OT - WWII quiz

[Norman42]

ORIGINAL: terje439

Q2: What German fieldmarshal was shot down 5 times during WW2?

Going to guess Rommel? I know he liked to personally fly recon missions in his Fiesler Storch scout plane. He even accidenally landed at a British airfield once and managed to get airborne again when he realised his predicament.

[terje439]

nope

[panzers]

ORIGINAL: Norman42

ORIGINAL: terje439

Q2: What German fieldmarshal was shot down 5 times during WW2?

Going to guess Rommel? I know he liked to personally fly recon missions in his Fiesler Storch scout plane. He even accidenally landed at a British airfield once and managed to get airborne again when he realised his predicament.

I'm gonna guess the obvious only because I know for a fact he got shot down more than once. Hermann Goering

[panzers]

ORIGINAL: terje439

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Here is something that, although I can tell you as fact(I have read many books on WWII, and can't honestly remember which one, It might have been the swiss series on the world warII Encyclopedia series. I'll have to look), I can't remember where, but it is a reliable source for sure. What happened in the basement of the British parliment as the first bombs were hitting London) I am really curious if anyone knows this one. To say what happened was history altering is a major understatement.

Hmm I have no idea, but from the way you phrased the question, my guess is gonna be that the British were thinking about offering peace?

well, that is a very good guess on your part. Indeed the fields were being abandoned as London started to ablaze, and Churchill was very aware of the situation with his pilots. He was focused on every little detail on every plane and his precious cargo that was assigned to them. It was for the survival of England. Nobody in England at the time knew more about the plight of his Air Force than him. He, therefore sat his men down and had the discussion he thought he would never have to have. He had his whole General staff sitting in the basement of the parliament and began the process of how to deal with the very real possibility to cave in to Hitler's wishes and set up some sort of peace, along with the very real possibility that Hitler would probably have said: you had your chance. They had been at the table discussing their options for several hours when the air raid sirens sounded. Talk about the "Fog Of War!!!!" This is a true story and it has not been told to too many people. I am wondering if there is anyone else out there that saw that and could possibly remember the reference from which I originally got it from. I am going to have to go back to my Swiss account of the war to see if that is where I got it. I am fairly certain that is where I got it from. It is a fantastic series about the war from a neutral point of view. I would highly recommend it to anyone. It's called: Illustrated world war II encyclopedia. It is the only series of books ever written by a neutral country that I am aware of. You can imagine the things that are in there that you may never have known given the role they played on both sides.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Carlsberg made their strong lager Special Brew - in honour of which WWII hero? 

Warspite1

Looks like this one has stumped everone [:)]

The answer is: Winston S Churchill [&o]

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: panzers

ORIGINAL: Norman42

ORIGINAL: terje439

Q2: What German fieldmarshal was shot down 5 times during WW2?

Going to guess Rommel? I know he liked to personally fly recon missions in his Fiesler Storch scout plane. He even accidenally landed at a British airfield once and managed to get airborne again when he realised his predicament.

I'm gonna guess the obvious only because I know for a fact he got shot down more than once. Hermann Goering

Nope, and was he shot down during WW2? Did not know that, but atleast you are in the right branch of the armed forces [;)]

[michaelbaldur]

kesselring ....

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

kesselring ....

Aye

[panzers]

ORIGINAL: terje439

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ORIGINAL: Norman42




Going to guess Rommel? I know he liked to personally fly recon missions in his Fiesler Storch scout plane. He even accidenally landed at a British airfield once and managed to get airborne again when he realised his predicament.

Oops! misread the question. I thought the question was:which German Fieldmarshall was shot down 5 times, not 5 times in WW2. Of course that wouldn't be Goering, but he did about that many times in the first world war, so I was missed the boat on that one. I did hear one that he was shot down in a reconnance mission in WW2, now that you mention it. Totally forgot about that
I'm gonna guess the obvious only because I know for a fact he got shot down more than once. Hermann Goering

Nope, and was he shot down during WW2? Did not know that, but atleast you are in the right branch of the armed forces [;)]

[terje439]

Q1: What orders did the Wehrmacht have if they were oposed during the remilitarization of the Rheinland?
(this one is easier than you think)

Q2: The sinking of what ship during WW2 caused the most civilian casualties?

Q3: What was the biggest tank that had a prototype built during WW2?

[wosung]

Q1 To hastily withdraw?!

Q2 Would be the Wilhelm Gustloff with some 10.000 refugees from East Prussia torpedoed by Russian sub.

Q3 Hmmm. Given Nazi Gigantomania I think it was a German tank. Most gigantic projects were "Maus" and "Ratte". Some 300 to 1000 tons?! Heaviest tank used in battle would be the Jagdtiger, with some sixty tons. Don't know about protypes.

Regards

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: wosung

Q1 To hastily withdraw?!

