OT - WWII quiz

[warspite1]

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ORIGINAL: Red Prince

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Warspite1

Clue: The naming of the operation has something to do with the headquarters from which it was directed.

This makes me think of either Edison (Menlo Park) or Nobel (Scandinavian, wasn't he?), but I don't know how that could have anything to do with the BEF [:(]

Warspite1

The choice of Dynamo has nothing to do with any individual.

BTW: I think Nobel was Norwegian.

Warspite1

No takers on this one so I'll give the answer.

The Dynamo Room was Admiral Ramsay's nerve centre from where the evacuation operation was planned. It was called the Dynamo Room as it had housed an electrical power generator during WWI.

[paulderynck]

What! [X(]

I get nothing for defining a dynamo as an electrical power generator? I should have at least got a "you're kind of warm". [&:]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

What! [X(]

I get nothing for defining a dynamo as an electrical power generator? I should have at least got a "you're kind of warm". [&:]

Warspite1

I asked where the name Operation Dynamo came from and you answered what a
Dynamo was and who invented it. I responded that the name had something to do with
the HQ where the operation was planned. I apologise if you thought I should have responded differently - I see what you mean.

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

What! [X(]

I get nothing for defining a dynamo as an electrical power generator? I should have at least got a "you're kind of warm". [&:]

Warspite1

I asked where the name Operation Dynamo came from and you answered what a
Dynamo was and who invented it. I responded that the name had something to do with
the HQ where the operation was planned. I apologise if you thought I should have responded differently - I see what you mean.

No worries, I was only kidding. [;)]

[Orm]

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ORIGINAL: Orm

I have a new question for you guys to ponder on as well as the previous questions.

Which warship am I?
1) I have a counter in MWIF.
2) During WWII a well known authour dedicated a book to my officers and crew.

Warspite1

HMS Penelope [&o][&o] - HMS Pepperpot - one of my favourite cruisers!

It was indeed HMS Penelope that I was looking for. [:)]

((Sorry for the delay in answering. My computer crashed and have so far resisted all attempts at revival.))

[warspite1]

It must be catching, mine has broken twice since April - and this latest problem looks permanent [:(]. I am having to use my daughters Mac at the moment [:@]

[michaelbaldur]

((Sorry for the delay in answering. My computer crashed and have so far resisted all attempts at revival.))

It must be catching, mine has broken twice since April - and this latest problem looks permanent . I am having to use my daughters Mac at the moment 

ill fix them ...just pay for my transport ... [:D]

[Extraneous]

Name the Battle Cruiser class.

Battle Cruiser Numbers CC-1 through CC-4 design characteristics:
Displacement: 34,300 tons
Dimensions: 874' (length overall); 90'11" (maximum beam)
Power plant: 180,000 horsepower steam turbines with electric drive, producing a 35-knot maximum speed
Armament (Main Battery): Ten 14"/50 guns in two twin (turret #s 1 & 4) and two triple (turret #s 2 & 3) turrets
Armament (Secondary Battery): Eighteen 5"/51 guns in single mountings (nine guns on each side of the ship)
Rather light armor, seven smokestacks with many of the boilers above the armored deck.

[warspite1]

It's the Lexington-class. They were designed as battlecruisers but ended up as carriers - or at least Lexington and Saratoga were, the remaining ships were cancelled following the Washington Treaty of 1922.

[Extraneous]

Correct [:D] The Lexington Class (CC-1 through CC-6) [:D]

The Lexington class consisted of six ships, under construction at four locations:
Lexington (CC-1) Keel laid at Quincy, Massachusetts, January 1921. Became the aircraft carrier CV-2
Constellation (CC-2) Keel laid at Newport News, Virginia, August 1920. Cancelled and scrapped
Saratoga (CC-3) Keel laid at Camden, New Jersey, September 1920. Became the aircraft carrier CV-3
Ranger (CC-4) Keel laid at Newport News, Virginia, June 1921. Cancelled and scrapped
Constitution (CC-5) Keel laid at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1920. Cancelled and scrapped
United States (CC-6) Keel laid at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1920. Cancelled and scrapped

Original (1916) Battle Cruiser Numbers 1 - 4 design characteristics:

Displacement: 34,300 tons
Dimensions: 874' (length overall); 90'11" (maximum beam)
Powerplant: 180,000 horsepower steam turbines with electric drive, producing a 35 knot maximum speed
Armament (Main Battery): Ten 14"/50 guns in two twin (turret #s 1 & 4) and two triple (turret #s 2 & 3) turrets
Armament (Secondary Battery): Eighteen 5"/51 guns in single mountings (nine guns on each side of the ship)



Definitive (1919) Lexington class (Battle Cruiser Numbers 1 - 6) design characteristics:

Displacement: 43,500 tons
Dimensions: 874' (length overall); 105'5" (maximum beam)
Powerplant: 180,000 horsepower steam turbines with electric drive, producing a 33.25 knot maximum speed
Armament (Main Battery): Eight 16"/50 guns in four twin turrets
Armament (Secondary Battery): Sixteen 6"/53 guns in single mountings (eight guns on each side of the ship)

Following adoption of the Washington Treaty, their construction was stopped in February 1922. The treaty allowed the conversion of two of the battle cruiser hulls to the aircraft carriers Lexington (CV-2) and Saratoga (CV-3). The other four were formally cancelled in August 1923 and scrapped on their building ways.

