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2004-02-08, 5:13 AM #41
Mohammed was a camel. When they wanted him to stop, they'd shout "Whoa, Mohammed!"

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2004-02-08, 5:17 AM #42
I knew more of the answers to these questions because of Call of Duty than the History GCSE course I'm taking...

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2004-02-08, 5:41 AM #43
138 sounds a lot for a tank caliber... I thought it wasn't till later on that German tanks got up to even 88mm anyway?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">13.What weapons were responsible for the London Blitz. (Many bonus points for this next one) What was the german name for these?</font>

I thought the london blitz was considered to be the ~1940 period? The V1 and V2 weren't used until something like 1943 and even later for the V2 and were more of a psychological weapon than a "blitz" due to their small numbers.

So I'd go for Dornier Do.17, Junkers Ju.88 and Heinkel He.111

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">In Africa, the British adopted a war cry that they would be used through the war, "Whoa Mohammed". For what reason did they use it, and why did it work?</font>

Hmm, never heard mention of that in Spike Miligans autobiographies hehe. Dunno, might have something to do with them having to fight the Iraqis(pretty damn sure) at one stage(been a while since I've read "The Road to Mandalay").
2004-02-08, 5:54 AM #44
15.How old was Hitler when he died?

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2004-02-08, 5:56 AM #45
to evil to age

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2004-02-08, 7:47 AM #46
The answer to the Tiger tank calibre was 88mm, and yeah 138 is too big for that time. 120 - 156 was for the later Russian tanks and tank destroyers!

ANSWER THIS THEN -

"What was then name of the German General whose last name is the name of a planet in Star Wars?"

Tricky stuff

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2004-02-08, 9:48 AM #47
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bjorn:
15.How old was Hitler when he died?

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2004-02-08, 10:04 AM #48
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ZERO1979:


"What was then name of the German General whose last name is the name of a planet in Star Wars?"

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General Hoth? :P

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2004-02-08, 11:31 AM #49
On D-Day, Easy Company(101st Airborne)was sent to attack and neutralize a battery of German artillery firing down on what beach?

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The top ten times in history when using the "F" word
was appropriate.....
10) "What the *&%# was that?" -Mayor of Hiroshima - August 1945
9) "Where did all these *&%#ing Indians come from?" - Custer 1877
8) "Any *&%#ing idiot could understand that." - Einstein 1938
7) "It does SO *&%#ing look like her!" - Picasso 1926
6) "How the *&%# did you work that out?" - Pythagoras 126 BC
5) "You want WHAT on the *&%#ing ceiling?" - Michelangelo 1566
4) "I don't suppose it's gonna *&%#ing rain." - Joan of Arc 1434
3) "Scattered *&%#ing showers...my a$$!" - Noah 2114 BC
2) "I need this parade like I need a *&%#ing hole in my head!" -
JFK 1963
1) "Aw c'mon, who the *&%# is going to find out?" - Bill Clinton 1997
The top ten times in history when using the "F" word
was appropriate.....
10) "What the *&%# was that?" -Mayor of Hiroshima - August 1945
9) "Where did all these *&%#ing Indians come from?" - Custer 1877
8) "Any *&%#ing idiot could understand that." - Einstein 1938
7) "It does SO *&%#ing look like her!" - Picasso 1926
6) "How the *&%# did you work that out?" - Pythagoras 126 BC
5) "You want WHAT on the *&%#ing ceiling?" - Michelangelo 1566
4) "I don't suppose it's gonna *&%#ing rain." - Joan of Arc 1434
3) "Scattered *&%#ing showers...my a$$!" - Noah 2114 BC
2) "I need this parade like I need a *&%#ing hole in my head!" -
JFK 1963
1) "Aw c'mon, who the *&%# is going to find out?" - Bill Clinton 1997
2004-02-08, 11:57 AM #50
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bjorn:


5.When was the Axis formed (Year and month)?

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Date Registered: March 24, 2002

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2004-02-08, 12:06 PM #51
hehehe

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2004-02-08, 12:21 PM #52
AGENT SMITH i luv your quote its hilarios

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2004-02-08, 12:22 PM #53
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bjorn:
None other than Molotov. Father of the Molotov coctail.
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Hmm. It is certainly the most simple assumption that the rude AT weapon would have been named to honour Molotov, the Soviet statesman. However, if you study the matter more deeply, this is what you will come up with:
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">The antitank weapon called a Molotov cocktail was not named to honor Molotov. Although how it was so dubbed is a matter of dispute, it is believed to have been named by the Finns during the Russo-Finnish War of 1939–1940 as a satirical honor for their antagonist–a cocktail for Molotov.</font>

This is from A New Dictionary of Eponyms. Morton S. Freeman. Oxford University Press, 1997 for reference...

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2004-02-08, 10:30 PM #54
General Hoth was right!

Kudos

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2004-02-09, 10:29 AM #55
No answers for # 12 & 15?

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2004-02-09, 10:55 AM #56
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fishstickz:
A guess here.. but did it rally the muslim forces helping them? Like mercanaries and rebels or something?

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Not a bad guess.
They British used it to tell who was who when identity was a question in a fight. The Germans couldn't pronounce it.Lol... I can just hear it now...

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2004-02-09, 11:00 AM #57
So you want new questions aye... Well here are three.

16.When were the first paratroopers utilized? By who?

17.How long was the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?

18.What was the first naval battle not involving ships?

19.What Italian(hint) Moutain was also known as "Mount Misery"?

Easy Company took out a number of Flak cannon shelling UTAH beach. And took a few casuaties (2 dead 1 injured (poor Popeye)).

