2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz

[privatehudson]

Panzer Brigade 150

Technically though the majority of the fighting vehicles were in fact German vehicles mocked up to look like allied vehicles rather than actual allied ones. Skorzeny was notably disapointed by the lack of co-operation from the army in providing suitable uniforms, vehicles and soldiers that spoke English. Given that no-one deemed it important to tell the various army commanders what the items were needed for though (due to secrecy) it's hardly suprising that they were unwilling to give up valuable vehicles and men on the eve of such an operation.

 

[dgfred]

Howdy p h ! good to hear from you here .

 

[Dragonlord]

Do you mean Operation Grief?

Please - that's Operation Greif, not Grief... all English speakers seem to make this mistake. Already told PH once, but he isn't interested in spelling...

It has nothing to do with to grieve, but stems from the German greifen, which means to grasp.

Just a little linguistic factoid to set the record straight...

 

[dgfred]

Give us a break , you most likely can find a spelling error or three
in ALL of my post . I'm not interested iether, but I am sorry if it
irritates you that bad . The reason english speakers miss this
alot is because we are taught the little trick when young of- ' i before e
except after c ' - so there you go.

 

[Dragonlord]

Give us a break , you most likely can find a spelling error or three
in ALL of my post . I'm not interested iether, but I am sorry if it
irritates you that bad . The reason english speakers miss this
alot is because we are taught the little trick when young of- ' i before e
except after c ' - so there you go.

I know - and I'm not trying to set up as spelling police (I'd be busy night and day ! ). It's just that in this particular case the mistake changes the meaning, and everyone is perpetuating the mistake...

'nuff said, I'll shut up about it now...

 

[cidknee]

Panzer Brigade 150

Technically though the majority of the fighting vehicles were in fact German vehicles mocked up to look like allied vehicles rather than actual allied ones. Skorzeny was notably disapointed by the lack of co-operation from the army in providing suitable uniforms, vehicles and soldiers that spoke English. Given that no-one deemed it important to tell the various army commanders what the items were needed for though (due to secrecy) it's hardly suprising that they were unwilling to give up valuable vehicles and men on the eve of such an operation.

DING DING!!

good job private.... carry on

 

[privatehudson]

In April 1945 roughly 80 SS staff from Bergen Belsen remained in the camp and were arrested by the British soon after the camp was handed over. Within a week of liberation, 47 former staff members and Kapos were arrested with the intent of trying them for warcrimes. Twenty of that original 80 though would never be tried and would meet a rather ironic fate, what was it?

 

[Rik Meleet]

Gassed by angry soldiers or prisoners ?

 

[pawpaw]

In April 1945 roughly 80 SS staff from Bergen Belsen remained in the camp and were arrested by the British soon after the camp was handed over. Within a week of liberation, 47 former staff members and Kapos were arrested with the intent of trying them for warcrimes. Twenty of that original 80 though would never be tried and would meet a rather ironic fate, what was it?

they were circumcised

 

[privatehudson]

Nope and Nope. Think about what other fates many inmates suffered from.

 

[BananaLee]

They were forced to dig graves?

 

[privatehudson]

Getting warmer, that's part of why, not what though

 

[privatehudson]

Time for an answer methinks. After being forced by the British to load bare-handed the dead bodies onto trucks and into mass graves, many of the SS men contracted and died from Typhoid, the same disease which many in the camp died from. Given the way the SS treated those in the camp, it's rather hard to find sympathy for them really.

 

[Dragonlord]

Time for an answer methinks. After being forced by the British to load the dead bodies onto trucks and into mass graves, many of the SS men contracted and died from Typhoid, the same disease which many in the camp died from. Given the way the SS treated those in the camp, it's rather hard to find sympathy for them really.

Yeah, my heart bleeds for them!

How about a new question, then?

 

[privatehudson]

Up to anyone

 

[BananaLee]

Who was Albert Kwok?

(very very very vague question, I know... Heheh. But it does have to do with WW2)

 

[nonconformist]

He's an actor, isn't he?

 

[Rik Meleet]

My gut feeling says he has something to do with Hong Kong.
Something like Governor of Hong Kong while Japan ruled there.

 

[cidknee]

This Memorial is located in Kundasang, Ranau, about 108 km from Kota Kinabalu. The Memorial takes the form of a walled garden and it was built to honour all those killed in the death march of the Second World War. The death march was ordered by the Japanese in January 1945. 2500 prisoners-of-war (1800 Australian and 700 British soldiers) marched from Sandakan to Ranau, a distance of 240 km. Only six survived the terrible trek across mountainous and forested terrain.


The Petagas Memorial

The Memorial is a garden situated about 9 km from Kota Kinabalu. It was erected in memory of those who died for the country while fighting the Japanese, particularly those who were massacred on the 21 January 1944.

Those who were massacred numbered 324 and they were members of a guerilla group called the Kinabalu Guerillas led by Albert Kwok.

http://www.mzm.sabah.gov.my/sitemuz.htm

sorry I had to google that one....

 

[BananaLee]

He's an actor, isn't he?

That's Aaron Kwok, Hong Kee singer/actor, or was it actor/singer? Never kept track of Asian male actors... But females, now that's another thing.. Mmmmmm... Zhang Ziyi....

*shakes off daydream*

ANYWAY

cidknee was right, though he Googled it. *mumble mumble*

Albert Kwok was the leader of the Kinabalu Guerillas who led a rebellion known as the Double Ten Rebellion (as it was done on the 10th of October 1943) in Sabah (aka North Borneo). The rebellion - like all other rebellions on Malaysian soil, failed miserably and his Kinabalu Guerillas were captured.
On the 21st of January, the Japanese troops herded the prisoners into a train to a point in Petagas and shot all of them into mass graves.

So,
next question.

What was the medal given in Germany to women of the Reich, and what were the prerequisites of attaining it?