Q2 Would be the Wilhelm Gustloff with some 10.000 refugees from East Prussia torpedoed by Russian sub.

Q3 Hmmm. Given Nazi Gigantomania I think it was a German tank. Most gigantic projects were "Maus" and "Ratte". Some 300 to 1000 tons?! Heaviest tank used in battle would be the Jagdtiger, with some sixty tons. Don't know about protypes.

Regards

Right on everything. Well except for calling the Jagdtiger a tank. No revolving turret=no tank.

Maus had 2 prototypes completed with 7 more under way, weighed 188 tons, mounted a 128mm main gun and a 75mm secondary gun.

[wosung]

You're right about the definition of a tank. I see it the same way. But no rule without exception:

What about the M18 Hellcat? It was classified as a TD due to its weak protection. But it had a 360 degr. turnable turret.

Questions:

Q1: When and where cluster ammo arguably was used for the first time?

Q2: To which service did the schwere Sturmgeschütze (heavy assult guns) of the Wehrmacht belong to?

Q3: How many persons and who served as general in both wars? (of all participating nations)

Q4: How did British and Japanese ship constructeurs go around the tonnage limitations for battle ships in the Washington Treaty?

Q5 How much personel did the Luftwaffe need in 1943 on average to keep one fighter plane up? (on average means, day and night fighters are both included. Just guess it)

Q6 What was Operation Wilfred?


Regards

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: terje439

Right on everything. Well except for calling the Jagdtiger a tank. No revolving turret=no tank.

When became revolving turret the definition of a tank?

Was revolving turret the definition of a tank during WWII?

With that definition the worlds first tank was not a tank.
Picture of a British Mark I tank near Thiepval, 25 September 1916.

Photograph by Lt. Ernest Brooks.
Imperial War Museum catalogue number Q 2486.

And at last. Not all has that definition today.

From:
Compact Oxford English Dictionary

tank
• a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous metal track.

-Orm

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: wosung

You're right about the definition of a tank. I see it the same way. But no rule without exception:

What about the M18 Hellcat? It was classified as a TD due to its weak protection. But it had a 360 degr. turnable turret.

Questions:

Q1: When and where cluster ammo arguably was used for the first time?

Q2: To which service did the schwere Sturmgeschütze (heavy assult guns) of the Wehrmacht belong to?

Q3: How many persons and who served as general in both wars? (of all participating nations)

Q4: How did British and Japanese ship constructeurs go around the tonnage limitations for battle ships in the Washington Treaty?

Q5 How much personel did the Luftwaffe need in 1943 on average to keep one fighter plane up? (on average means, day and night fighters are both included. Just guess it)

Q6 What was Operation Wilfred?


Regards

Warspite1

Q.4 I`ll be interested to hear the answer to this. By and large the British did not go around the limitations - I`m intrigued...When you say go around - do you mean how did they get the best solution for the allowed tonnage? Sorry Wosung can you be a bit more specifc?

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: wosung

You're right about the definition of a tank. I see it the same way. But no rule without exception:

What about the M18 Hellcat? It was classified as a TD due to its weak protection. But it had a 360 degr. turnable turret.

Q6 What was Operation Wilfred?


Regards

Yea, I agree the M18 could have been classified as a tank.

Q6 - the mining of Norwegian waters to prevent German shipping (espesially of Swedish iron ore) through our neutral waters.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: terje439

Right on everything. Well except for calling the Jagdtiger a tank. No revolving turret=no tank.

When became revolving turret the definition of a tank?

Was revolving turret the definition of a tank during WWII?

And at last. Not all has that definition today.

From:
Compact Oxford English Dictionary

tank
• a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous metal track.

-Orm

It was used during WWII to make a difference between Tanks and Tank Destroyers.
And imo that definition you have there is too vague;
-is this a tank?

[wosung]

Q4 Well, it’s about treaties. It’s a lawyers question, so to speak, at least concerning some British BB designs after the Treaty signment in Feb. 1922. They fullfilled the words but not the spirit of the treaty. In short, we are searching for constructer’s short cuts.

Q6 Yup, thats right. Am just reading Roskills War at Sea, part 1.

Sorry, if some of those questions are no simple yes/no questions.

Regards

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: wosung

Q4: How did British and Japanese ship constructeurs go around the tonnage limitations for battle ships in the Washington Treaty?

Regards

I believe I've read somewere that British capital ships built during this time was built in such a way that armour could be added later? And Japan, well they withdrew from the treaty [:D][:D]

[Plainian]

Q2: To which service did the schwere Sturmgeschütze (heavy assult guns) of the Wehrmacht belong to?

A2: Artillery. Guderian mentions this topic in his book Panzer Leader if I remember right? He wanted to take them under his wing as Inspector General of Panzer troops but Hitler? forbid this as how else would the artillery be able to earn medals for destroying tanks.....or something along these lines.