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What was the first Royal Canadian destroyer lost in WWII? How did she meet her end?

Was it the Fraser, which was rammed by another vessel(CLAA??) during the evacuation from Dunkirk?

Guderian often challenged Hitler too.

Cheers, Neilster

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Which Field Marshal was in charge during the worst single disaster suffered by the German Army?

I forget if the man in charge of 6th army in Stalingrad was Paulus or von Paulus, but I think he is the one you are looking for.

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which Field Marshal was in charge during the worst single disaster suffered by the German Army?

I guess I would go with Paulus at Stalingrad, though there were a lot of other disasters after that. Or are you looking for something from ~1803?

Warspite1

No it was not Paulus. I think you meant 1806 (Jena Auerstadt) - but no this is a WWII question.

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: warspite1


What was the first Royal Canadian destroyer lost in WWII? How did she meet her end?

Was it the Fraser, which was rammed by another vessel(CLAA??) during the evacuation from Dunkirk?

Warspite1

It was HMCS Fraser - she collided with HMS Calcutta off the West coast of France not Dunkirk. You can have half a point.

ORIGINAL: Mike Dubost

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which Field Marshal was in charge during the worst single disaster suffered by the German Army?

I forget if the man in charge of 6th army in Stalingrad was Paulus or von Paulus, but I think he is the one you are looking for.

Warspite1

His name was Friedrich Paulus (no Von) - but Stalingrad - contrary to popular belief - was not the biggest disaster the German suffered.

Clue: It was on the Eastern Front.

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ORIGINAL: Mike Dubost

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Which Field Marshal was in charge during the worst single disaster suffered by the German Army?

I forget if the man in charge of 6th army in Stalingrad was Paulus or von Paulus, but I think he is the one you are looking for.

Warspite1

His name was Friedrich Paulus (no Von) - but Stalingrad - contrary to popular belief - was not the biggest disaster the German suffered.

Clue: It was on the Eastern Front.

The Collapse of Army Group Centre, beginning on June 22nd 1944. It was due to the Soviet Operation Bagration, which eventually petered out several months later after massive gains and vast encirclements of German forces. It was a strategic surprise and Hitler's meddling and "no retreat" orders didn't help.

I think Busch was in charge at the beginning but from in memory he was replaced pretty early on by Model. I read a book on this operation a couple of years ago. Some of the stories are completely amazing. Some bands of German soldiers managed to infiltrate back to their lines after epic marches, having evaded the Russians for many weeks.

Cheers, Neilster

Stalin conducted the Purges because he rightly feared his Generals. No purges and Stalin probably wouldn't have been alive or in charge in the Summer of 1941. The Soviet Citizenry believe that no Stalin and the war would have been lost in the first 6 months.

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ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: warspite1


What was the first Royal Canadian destroyer lost in WWII? How did she meet her end?

Was it the Fraser, which was rammed by another vessel(CLAA??) during the evacuation from Dunkirk?

Warspite1

It was HMCS Fraser - she collided with HMS Calcutta off the West coast of France not Dunkirk. You can have half a point.

Since fractions are rounded up in MWiF that means one point [:D]

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Stalin conducted the Purges because he rightly feared his Generals. No purges and Stalin probably wouldn't have been alive or in charge in the Summer of 1941. The Soviet Citizenry believe that no Stalin and the war would have been lost in the first 6 months.

It was my understanding that there was no military plot to overthrow Stalin and I checked wikipedia to see what it said on the subject.

Cut from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_of_Tr ... ganization
"Another suggestion is that Tukhachevsky and others did indeed try to conspire against Stalin. Leon Trotsky in his later works argued that while it was impossible to speak conclusively about the plot, he saw indications in Stalin's mania for involvement in every detail of Red Army organization and logistics that the military had real reasons for dissent, motives which may have eventually led to a plot. However, the revelations of Stalin's actions following the release of Soviet archival information have now largely discredited this theory. While the military may well have had many secret reasons for their dislike of Stalin, there is now no credible evidence that any of them ever conspired to eliminate him."

See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge

-Orm

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ORIGINAL: terje439

90 years ago today a treaty was signed that many claims laid the foundation for WWII,
a)what treaty, and
b)were was it signed?
c)What part did the answer for Q b play in WWII?

a) The Versaille treaty of armistice that ended WWI (ans some say, started WWII).
b) Versaille, in a wagon.
c) Hitler wanted to sign the surrender of the French army in June 1940 in the same wagon.

