2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz

[privatehudson]

Nope, none of them

 

[Warman17]

Ben and Jerry it told the allies that ice cream had arrived

 

[privatehudson]

No

 

[warmwaffles]

Prozac and Tylonol JK

Here is my answer:
Cake and Icecream

 

[privatehudson]

Nope...

Hint, it was a British operation that Stephen Ambrose wrote about

 

[warmwaffles]

That one is hard have no idea

 

[warmwaffles]

Wait my girlfriend says it is Cookies and Cream?

 

[Rik Meleet]

This is no a question for a male-dominated forum ...

 

[privatehudson]

All you had to do is look up some of ambrose's works, off the top of my head, he only wrote one on British operations on D-day. The answer was "Ham and Jam" which was the code for the sucessful capture of the bridges on the eastern flank of the D-Day landings, one of which has since been immortalised as Pegasus bridge.

Come to think of it, anyone who's played call of duty would have heard it too.

 

[cidknee]

doesnt sound like any craving ive ever heard of, but then again im not a woman...

 

[privatehudson]

Cravings tend to be two foods not normally eaten together. Ham with Jam isn't something normally eaten at the same time

Besides, there was enough other clues to get an idea.

 

[dgfred]

What's next question p h ?

 

[privatehudson]

It's up to anyone to ask

 

[dgfred]

It's up to anyone to ask

I'll go :

How many ships were sunk off the N.C. coast and eastern seaboard by U-boats in 1942 around
what was nicknamed 'Torpedo Junction' ?

 

[cidknee]

397 from Jan to june 1942

 

[dgfred]

397 from Jan to june 1942

No, the answer might not be exact because of the vagueness of the question. The book I am currently reading says 259 , with
the loss of only 8 U-boats.
'The massacre which the U-boats were able to "enjoy" along the Atlantic
coast in 1942 was as great a national disaster as if saboteurs had blown up
half a dozen of our biggest munitions factories.' Samuel Eliot Morison

Your turn anyway cidknee .

 

[cidknee]

since i guess its my turn Ill ask one.

The 'Triple Nickels' 555th Airborne, an attachment of the 82nd were highly trained and exceptionally motivated troops. What was the 555th's distinction?

 

[cidknee]

No, the answer might not be exact because of the vagueness of the question. The book I am currently reading says 259 , with
the loss of only 8 U-boats.
'The massacre which the U-boats were able to "enjoy" along the Atlantic
coast in 1942 was as great a national disaster as if saboteurs had blown up
half a dozen of our biggest munitions factories.' Samuel Eliot Morison

Your turn anyway cidknee .

ty ty

and I got my answer from 5 different web sources and well i think the book i have at home says around 300-400 too...

 

[dgfred]

since i guess its my turn Ill ask one.

The 'Triple Nickels' 555th Airborne, an attachment of the 82nd were highly trained and exceptionally motivated troops. What was the 555th's distinction?

Black troops?

 

[cidknee]

close but good enough.... they were the first african american Paratroopers