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2004-02-09, 12:50 PM #58
16- cyprus, germans?

18- sounds like the battle of the coral sea

19- throw a guess at monte cassino or monte santa croce......
2004-02-09, 1:39 PM #59
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GHORG:
18- sounds like the battle of the coral sea
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True, that battle didn't involve contact by the ships, but it certainly wasn't the first. The Japanese ships were nowhere near Peral Harbor. Offhand I don't think that was the first either, but I don't remember just what was.

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2004-02-09, 1:51 PM #60
Sorry... just couldnt resist:

[http://www.rit.edu/~bjj4494/forumpics/xwingnavy.jpg]

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2004-02-09, 4:55 PM #61
Are they trying to push it over? HIDE THE EVIDENCE?? THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS ABOUT THE EMPIRE!! BUSH IS IN LEAGUE WITH THE EMPEROR!!

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2004-02-09, 5:28 PM #62
No wonder it crash landed... its S-foils are in attack position!

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2004-02-10, 12:36 PM #63
20. What aircraft carried the largest calibre weapon on any american aircraft(not going to say any nation as those russians got up to funky stuff)?

21. What was the name and weight of the largest allied(and probably the largest of the war) bomb?

Here's a good one;

22. Prior to the Sänger Amerika-Bomber's construction(which obviously never went beyond a wind-tunnel model), what was the Reich's designated nuclear bomber?
2004-02-10, 1:14 PM #64
Must do research! And while I do it time for some more questions.

20. (easy) What is the kriegsmarine?

21.What plane is also known as the "sky-train"?

22.What does G.I. stand for? (GI Joe becomes funny after you figure it out)

23.What battle is known as the "Longest Day"?

24.What was the most produced Armored vehicle during the war?

25.On what ship was the first "Vengence Weapon" used on? Where? What was it's destination?

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2004-02-10, 1:24 PM #65
22) General Issue

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2004-02-10, 1:26 PM #66
nope

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2004-02-10, 1:40 PM #67
Strange...I always thought GI was General Issue....

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2004-02-10, 1:49 PM #68
Nope it's Government Issue sure

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2004-02-10, 1:52 PM #69
Actually both (General and Governmant Issues) I believe.

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2004-02-10, 2:11 PM #70
It was actually General Issue, cos most grunts didn't like the idea that they were conscripts. It was just General Issue.

And that picture is from the Vietnam War. Its made from a piccie of US soldiers pushing Hueys off the ships to make more room for the incoming ones, I think!

Im not griping, I was making an interested observation!

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2004-02-10, 2:16 PM #71
yeah saw that clip quite sad really. Did that during the evacuation. Stupid monopoly US version it said that GI was government issue grrrrr

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2004-02-10, 4:36 PM #72
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bjorn:
Must do research! And while I do it time for some more questions.

20. (easy) What is the kriegsmarine?

21.What plane is also known as the "sky-train"?

22.What does G.I. stand for? (GI Joe becomes funny after you figure it out)

23.What battle is known as the "Longest Day"?

24.What was the most produced Armored vehicle during the war?

25.On what ship was the first "Vengence Weapon" used on? Where? What was it's destination?

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20. German Navy
21. C47
22. Already answered.
23. D-Day
24. T-34 would be the most mass-produced tank, but I'm sure I'm overlooking some lesser vehicle like an M3.
25. Not a clue
2004-02-11, 4:18 AM #73
How about these then guys!

26) What is the German name for Paratroopers?

27) Were the Panzer IV tanks main gun long or short barrelled in the first model?

28) In Operation Barbarossa how long was the siege of Leningrad?

29) Where were the landing in Operation Torch?

30) True or False. Hitler's Eastern Command Post was called the Wolfschanze.

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2004-02-11, 6:29 AM #74
28) I think 638 off-hand, it was six hundred and something at any rate
2004-02-11, 9:14 AM #75
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bjorn:
None other than Molotov. Father of the Molotov coctail.

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Molotov didn't invent the Cocktail that bears his name.

Variations of the Molotov Cocktail have been getting tossed around for nearly 500 years. The First reported case of it being used was during the Siege of Vienna in the 1560s. The Turks lost something like 2,500 men to Austrian Molotov Cocktails like things...

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2004-02-11, 1:00 PM #76
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ZERO1979:
How about these then guys!
26) What is the German name for Paratroopers?
27) Were the Panzer IV tanks main gun long or short barrelled in the first model?
28) In Operation Barbarossa how long was the siege of Leningrad?
29) Where were the landing in Operation Torch?
30) True or False. Hitler's Eastern Command Post was called the Wolfschanze.</font>

26) Fallschirmjager. May have spelled that wrong.

27) Short

28) Already Answered

29) North Africa. Hard to say specifically where, since the landing spots for the three groups were pretty spread out. Basically though, Morrocco, Algiers, and... Whoops, can't remember the other one...

30) True. Wolf's Den.
2004-02-11, 1:50 PM #77
31) On what Pacific island was Henderson Field & "Bloody Ridge" located?

32) What was the standard issue grenade for US soldiers?

33) Which of the five beaches of Normandy did Canada invade?

34) What 3 German Army divisions were involved in the Battle of the Buldge?

35) How many men died in the Malmedy Massacre?
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2004-02-11, 1:52 PM #78
Operation torch involved both naval landing and some paratroopers to distrupt ememy positions and such. The landings took place all over Algeria.

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2004-02-11, 1:53 PM #79
32) M2 Frag Grenade
33) Juno

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2004-02-11, 1:55 PM #80
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