OT - WWII quiz

[michaelbaldur]

name this division

1. served mostly in the middle east.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


name this division

1. served mostly in the middle east.

Warspite1

15th Panzer Division

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


name this division

1. served mostly in the middle east.

2. I had troops from 3 different nationalities

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


name this division

1. served mostly in the middle east.

2. I had troops from 3 different nationalities

Warspite1

Interesting. I know the Greeks and French were attached to a British Division in North Africa. No idea which one so I checked my counter sheet for WIF (hopefully you are using one of these). If so, then I will go for the 50th Infantry Division - might be the Home Counties or Tyne Tees Division; either way my guess is the 50th ID.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


name this division

1. served mostly in the middle east.

2. I had troops from 3 different nationalities

I go with Indian 4th Division.

I am sure it had Englishmen and Indians in it. I would be suprised if you could not find at least a third nationality in that division. With that said I find it likely that you are looking for another division.

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


name this division

1. served mostly in the middle east.

2. I had troops from 3 different nationalities

I go with Indian 4th Division.

I am sure it had Englishmen and Indians in it. I would be suprised if you could not find at least a third nationality in that division. With that said I find it likely that you are looking for another division.

correct ..

English. Indians and Nepalese

you forgot the Gurkha

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur




2. I had troops from 3 different nationalities

I go with Indian 4th Division.

I am sure it had Englishmen and Indians in it. I would be suprised if you could not find at least a third nationality in that division. With that said I find it likely that you are looking for another division.

correct ..

English. Indians and Nepalese

you forgot the Gurkha

Yay. [:)] I got one right.

I was suspecting that the division had Gurkhas included but i wasn't sure.

[michaelbaldur]

battlefield.

1. small scale battle
2. less the divisional size units

[Orm]

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battlefield.

1. small scale battle
2. less the divisional size units

Battle of Wake Island?

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


battlefield.

1. small scale battle
2. less the divisional size units

3. it was in Europa
4. paratroopers were involved in the battle
5. most of the paratroopers did not survive the war.
6. they were all kill in a operation about a year later

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


battlefield.

1. small scale battle
2. less the divisional size units

Warspite1

The seizure of Mussolini
3. it was in Europa
4. paratroopers were involved in the battle

[JeffroK]

The Para drop on Dordrecht, Nederlands??

[Extraneous]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


battlefield.

1. small scale battle
2. less the divisional size units

3. it was in Europa
4. paratroopers were involved in the battle
5. most of the paratroopers did not survive the war.
6. they were all kill in a operation about a year later

Battle of Fort Eben-Emael

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


battlefield.

1. small scale battle
2. less the divisional size units

3. it was in Europa
4. paratroopers were involved in the battle
5. most of the paratroopers did not survive the war.
6. they were all kill in a operation about a year later

Battle of Fort Eben-Emael

correct ...

most of the elite commandos were sacrificed over Crete

[ezzler]

In 1949, a former waffen-SS member was sentenced by a US court to a $10,000 fine and 25 years imprisonment.

Why the fine?

[JeffroK]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


3. it was in Europa
4. paratroopers were involved in the battle
5. most of the paratroopers did not survive the war.
6. they were all kill in a operation about a year later

Battle of Fort Eben-Emael

correct ...

most of the elite commandos were sacrificed over Crete

The troops that captured Eban Emael were carried by Glider, not parachute plus the fort held out until troops from a Wermacht Rgt arrived.

As for them all dying a year later, (I cheated here) their leader, Leutnant Witzig, managed to hang on until 2001, about 60 years after your claim.

[Extraneous]

Just because they landed in gliders doesn't change the fact they were paratroops.

Research Battalion (German: Versuchsabteilung) Friedrichshafen was formed at Hildesheim on November 2, 1939 from elements of the 1st Company of I./Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1 and the Engineer Platoon (German: Pioneer-Zug) of II./Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1, but was soon renamed after its commander, Hauptman Walter Koch, as Assault Battalion (German: Sturmabteilung) Koch. It was intended to open the way into Central Belgium by capturing the formidable modern Fort Eben-Emael defending the Albert Canal as well three bridges over the Canal. The DFS 230 gliders of 17./KGr z.b.V. 5 were to be used to allow the assault groups to silently land virtually on top of their objectives, hopefully surprising the defenders and preventing them from either destroying the bridge or interfering with the German attack.

The commander of the unit was Hauptmann (Captain) Walter Koch who was promoted to Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) for his part in the battle.

Oberstleutnant Koch publicly denounced Hitler's order that all captured enemy commandos were to be executed. And he died a year later mysteriously of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

The battle had four objectives

Hauptmann Koch divided his force into four assault groups.

Group Granite, under Oberleutnant Rudolf Witzig, composed of eighty-five men in eleven gliders whose task would be to assault and capture Fort Eben Emael.

Group Steel, commanded by Oberleutnant Gustav Altmann, and formed of ninety-two men and nine gliders, would capture the Veldwezelt bridge.

Group Concrete, commanded by Leutnant Gerhard Schacht and composed of ninety-six men in eleven gliders, would capture the Vroenhoven bridge.

Group Iron, under Leutnant Martin Schächter, composed of ninety men in ten gliders, who would capture the Cannes bridge.

Group Granite's objective was not to capture the fort.

Group Granite's objective was to eliminate within sixty minutes as many anti-aircraft positions and individual cupolas and casemates as was possible, and at all costs to put out of action the six 120mm long-range artillery pieces which covered the three bridges.

Group Granite was relived by the 51st Engineer Battalion at 07:00 May 11, 1940. Then the engineers with a infantry regiment launched an attack on the main entrance to the fort. Which caused the defenders to surrender at 12:00.


[:D] I liked the part that they moved the gliders in furniture vans for secrecy. And used barbedwire on the gliders skids to reduce the landing speed. [:D]

[michaelbaldur]

famous battlefield.

1. it was a major defeat for that country

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


famous battlefield.

1. it was a major defeat for that country

Warspite1

Stalingrad

[michaelbaldur]

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur


famous battlefield.

1. it was a major defeat for that country

2. most of the defending units were destroyed.
3. and the city was captured