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Just for the heck of it.....let's try some WW2 Trivia. :)

Start with an easy one.

Question: Does anyone know what the codename for the Normandy invasion was?
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Operation Overlord


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And the Reply of Overlord is...

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Incorrect....according to the source I found earlier tonight :eek:

On June 6th the official codename of the Normandy landings was not Overlord.

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Post by Heide »

Seem to recall seeing it called "Overload" at some point... :confused:
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Was it 'Neptune'? I think that was the codename for the assault phase of the operation ...
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Give that man a cigar! :D

According to the sources I dug up...Overlord was the original plan for the invasion...but that plan was altered along the way by revisions that called for additional landing beaches and airborne drops...all of which became "Operation Neptune".

Thus...according to this source, "Neptune" became the actual invasion codename because it's airborne elements would be the first real deployment of Allied forces in France.

As such "OverLord" was then (again, according to this source) simply the codename for the "overall Allied strategy for the invasion and expansion of the landing areas"...but no longer the codename of the "actual landing operations". :eek: :)
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next question -
What was name of Hitlers dog?
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Unless this is a trick question I think it's Blondi ... he got to try out the poison first when Hitler and Eva Braun comitted suicide.
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10 points for the Willy!! :D

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How old Hitler was when his father died?
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Post by stevemk1a »

Alois Hitler died in 1903. Hitler was 13 years old at the time.
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Correct again! :D
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Another Question..... What was the Japanese communications "code" (Their version of the Enigma) called?
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Was that not...

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the "Purple Code"?

I believe that's what I read in one of my books....hmmm, perhaps I should have opened one to make sure before I posted...:D
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Post by stevemk1a »

O.K. here's a question ... when Hermann Goering asked Fighter Ace Adolf Galland what he could give the Luftwaffe fighter force to help them fight the British during the Battle of Britain, what was Galland's reply? (bonus points for knowing what cartoon character Galland had painted on the nose of his plane).
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Orzel... spot on! It is the "purple code"

And the answer to Willy's question.... He asked for Spitfires ... not sure what cartoon character though ..... maybe snoopy??

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Post by Gaius Marius »

Here's one -

There is a famous scene from the life of Patton (and the movie) in which he takes a detour in his Jeep in North Africa to a battlefield, saying something along the lines of "I have been here before." What was the battlefield, and what armies fought there in what war?
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Let's see...

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I thought Galland had a version of the early Mickey Mouse on his plane...not sure though.

As for Patton...I swear I remember him saying he fought the Romans as a Carthaginian....though the name of the battle escapes me.
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As for Patton...I swear I remember him saying he fought the Romans as a Carthaginian....though the name of the battle escapes me.


Oh.. yeah!!..... That really rings a bell.... It was definately the Romans vs the Carthaginian..... and I'm not sure what battle either..... probably the one where the Romans defeated the Carthiginians and sacked Carthage..... but just to add the fact that Patton said this at a cross roads. Down one track were German units ready to attack, and the driver wanted to go down that one. However, Patton overided him and told him to go down the other one..... I guess Patton must have been very superstitious....


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Originally posted by antarctic


Oh.. yeah!!..... That really rings a bell.... It was definately the Romans vs the Carthaginian..... and I'm not sure what battle either..... probably the one where the Romans defeated the Carthiginians and sacked Carthage..... but just to add the fact that Patton said this at a cross roads. Down one track were German units ready to attack, and the driver wanted to go down that one. However, Patton overided him and told him to go down the other one..... I guess Patton must have been very superstitious....


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Sort of, Patton believed in reincarnation and believed his former incarnations were those of great historical generals. Go figure.
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Early on in the war, the Russians undertook a very daring operation to bomb Berlin (mostly for propaganda purposes).

Lacking long-range bombers, what modifications were done to the aircraft assigned for the mission?
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