2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz

[steviejay]

yeah, I'll accept that. I think they were more mortars than artillery but frankly I can't really tell the difference between the two.

From what I've read they were such a hassle to move and use, that they caused more problems than they solved.

For a bonus anyone want to tell the name?

 

[Serutan]

@steviejay - They *did* look a lot like mortars, but IIRC their firing action was like
a howitzer... Also (IIRC) it took something like 300 men to work one gun. Not to
mention the amount of resources consumed...

But onwards... In nice round figures, how long did the siege of Lenningrad last?

 

[Adler17]

900 days.

Adler

 

[Serutan]

Yep. Your question, Alder.

 

[Adler17]

Under which name the Uboat type XXVII B became known and quite famous?

Adler

 

[dgfred]

Under which name the Uboat type XXVII B became known and quite famous?

Adler

It just so happens I am big into U-boats right now, and playing Silent
Hunter II every night .

XXVII B was a mini-sub called the 'Seehund' (Seal). Also called type 127.

 

[Adler17]

Sehr gut!!!

Your turn dgfred.

Adler

 

[dgfred]

Stay away Adler ---

What was Operation Pastorius?

 

[cidknee]

Stay away Adler ---

What was Operation Pastorius?

wasnt that when the germans were llanding ppl to blow up the hydro dams in Niagra falls by sub?

 

[dgfred]

No, but you are sort of on the right path .

 

[cidknee]

well they were sabotures right... I read a book on this in High School, the name stuck inmy head. They were on 2 subs and they were to sabotage different things around the us to cause panic and fear. Supposedly the bombs were supposed to be put in Jewish shops with the hope that anti semitisim would become rampant in the us. i remember that because it was the first real spy operation to provoke something that I learned about.

 

[dgfred]

Pastorius was the codename for a 'spy' operation when U-202 and U-548
set 8 agents ashore in the USA (NC coast) in June 1942. Nothing meaningful
became of it .

Cidknee was pretty close if not right so 'Your go cidknee'

 

[cidknee]

ok an easy one..

name the general who peed in the Yalu river and why

 

[dgfred]

ok an easy one..

name the general who peed in the Yalu river and why

Is that WWII or Korea cid?

 

[cidknee]

whoops... it is in Korea...
i can get a different question... i was doing 2 different quizes, ones about Korea...lol

 

[dgfred]

Ask away Pal !

 

[cidknee]

ok im at work so please bear with me.

 

[cidknee]

What was the name of the of the special unit of Allied vehicles and english speaking soliders that Otto Skorzeny commanded for the Battle of the Bulge called?

 

[dgfred]

Do you mean Operation Grief?

 

[cidknee]

nope the actual unit designation. btw they are German units in allied Vehicles