OT - WWII quiz

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:59 pm

When and where did paratroop units from both the Axis and the Allied sides drop into the same area at the same time?

micheljq · Post by **micheljq** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:34 pm

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

When and where did paratroop units from both the Axis and the Allied sides drop into the same area at the same time?

Crete.

Centuur · Post by **Centuur** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:51 pm

I thought it was Sicily and not Crete, just before the invasion there. I believe the Germans were training at the same time the allies started the attack on the island.

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:02 pm

ORIGINAL: Centuur

I thought it was Sicily and not Crete, just before the invasion there. I believe the Germans were training at the same time the allies started the attack on the island.

Sicily is correct. The British and the Germans dropped inland from the SE coast and caused great confusion for all concerned.

Extraneous · Post by **Extraneous** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:53 pm

[:-] That one has been asked before. [:-]

RE: Next quiz: paulderynck

In which WWII campaign did British and German paratroops parachute into the same drop zone within minutes of one another?

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:38 pm

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

[:-] That one has been asked before. [:-]

RE: Next quiz: paulderynck

In which WWII campaign did British and German paratroops parachute into the same drop zone within minutes of one another?

I didn't remember it being asked before.

I just read about it over the summer.

ezzler · Post by **ezzler** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:58 pm

The sub picture looks like the M1. 12" gun for the cruiser submarine project. The M1 is really a WW1 ship though

Extraneous · Post by **Extraneous** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:17 am

The 12' gun of the British M-class submarines is correct.

But the HMS/m M1 was the only one of her class completed during World War One. Even then she was hidden away in North Africa.

The HMS/m M2 and HMS/m M3 were not completed durring the war and HMS/m M4 was canceled.

The Loss of HMS/m M1 November 25, 1925

They were known as "submarine monitors" or "submarine cruisers".

The HMS/m M1 was fitted with a 12-inch (305mm) Mark IX gun which was intended for use against surface ships in preference to torpedoes , the argument being that, "No case is known of a ship-of-war being torpedoed when under way at a range outside of 1000 yards" .

ezzler · Post by **ezzler** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:18 pm

Who or what was 'the little fellows ?'

Extraneous · Post by **Extraneous** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:48 am

ORIGINAL: ezz

Who or what was 'the little fellows ?'

At first I thought you might have ment "Little Frends" (what bomber crews called Fighter planes).

[X(] So I looked ot up and was supprised. [X(]

Good question [;)]

micheljq · Post by **micheljq** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:38 pm

ORIGINAL: ezz

Who or what was 'the little fellows ?'

The 2 atomic bombs?

ItBurns · Post by **ItBurns** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:07 pm

ORIGINAL: ezz

Who or what was 'the little fellows ?'

A brigade of hobbits? Trained for night attacks it was hoped the enemy would always fire too high.

Centuur · Post by **Centuur** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:17 pm

I'm not totally sure, but weren't the boys from the Hitlerjugend called "the little fellows", when they appeared at the frontlines in 1945?

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:28 pm

ORIGINAL: micheljq

ORIGINAL: ezz

Who or what was 'the little fellows ?'

The 2 atomic bombs?

Warspite1

No they were little boy and fat man.

ezzler · Post by **ezzler** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:38 pm

OK .. I messed that up.
The little fellows were the junior Hitler youth. So a win for Centuur.

However I was really looking at
US Brevet Colonel Bonner Frank Fellers. He was refereed to as 'the little fellers' or 'my bonnie fellow' by Erwin Rommel.
But why?

Extraneous · Post by **Extraneous** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:16 pm

Battle off Samar (October 25, 1944): Admiral Sprague issued the order, "Little fellows, make a torpedo attack"

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:51 am

In whose car did President Roosevelt travel from the White House to the Capitol to make his "Day of Infamy" speech on the 8th December 1941?

Why did he use this car?

Shannon V. OKeets · Post by **Shannon V. OKeets** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:17 pm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

In whose car did President Roosevelt travel from the White House to the Capitol to make his "Day of Infamy" speech on the 8th December 1941?

Why did he use this car?

Al Capone's. The Secret Service was worried about 5th columnists, which Hitler had made use of in his surprise attacks on other countries. But the budget for a President's car was limited to $750 so they did not have an armored car available in the President's fleet. However, the Treasury Department had confiscated Al's when they put him in prison for tax evasion. So they simply pulled Al's car out of the garage for the trip to Congress. Note that Secret Service is a branch of the Treasury Department.

Extraneous · Post by **Extraneous** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:47 pm

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

ORIGINAL: warspite1

In whose car did President Roosevelt travel from the White House to the Capitol to make his "Day of Infamy" speech on the 8th December 1941?

Why did he use this car?
Al Capone's. The Secret Service was worried about 5th columnists, which Hitler had made use of in his surprise attacks on other countries. But the budget for a President's car was limited to $750 so they did not have an armored car available in the President's fleet. However, the Treasury Department had confiscated Al's when they put him in prison for tax evasion. So they simply pulled Al's car out of the garage for the trip to Congress. Note that Secret Service is a branch of the Treasury Department.

The Secret Service was a branch of the Treasury Department.

The Department of Homeland Security was established with the passage of (Public Law 107-296) which in part, transferred the United States Secret Service from the Department of the Treasury, to the new department effective March 1, 2003.

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:59 pm

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

ORIGINAL: warspite1

In whose car did President Roosevelt travel from the White House to the Capitol to make his "Day of Infamy" speech on the 8th December 1941?

Why did he use this car?
Al Capone's. The Secret Service was worried about 5th columnists, which Hitler had made use of in his surprise attacks on other countries. But the budget for a President's car was limited to $750 so they did not have an armored car available in the President's fleet. However, the Treasury Department had confiscated Al's when they put him in prison for tax evasion. So they simply pulled Al's car out of the garage for the trip to Congress. Note that Secret Service is a branch of the Treasury Department.

Warspite1

Is the correct answer [:)] - didn't think anyone would get that.