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RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:25 pm
by Norman42
ORIGINAL: warspite1

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Q3 - What were the names of the last 3 factories that the Soviets held in Stalingrad against the Germans in Oct 1942?

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Q3 There was a tractor factory, Barrikady? amd something else...

Correct 2 out of 3. Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory, and Barrakady Arms Plant.

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:27 pm
by Norman42
ORIGINAL: Neilster

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Q3 - What were the names of the last 3 factories that the Soviets held in Stalingrad against the Germans in Oct 1942?

Red October? It's something typically revolutionary like that I think.

Cheers, Neilster

And correct for the 3rd one. Red October Steel Mill. (Kraznyy Oktbreskiy)

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:35 pm
by Norman42
ORIGINAL: brian brian


Didn't Avalon Hill make a game out of the St. Nazaire operation?

Yes, Raid on St. Nazaire was the title. I own it and it is one of my all time favorite bookcase games. Its a solo game where you play against the ever growing German patrols and searchlights, and it is quite a nail biter when the full alert happens, your last commandos heroically die and you tally up your score to see if you matched the historic action.

The game ends with a final dice roll(modified by how long your comandos held out) to see if the HMS Campbeltown explosives destroys the sea locks or not, tipping you over the win tally.

Great, great game.

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:50 am
by brian brian
hmmm sounds like a good candidate for computerization

it was Montgomery who said the quote about two rules in war.


Here is a question ... what model aircraft was produced in the greatest numbers in WWII? We'll go with model # and letter variant, with further subvariants all counted together. So if it was a Acme PQ-17, the PQ-17a and PQ-17b would all count the same.

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:15 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: warspite1

1. What was the ultimate fate of the light cruiser USS Phoenix?

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

3. How many of the battleships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor never re-entered service with the USN?
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No takers for these?

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:32 am
by Shannon V. OKeets
ORIGINAL: warspite1

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1. What was the ultimate fate of the light cruiser USS Phoenix?

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

3. How many of the battleships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor never re-entered service with the USN?
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No takers for these?
Q3 - 1 (Arizona)

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:51 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

1. What was the ultimate fate of the light cruiser USS Phoenix?

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

3. How many of the battleships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor never re-entered service with the USN?
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No takers for these?
Q3 - 1 (Arizona)
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Arizona is of course correct - but the number you quote is wrong

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:18 am
by michaelbaldur
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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

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No takers for these?
Q3 - 1 (Arizona)
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Arizona is of course correct - but the number you quote is wrong

2 the other was the Oklahoma ...it was raised and scrapped

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:46 pm
by Norman42
2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

Royal Navy Sea Skuas operating from shore if I'm not mistaken.

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:57 pm
by Froonp
ORIGINAL: brian brian
Here is a question ... what model aircraft was produced in the greatest numbers in WWII? We'll go with model # and letter variant, with further subvariants all counted together. So if it was a Acme PQ-17, the PQ-17a and PQ-17b would all count the same.
109s ?

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:02 pm
by Norman42
ORIGINAL: brian brian


Here is a question ... what model aircraft was produced in the greatest numbers in WWII? We'll go with model # and letter variant, with further subvariants all counted together. So if it was a Acme PQ-17, the PQ-17a and PQ-17b would all count the same.

USSR IL-2 Sturmovik : 36000+ built of all variants (the standing record for combat plane production)

Some other big production runs:

German Bf-109 : 35000 built of all variants

USSR Yak-3 : 30000+

UK Spitfire : 20500 built of all varients

USSR Polikarpov I-16 : ~20000

US B24 Liberator : 18200 of all variants

US P38 Lightning : ~10000



RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:14 pm
by Froonp
ORIGINAL: Norman42
ORIGINAL: brian brian
Here is a question ... what model aircraft was produced in the greatest numbers in WWII? We'll go with model # and letter variant, with further subvariants all counted together. So if it was a Acme PQ-17, the PQ-17a and PQ-17b would all count the same.

USSR IL-2 Sturmovik : 36000+ built of all variants (the standing record for combat plane production)
Doesn't this include the Il-10s, or the Avia built IL-2s ? If so, the one-o-niners are the most produced.
Some other big production runs:

German Bf-109 : 35000 built of all variants

USSR Yak-3 : 30000+

UK Spitfire : 20500 built of all varients

USSR Polikarpov I-16 : ~20000

US B24 Liberator : 18200 of all variants

US P38 Lightning : ~10000



RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:18 pm
by Froonp
Wikipedia says that the Il-10 are included in the IL-2 builts.

Also, it says that the Po-2 has 40,000+ builts, making it the most produced WWII aircraft.

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:22 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets



Q3 - 1 (Arizona)
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Arizona is of course correct - but the number you quote is wrong

2 the other was the Oklahoma ...it was raised and scrapped
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Bingo

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:26 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Norman42

2. Which much maligned aircraft was responsible for the sinking of the German cruiser Konigsberg in April 1940?

Royal Navy Sea Skuas operating from shore if I'm not mistaken.
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You are not mistaken - just the USS Phoenix to go...

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:32 am
by paulderynck
ORIGINAL: warspite1

You are not mistaken - just the USS Phoenix to go...

Vaporized in an H-bomb test ?

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:33 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: paulderynck
ORIGINAL: warspite1

You are not mistaken - just the USS Phoenix to go...

Vaporized in an H-bomb test ?
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No - she survived the second world war and met her end many years later - but how?

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:23 am
by Frederyck
ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: paulderynck
ORIGINAL: warspite1

You are not mistaken - just the USS Phoenix to go...

Vaporized in an H-bomb test ?
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No - she survived the second world war and met her end many years later - but how?

She was sunk as "General Belgrano" during the Falklands War.

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:58 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Frederyck

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck



Vaporized in an H-bomb test ?
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No - she survived the second world war and met her end many years later - but how?

She was sunk as "General Belgrano" during the Falklands War.
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....is the right answer.

RE: OT - WWII quiz

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:02 pm
by Norman42
ORIGINAL: Froonp

Wikipedia says that the Il-10 are included in the IL-2 builts.

Also, it says that the Po-2 has 40,000+ builts, making it the most produced WWII aircraft.

I was going by combat aircraft, including all varients of the IL-2. If you include Po-2 trainer/recon aircraft then they are the winner for sure.