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ORIGINAL: Froonp
OK, it is Bernard.ORIGINAL: Froonp
I have another (it is so ridiculous) :
What is the first name of Montgomery ?
I would rate this as the most ridiculous WW2 famous commander first name.
ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
126) Which member number of the Nazi Party was Adolf Hitler?
MR
ORIGINAL: Walloc
ORIGINAL: Froonp
OK, it is Bernard.ORIGINAL: Froonp
I have another (it is so ridiculous) :
What is the first name of Montgomery ?
I would rate this as the most ridiculous WW2 famous commander first name.
Knew that one, but what was his full name at death. Titles included, tho not military ranks?
Kind regards,
Rasmus
Not Churchill, and not about Balbo.ORIGINAL: paulderynck
ORIGINAL: Froonp
Who said, on December 1942 :
"The Italian navigator has landed in the new world"
and what does it means ?
I think it refers to the death of Balbo, but I don't know who said it, Churchill again?
Oran or Algiers ?ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
115) What was the first enemy airfield captured by U.S. forces in WWII?
Wow Paul, I'm impressed, except Lindberg, for which I was not sure, I knew nothing about the others.ORIGINAL: paulderynck
107) Shweinfurt
109) a Chaplain
110) Charles Lindbergh
111) Liepzig
116) Henderson Field
122) Cutting PT109 in half
124) Nagato
It was Cologne.ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
107) Which German city was the target for the RAF's first thousand plane raid?
Detonator problems ?ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
101) Why did American torpedoes fail in the first part of the submarine campaign?
I suppose that the minisubs sunk on 7 December at Pearl Harbor don't count.ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
102) What was the first Japanese ship sunk by the US Navy during the war?
Don't know the answer, but am really interested in knowing.ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
125) The USN Iowa class battleships were built to fight the IJN Yamato class battleships. What mistake was made at the time the Iowa class ships were made?
ORIGINAL: paulderynck
107) Shweinfurt
109) a Chaplain
110) Charles Lindbergh
111) Liepzig
116) Henderson Field
122) Cutting PT109 in half
124) Nagato
ORIGINAL: Froonp
Detonator problems ?ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
101) Why did American torpedoes fail in the first part of the submarine campaign?
ORIGINAL: Walloc
ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
Here is another set of questions for you students of WWII history:
101) Why did American torpedoes fail in the first part of the submarine campaign?
Several reasons.
The mark 14 torpedo ran lower than expected. Therefor the torpedo ran so far under the buttom of the ships. That the magnetic field didnt register on the magnetic detenators.
2ndly the detenator was made and tested in NE part of the USA. As much of the pacific war occured near the equator and since the earths magnetic field changes around the world. Neither was the original calibration useble near the equator. Assuming u had it at the correct dept.
3rdly. The contact detenator had a faulty primer so even with a direct hit a pin in the detenator could break, failing to set of the actual explosive of the torpedo.
The contact detonator would go off if the hit was not at 90 degrees. The reason the faulty detonators was missed before the outbreak of the war is that, if the torpedo hit at a little less than or a little more than 90 degrees the detonator worked fine. It was only on 90 degree hits or close to that where the force of the impact bent the detonator.
104) What was the Gold Fish Club?
Submariners?
That's not correct.
107) Which German city was the target for the RAF's first thousand plane raid?
Cologne/Köln
That's correct.
117) Who were the members of the "Gun Club"?
Part of the navy officers corps trained and had doctrine based in Battleship/battlelines. See Mahan doctrine. As opposed to officers more inclined to naval aviation, aka carrier based naval warfare.
That's correct.
123) What city was to be given the new name of Germania, by Hitler, after it had been modernized?
Berlin.
That's correct.
Good Hunting.
MR
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ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
126) Which member number of the Nazi Party was Adolf Hitler?
MR
126/18 = 7 ?
ORIGINAL: Froonp
I suppose that the minisubs sunk on 7 December at Pearl Harbor don't count.ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
102) What was the first Japanese ship sunk by the US Navy during the war?
So I think this is one of the warships that tried the first invasion of Wake, in December 1941, but I can't remember which it is. I wonder suspect it is a light cruiser, sunk by bomb equipped Wildcats from the VMF squadron on the island.
ORIGINAL: terje439
ORIGINAL: Walloc
ORIGINAL: Froonp
OK, it is Bernard.
I would rate this as the most ridiculous WW2 famous commander first name.
Knew that one, but what was his full name at death. Titles included, tho not military ranks?
Kind regards,
Rasmus
Bernard Law Montgomery. Title...Hmm did not he become Viscount? Viscount of Egypt perhaps?
ORIGINAL: Froonp
Who said, on December 1942 :
"The Italian navigator has landed in the new world"
and what does it means ?
ORIGINAL: monkla
ORIGINAL: Froonp
Who said, on December 1942 :
"The Italian navigator has landed in the new world"
and what does it means ?
I'll have a stab at this one. Does it have something to do with the Manhattan Project. Enrico Fermi? Perhaps the first fission reaction or something similar was achieved?
No googling, I have an encyclopidia on WWII that contains a day to day listing of what happened on that date and while reading through it I came upon the Baedeker raids.ORIGINAL: Froonp
To be more precise, they were in retaliation for this :ORIGINAL: ItBurns
The Baedeker raids were axis night bombings of cities in Britain that has no military significance but were listed in the Baedeker guide as sights to see. They were retaliation for British bombers hitting german cities that had no military significance but were know for their beauty.
March 28, 1942 : Under the new tactical doctrine of area saturation bombing, introduced by Air Vice Marshal Harris, the RAF sends a monster incendiary attack (234 bombers) against Lübeck on the Baltic that devastates 265 acres of the city, destroying over 30% of the city, and 80% of the medieval centre. Hitler is outraged.
Hey, you googled that do you ? [:D] You can't do that ! (I was so sure no one would know ! ) [8D]
A German propagandist is reported to have said, following the first Baedeker Raid, “We shall go out and bomb every building in Britain marked with 3 stars in the Baedeker Guide”
Well, indeed I don't know who sent the message, but this was the message meant that the team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first nuclear chain reaction at Stagg Field at the University of Chicago, so you were right. The message was sent to President Franklin D Roosevelt.ORIGINAL: monkla
ORIGINAL: monkla
ORIGINAL: Froonp
Who said, on December 1942 :
"The Italian navigator has landed in the new world"
and what does it means ?
I'll have a stab at this one. Does it have something to do with the Manhattan Project. Enrico Fermi? Perhaps the first fission reaction or something similar was achieved?
D'oh. I missed the who bit. If I'm right about the event, then I'll say it was General Groves passing the info on in code.
