OT - WWII quiz

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: cockney

I will buy a beer for the person that can answer this question.
I was amazed when I found it.

Q what was Hitler's personal phone number to his Berlin bunker?

555-no surrender ?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: terje439

Current unanswered questions:

-Warspite1: Which two naval vessels - one Italian, one German were named after the same historical character?

Prince Eugene of Savoy - Prinz Eugen - E. Di Savoia
Fought with Marlborough at Blenheim although born in Paris. One of the big "what-ifs" of history is if Louis XIV would have recognized his talent.

Warspite1 - correct paulderynck.
Still the hero double V.C winner question outstanding from me.

Warspite1

Okay you`ve all had long enough. This is not a weird and wacky question - asking the question was just a plain old simple excuse to honour a truly great man.

The only winner of two V.C`s in WWII and the only combat soldier ever to do so was:

Captain Charles Upham - a Kiwi who fought as part of the renowned New Zealand 2nd Division [&o]

There were two previous British non-combat double winners but pre-WWII so outside the scope of this forum.

Raise your glasses please to Captain Upham - thank you sir

[cockney]

Hitler's personal phone number to his Berlin bunker was 12-00-5-0
 
I hope people will enjoy the trivia in this site.

http://luckypuppyoddfacts.com/WWII.html

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: cockney

Hitler's personal phone number to his Berlin bunker was 12-00-5-0

I hope people will enjoy the trivia in this site.

http://luckypuppyoddfacts.com/WWII.html

I just tried it. After a pause there was a mechanical click and then the crackle of a needle being dropped onto a phonograph record. I heard a message in German saying the Fuehrer is currently unavailable [:'(]

Cheers, Neilster

[terje439]

Q: What famous German admiral was executed in 1945 by the Germans, and in what department did he serve?

Q: What caused the production of the ME262 to be delayed?

Q: Which US state is the only one (in the modern ship-building era) not to have a commissioned ship named after itself?

Q: What was General McAuliffe's reply when asked to surrender at Bastogne?

[rjopel]

Q: What was General McAuliffe's reply when asked to surrender at Bastogne?
 
NUTS

[rjopel]

Q: What caused the production of the ME262 to be delayed?
 
Hitler trying to get the Luftwaffe to make it a bomber.  The other answer could be engines.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: rjopel

Q: What was General McAuliffe's reply when asked to surrender at Bastogne?

NUTS

Hmm you forgot atleast one ! [:D]

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: rjopel

Q: What caused the production of the ME262 to be delayed?

Hitler trying to get the Luftwaffe to make it a bomber.  The other answer could be engines.

You had it right, Hitler wanting it to carry bombs was indeed what I was after.

[Kaletsch2007]

Let me guess, it was Admiral Canaris, who served in the NAVY INT SEC and was later member of the resistance against Hitler.

The ME262 was designed as a Fighter and Hitler wanted to have a Fastbomber. So they had to redesign the plan to put mounts for bombs.
It was Galland who was able, because of his reputation, to put together at least on squadron of Fighters.
The Fighter design was finished somewhen in late 43. Could anyone imagine, what 200 of the fighters would have done to the Allied bombers in 43 ?!

Let me guess: TEXAS

No idea

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439


Q: What famous German admiral was executed in 1945 by the Germans, and in what department did he serve?

Q: What caused the production of the ME262 to be delayed?

Q: Which US state is the only one (in the modern ship-building era) not to have a commissioned ship named after itself?

Q: What was General McAuliffe's reply when asked to surrender at Bastogne?

Warspite1

Connecticut?

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Kaletsch2007

Let me guess, it was Admiral Canaris, who served in the NAVY INT SEC and was later member of the resistance against Hitler.

Correct.

Let me guess: TEXAS

Nope

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

Q: Which US state is the only one (in the modern ship-building era) not to have a commissioned ship named after itself?

Warspite1

Connecticut?

And nope

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

Q: Which US state is the only one (in the modern ship-building era) not to have a commissioned ship named after itself?

Warspite1

Connecticut?

And nope

Warspite1

Oh - last guess then, Hawaii

[rjopel]

Q: Which US state is the only one (in the modern ship-building era) not to have a commissioned ship named after itself?
 
Not a clue. I was going to say Montana since the state had two BBs canceled on it, but it has a cruiser builit in 1905.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: warspite1


Warspite1

Connecticut?

And nope

Warspite1

Oh - last guess then, Hawaii

Nah [:)]

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: rjopel

Q: Which US state is the only one (in the modern ship-building era) not to have a commissioned ship named after itself?

Not a clue. I was going to say Montana since the state had two BBs canceled on it, but it has a cruiser builit in 1905.

Doh, shame on me! You are absolutely correct, the correcto Q should have been ---commissioned BATTLEship named...

And yes, I was going for Montana. My bad!

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: rjopel

Q: Which US state is the only one (in the modern ship-building era) not to have a commissioned ship named after itself?

Not a clue. I was going to say Montana since the state had two BBs canceled on it, but it has a cruiser builit in 1905.

Doh, shame on me! You are absolutely correct, the correcto Q should have been ---commissioned BATTLEship named...

And yes, I was going for Montana. My bad!

Warspite1

In which case you made a total mess of the question [:-] Alaska was not a battleship........[;)]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: rjopel

Q: Which US state is the only one (in the modern ship-building era) not to have a commissioned ship named after itself?

Not a clue. I was going to say Montana since the state had two BBs canceled on it, but it has a cruiser builit in 1905.

Doh, shame on me! You are absolutely correct, the correcto Q should have been ---commissioned BATTLEship named...

And yes, I was going for Montana. My bad!

Warspite1

In which case you made a total mess of the question [:-] Alaska was not a battleship........[;)]

Warspite1

Oh and I was right about Hawaii [:D]

[rjopel]

The Hawaii CB-3 was commissioned. 
 
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h3/hawaii.htm

Hawaii
 
An American island territory in the Pacific, later the 50th State.
 
(CB-3: dp. 27,500; l. 808'6" ; b. 90'10" ; dr. 27'1" s. 33 k.; a. 9 12" planned; cl. Alaska)
 
Hawaii (CB-3) was launched 3 November 1945 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington, wife of the delegate from the Territory of Hawaii. One of a projected class of six battle cruiser type ships, of which only two were com-pleted, Hawaii and her sisters were designed to cope with the large German "pocket battleships" and Japanese armored cruisers. Due to the reduction in defense expenditures after World War II, her construction was suspended. In September 1947 she stood 84 percent complete. For a time it was planned that Hawaii should be converted to the Navy's first guided missile ship, but she remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Her classification was changed to large command ship, CBC-1, 26 February 1952 when conversion was again contemplated; but she reverted to her original classification 9 October 1954 and was sold for scrap to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md., in 1959 after being struck from the Navy List 9 June 1958.[/align]