Each ship had 40 tubes. Combined with the extremely powerful torpedoes the Japanese used they could have dished out a *lot* of hurt, but as far as I know, neither ever got a chance to engage a big capital ship with them.

For his own question:

After Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines, who ordered the surrender of American forces in PI?

Wasn't it Johnathan Wainwright who gave the surrender?

Warspite1

....is the correct answer [:)]

[Extraneous]

What was the USS Seraph’s other name? HMS Seraph (P 219)
 
 
Why did it have another name? Because General Henri Honoré Giraud (Codename Kingpin) flatly refused to deal with the British.
 
There was no US boat within 3,000 miles and eventually the RN agreed to appoint Captain Jerauld Wright USN to the command of Seraph for the operation. The boat became 'USS Seraph' and flew the USN ensign. The ship's company assumed American accents, which fooled nobody - including Giraud, who had been told of the deception by Wright.
 
 
Submarine HMS Seraph (Aka USS Seraph) (P 219) 10/19/42 - 10/25/42 Operation Flagpole: Embarked Major-General Mark Clark (USA) and Brigadier-General Lemnitzer (USA), three other senior US Army officers, Captain Wright, of the US Navy, and three British Commandos for small fishing village of Cherchell, about 82 miles (132 kilometers) west of Algiers, Algeria. 11/05/42 Operation Kingpin: As USS Seraph. Smuggled French General Henri Honoré Giraud out of Vichy France to Gibraltar.
 
Submarine HMS Sibyl (P 217) 8/11/42 - 11/11/42 Operation Kingpin: Rendezvoused on the south coast of France. Picked up four staff officers and officials, including one English woman (the wife of Captain Beaufré, Giraud's Chief of Staff), of French General Henri Honoré Giraud's staff and took them to Algiers.
 
 
 

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

Because General Henri Honoré Giraud (Codename Kingpin) flatly refused to deal with the British.

Warspite1

Mmmm Giraud, less of a Kingpin, more of a dampsquib

[paulderynck]

Which city in a neutral country did the USAAF bomb once in 1944 and once in 1945 - in broad daylight.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Which city in a neutral country did the USAAF bomb once in 1944 and once in 1945 - in broad daylight.

Warspite1

A Swiss city? Basle?

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Which city in a neutral country did the USAAF bomb once in 1944 and once in 1945 - in broad daylight.

Warspite1

A Swiss city? Basle?

Right country, wrong city.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Which city in a neutral country did the USAAF bomb once in 1944 and once in 1945 - in broad daylight.

Warspite1

A Swiss city? Basle?

Right country, wrong city.

Warspite1

Zurich then?

[brian brian]

I've always wondered what became of the Oi (pronounced Ohhh-eee in reality, unfortunately for AC/DC fans) in the real war. I figured it had to have something to do with the Long Lance torpedoes.

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL:  warspite1
 
 

ORIGINAL:  Extraneous
 
Because General Henri Honoré Giraud (Codename Kingpin) flatly refused to deal with the British.
 

Warspite1
 
Mmmm Giraud, less of a Kingpin, more of a dampsquib
 

 
British Submarines of World War Two
 
As a post-script to the story, Giraud had no intention of making a political broadcast to rally the French on the lines suggested by General Eisenhower. Although he was eventually to lead the French Division in North Africa (he had expected to be made Allied Commander-in-Chief) the real purpose of his rescue was therefore not achieved. Churchill said later:- "No one was more deceived than he about the influence he had with the French governors, generals and officer corps in North Africa."
 
 
 

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: warspite1


Warspite1

A Swiss city? Basle?

Right country, wrong city.

Warspite1

Zurich then?

Nope. It was a navigational error but not that far south.

[Centuur]

I think it was Basel, something to do with a  mistake regarding the trainstation (southern part Swiss, norther part Germany). However, I thought the US only made this mistake once, and it wasn't a large raid (only some Fighter Bombers attacking a train on the Swiss part of the trainstation...).