Actually, the armistice was signed at the Compiègne Forest on November 11, 1918. The Treaty of Versailles wasn't signed until June 1919. The Great War didn't officially end until then, which explains why so many memorials have 1914-1919 on them. The French cease fire in 1940 was signed in the same railway carriage.

Incidentally, I think it's interesting that World War One is being called the Great War again.

Cheers, Neilster

Isn't the forest of Compiègne on the lands of Versailles ? (Versailles is a city, more than simply the Palace) [:D].

Q: What CW Field Marshal fought against the UK at the turn of the century, what CW nation was he from, and what was his position within that nation?

ORIGINAL: Neilster

Guderian often challenged Hitler too.

Cheers, Neilster

Yes I was thinking of Guderian who got relieved of command in october 1941 by Hitler. Guderian was spearheading the advance to Moscow but got an order to turn for Kiev. According to some, though not sure it is him who told this : if we don't take Moscow we will loose the war. In 1943 he was appointed to inspect the german armored forces, though some say it was a way for Hitler to "punish" him by not giving him a command in the field. In 1945, he got to command field forces again. And again, he did criticize Hitler's command and was again relieved of duty for "sickness" reasons told Hitler.

ORIGINAL: Twotribes

Stalin conducted the Purges because he rightly feared his Generals. No purges and Stalin probably wouldn't have been alive or in charge in the Summer of 1941. The Soviet Citizenry believe that no Stalin and the war would have been lost in the first 6 months.

The soviet citizenry were "brainwashed". If they would have say otherwise Stalin would have send them to the Goulag. We will never know what could have happened, an interesting whatif.

Thanks for your answers for the Question "german commander who did criticize Hitler" it turned out I learned something.

Another question, the name or surname of a canadian-american fighting force. Yes, a brigade composed of american and canadian soldiers in the same force. The only to my limited knowledge to have existed in WW2.

This General was awararded his countries highest award for valor in the face of the enemy. He was shot in the face and lost an eye in Africa. Lost a hand in France. The General was shot through the head without any lasting injury. Had other injuries in his hip, ear, leg and ankle. Wounded in action no less than 8 times. Survived when his airtransport was shot by enemy fighters killing his aide. Was later taken prisoner after his airplane had crashed due to engine failure. Made 5 attempts to flee imprisonment including a 8 days attempt on the run.

1) What is the name of the General.

2) What campaign did he later descibe as the dullest campaign he had been in?


-Orm

Hi all,

I am a regular reader of this forum since 2004 but I never dared to subscribe because the last time I played WiF was summer 1996 (5th edition I believe) so I am not up to date with the game.
(another reason is I wanted you to believe we French people could all speak English like Patrice [:D] )

The reason why I dare to do so today is that I was born a mere 20 miles away from Compiègne so I can't let you think that Compiègne is on the lands of Versailles.

Compiègne is located 60km North of Paris, in the "Picardie" region whereas Versailles is located 30 km West of Paris in the "Ile de France" region. While Louis XIV had his home in Versailles, he never visited Compiègne. However, Napoleon III enjoyed frequent stays in Compiègne, hence the locals call it "la Cité Impériale".

ORIGINAL: tde001

Hi all,

I am a regular reader of this forum since 2004 but I never dared to subscribe because the last time I played WiF was summer 1996 (5th edition I believe) so I am not up to date with the game.
(another reason is I wanted you to believe we French people could all speak English like Patrice [:D] )

Welcome! And we do not bite THAT hard, so keep posting [;)]

ORIGINAL: terje439

Q: What CW Field Marshal fought against the UK at the turn of the century, what CW nation was he from, and what was his position within that nation?

Answer mailed me, Jan Smuts was the Prime Minister of South Africa at the outset of the war, and fought against the British in the Second Boer War.

A few ironic questions:

Q1: What was the name of the US Navy Command on Dec 7th 1941?
Q2: What was the name of Hitler's personal train on Dec 7th 1941?
Q3: Fighter planes would often load their guns so that one in aprox 5 bullets would be a tracer so that they could adjust their fire on sight, why was this a mistake?