[warspite1]

In WWII, what starts with Athenia and ends with Avondale Park?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

In WWII, what starts with Athenia and ends with Avondale Park?

Since Athenia was the first Brittish ship sunk by a German submarine I go with the German U-boat war angainst the Commonwealth.

[warspite1]

Is the correct answer - I feared the Athenia would give it away.

The S.S. Athenia was sunk by U-30 on the 3rd September 1939

The Canadian merchant vessel Avondale Park was sunk by U-2336 on the 7th May 1945, so bringing to an end the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest battle of WWII.

[Extraneous]

Which operations associated with Operation Torch succeeded or failed?

Operation Pedestal Re-supplying Malta
Operation Bellows Furious launches 38 Spitfires to Malta
Operation Ascendant

Operation Train Furious launches 29x Spitfires to Malta
Operation Crupper
Operation Goalpost
Operation Brushwood
Operation Blackstone
Operation Terminal (Algiers, Algeria)
Operation Reservist (Oran, Algeria)

Operation Perpetual The Assault on Bougie and Djidjelli


Extra point question: Which Liberty Ship was part of a convoy and had the same name as an U.S. Attack Transport during Operation Torch?

[micheljq]

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Which operations associated with Operation Torch succeeded or failed?

Operation Pedestal Re-supplying Malta

Operation Terminal (Algiers, Algeria)
Operation Reservist (Oran, Algeria)

I would have the tendancy to think that those 3 ones succeeded.

[warspite1]

How was the aircraft re-supply of Malta in August 1942 to do with Operation Torch?

[Extraneous]

Operation Pedestal Re-supplying Malta Succeeded

Operation Terminal (Algiers, Algeria) Succeeded

Operation Reservist (Oran, Algeria) Failed

See For the Purists for details

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

How was the aircraft re-supply of Malta in August 1942 to do with Operation Torch?

Malta played its part in operation Torch.

The Submarines that acted as beacons for the convoys and were based at Malta.

Pedestal was a success because the Tanker S.S. Ohio got into port before sinking (Malta was that short of fuel).



Second set of clues:

First 3 are during Pedestal.

Next 7 are during Torch.

Last one occured after Torch.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

ORIGINAL: warspite1

How was the aircraft re-supply of Malta in August 1942 to do with Operation Torch?

Malta played its part in operation Torch.

Warspite1

Mmmmm... I think that is more than a little tenuous. Pedestal was vital to keep Malta from starvation and for its continued use as a military base. The delivery of aircraft was vital as they allowed air cover for convoys coming in and for defence against enemy bombers attacking Malta, but Torch would have succeeded with or without Pedestal and with or without Malta.

[Extraneous]

But could Malta have survived with out Operation Torch? You have to admit Malta was a major contributor to the control of the Mediterranean.

Operation Roundup (1942) - The Allied plan to invade Europe in event of German or Soviet collapse.
Operation Sledgehammer (1942) – The Allied plan for a cross-Channel invasion of Europe, as the first step in helping to reduce pressure on the Soviet Red Army by establishing a Second Front.
Operation Roundhammer – Revised version of Roundup.

04/24/42 Churchill and Roosevelt meet to discuss the number of conflicting offensive plans which might be launched against Germany in 1942. The main ones were 'Rutter', a 24-hour cross Channel raid on Dieppe. 'Sledgehammer' using six divisions to establish a permanent beachhead on the French coast at Cherbourg and 'Jupiter' which called for a permanent beachhead in northern Norway. Discussion were also had on the up and coming operation 'Gymnast', which was the proposed Anglo-American landing in French North Africa later in the year.

Roosevelt agrees with Churchill that Operation 'Gymnast' should continue, while operation 'Sledgehammer' should be cancelled.

Operation Torch (Operation Gymnast) (1942) - Initially the planners wished to strike east of Gibraltar to directly threaten Tunisia, which with Tunis and Bizerte represented two of the best deep water ports in North Africa, but ultimately the Allies conservatively chose landing sites much further west due to the threat of Spain potentially allowing the Germans to cross Spanish territory to invade Gibraltar, which might cut off any Allied contingents between Gibraltar and Tunisia.

The Soviet Union had pressed the U.S. and Britain to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the Soviet troops. While the American commanders favored Operation Sledgehammer, landing in Occupied Europe as soon as possible, the British commanders believed that such a course would end in disaster. An attack on French North Africa was proposed instead, which would clear the Axis Powers from North Africa, improve naval control of the Mediterranean Sea and prepare for an invasion of Southern Europe in 1943.

After Operation Pedestal and Operation Torch the siege of Malta had been broken.

The road and rail systems in French North Africa were found unacceptable to adiquately supply the Allied troops after Operation Torch. “Operation Perpetual The Assault on Bougie and Djidjelli” made it easier to support the Allied drive on Tunis.