OT - WWII quiz

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Where, and how, did Admiral Chuichi Nagumo (of Kido Butai fame) meet his end?

Didn't he go down with his flagship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Where, and how, did Admiral Chuichi Nagumo (of Kido Butai fame) meet his end?

Didn't he go down with his flagship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

Warspite1

No, he had dropped off this mortal coil by the time of that battle.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Following Yamamoto's death, who succeeded him as Commander of the Combined Fleet?

Warspite1

Difficult to give clues on these - there sort of "you know them or you don't".

Yamamoto's successor lasted less than a year and his surname was similar (one letter different) to one of the six carriers of the Kido Butai.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Who succeeded Hideki Tojo as Prime Minister of Japan?

Warspite1

Can't think of a clue for this; it was Kaniaki Koiso. No, I had never heard of him either until reading Rising Sun (Great book!!) In fact I thought Tojo lasted the whole war [8|]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Where, and how, did Admiral Chuichi Nagumo (of Kido Butai fame) meet his end?

Didn't he go down with his flagship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

Warspite1

No, he had dropped off this mortal coil by the time of that battle.

Warspite1

Clue: He died before Leyte and it was not at sea.

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: paulderynck



Didn't he go down with his flagship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf?

Warspite1

No, he had dropped off this mortal coil by the time of that battle.

Warspite1

Clue: He died before Leyte and it was not at sea.

Bullet from pistol to the head on Saipan.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1


Warspite1

No, he had dropped off this mortal coil by the time of that battle.

Warspite1

Clue: He died before Leyte and it was not at sea.

Bullet from pistol to the head on Saipan.

Warspite1

Is the correct answer.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Following Yamamoto's death, who succeeded him as Commander of the Combined Fleet?

Warspite1

Difficult to give clues on these - there sort of "you know them or you don't".

Yamamoto's successor lasted less than a year and his surname was similar (one letter different) to one of the six carriers of the Kido Butai.

Warspite1

Seems there are no takers so I think I will answer this one now.

I thought there may have been guesses for Toyoda but the correct answer was Admiral Mineichi Koga (Kaga was the carrier). He lasted less than a year before being killed when his aircraft was: shot down by the Americans / lost in a storm and crashed in the sea / survived the crash and landed in the Philippines (but then shot himself)*

* These are the three possibles I have read about. Either way, he died in March 1944 and was succeeded by Soemu Toyoda.

[ezzler]

Which two world war combatants are still at war.

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL: ezz

Which two world war combatants are still at war.

Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 negotiated the details of treaties with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland.

Germany signed an unconditional surrender bur has not signed a peace treaty.

Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (or the Two Plus Four Agreement) allowed for the reunification of Germany but was not a peace treaty.



The Treaty of Peace with Japan (commonly known as the Treaty of San Francisco or San Francisco Peace Treaty). Of the 51 participating countries, 48 signed the treaty; Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Soviet Union refused.

Burma and Yugoslavia were invited but did not participate.
North and South Korea were not invited.
Communist China was not invited because of the civil war with Republic of China.

Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 provided for the end of the state of war, and for restoration of diplomatic relations between USSR and Japan.

Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, commonly known as the Treaty of Taipei ended the war with the Republic of China and Japan.




Germany and everybody technically are still at war.

Burma, Communist China, Yugoslavia, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan technically are still at war.



We discussed this in high school.

Do we still give France $20,000 a year in foreign aid like we did in the 1960’s?

PS. My information may be out of date [:D]

[ezzler]

Is the correct answer. We're all still at war.

And seeing as how the nation the USSR doesn't exist, it seems Japan and Russia may always be at war. Which is a problem as they're the ones still arguing over the occupied territories.

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL: ezz

Is the correct answer. We're all still at war.

And seeing as how the nation the USSR doesn't exist, it seems Japan and Russia may always be at war. Which is a problem as they're the ones still arguing over the occupied territories.

Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956

The Joint Declaration did not settle the Kuril Islands territorial dispute between Japan and the Soviet Union, whose resolution was postponed until the conclusion of a permanent peace treaty. However, Article 9 of the Joint Declaration stated: "The U.S.S.R. and Japan have agreed to continue, after the establishment of normal diplomatic relations between them, negotiations for the conclusion of a peace treaty. Hereby, the U.S.S.R., in response to the desires of Japan and taking into consideration the interest of the Japanese state, agrees to hand over to Japan the Habomai and the Shikotan Islands, provided that the actual changing over to Japan of these islands will be carried out after the conclusion of a peace treaty".

On November 14, 2004, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov along with the former President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, have visited Japan. Lavrov said that Russia as a state-successor of the Soviet Union recognizes the Declaration in 1956, and is ready to have territorial talks with Japan on its basis.

[Extraneous]

What was the largest diameter deck gun used on a submarine?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

What was the largest diameter deck gun used on a submarine?

Warspite1

Was it the 8-inchers of Surcouf.

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

What was the largest diameter deck gun used on a submarine?

Warspite1

Was it the 8-inchers of Surcouf.

[:D] Nope [:D]

[ezzler]

Is this WW2 or just 'in general'?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: ezz

Is this WW2 or just 'in general'?

Since it is a WWII quiz all questions are asumed to be about WWII unless the question states otherwise.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

What was the largest diameter deck gun used on a submarine?

Warspite1

Was it the 8-inchers of Surcouf.

[:D] Nope [:D]

Warspite1

Wow! Bigger than 8-inch. I trust you will post a picture with the answer. This is going to be one top-heavy mother [X(]

[Extraneous]

1st clue: 3 were built between 1916 and 1919 and they were in commission between 1920 and 1932.

So they are realy neither World War I nor World War II.



The picture is from the London Science Museum.

[Extraneous]

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