2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz

[privatehudson]

German planes attacking a number of cities in England that had little to no strategic importance but high cultural importance. I believe it was named after a travel guide book or something like that. They were reprisal raids from what I remember.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Ooo getting warmer there in a way FF

That sounds strangely .... sexual

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At first I had thought the massive bow was similar design to "ice breaker" hulls used in the artic.

 

[YNCS]

You got it, privatehudson.

Here's what Wikipedia says:

The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of reprisal raids for the bombing of the erstwhile Hanseatic League city of Lubeck during World War II, which was being used to supply the Russian front. The Baedeker Blitz was conducted by the German Luftwaffe between April and June 1942. It targeted strategically unimportant but picturesque cities in England. The cities were reputedly selected from the German Baedeker tourist Guide to Britain.

The cities attacked were Bath, Canterbury, Exeter, Norwich and York. 1,637 civilians were killed and 1,760 injured during the raids on these five towns, and over 50,000 houses were destroyed. Several other raids are sometimes included under the Baedeker title, although only a few aircraft were involved in each and damage was not extensive: Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Great Yarmouth and Ipswich.

 

[privatehudson]

Ok...

What naval event, occuring very early during WW2 could be argued to have avenged the theft of a German admiral's coat long before the war?

 

[Rik Meleet]

Graf Spee in Montevideo ?
Don't know why.

 

[Adler17]

PH asked me if I could take over the question because he goes into holidays. I accepted the task. So Rik:
NO. It is not the Graf Spee.

Adler

 

[FriendlyFire]

Need more HINTs

 

[Adler17]

It has to be a ship which was not very new when war broke out. This ship has to be inflicted in a certain incident. Also it happend before the invasion of France. Also a German admiral had once onboard this ship. Also it was not a German ship. Hope the hints help a bit.

Adler

 

[dgfred]

Scapa Flow maybe ?

 

[Adler17]

Scapa Flow is hot.

Adler

 

[YNCS]

The sinking of HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow in October 1939.

I don't know about the coat, however, I can guess. In June 1919, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the scuttling of the 74 German ships interned in Scapa Flow (read Dan van der Vat's The Grand Scuttle about this event). Reuter was put under arrest and very poorly treated by the British. His coat may have been stolen. I believe Royal Oak was the ship Reuter was brought to after the scuttle.

 

[Adler17]

YNCS you got it! Indeed the British got nearly insane when they saw "their" ships sinking! They even fired at the sinking ships and the German crews leaving their ships. HMS Royal Oak took many Germans on board. Many of them claimed personal items were stolen by the British, including Konteradmiral (Rear Admiral) von Reuter´s coat. The British tried to put him before a trial more than once but they lost the trials. The ships were still the property of Germany and not of the UK or other Entente powers. So Reuter was finally brought home where he was wellcomed as a kind of hero.
In 1939 Dönitz was convince to be able to break through to Scapa Flow and attack the British fleet there. So he gave U 47, Kapitänleutnant Prien, the order to go to Scapa Flow. He succeeded but he didn´t find a fleet there because the Brits were not ready in security preparations against air strikes and so the RN was not there. Only the Royal Oak was still there. She was sunk with 833 men within half an hour. The crew feared at first an air strike and so went down into the ship. This is one reason why so many people died there.
So Dönitz avanged unknowingly the theft of von Reuter´s coat.
YNCS: Your turn!

Adler

 

[cidknee]

wow... all that over a coat!lol

 

[Adler17]

The lesson to learn: Don´t steal anything from the Germans. They might wait with their avenge but then...

Adler

 

[YNCS]

The German word Knickebein translates into English as "crooked leg." How would you use aspirin to cure a crooked leg?

 

[cidknee]

The German word Knickebein translates into English as "crooked leg." How would you use aspirin to cure a crooked leg?

hmmm neato.. not sure how this deals with ww2 but then again half my questions dont..lol

 

[YNCS]

This question does have to do with WW2.

 

[cidknee]

This question does have to do with WW2.

i know that was the german system of bombers finding targets at night... but i haver no idea what that has to do with a pain killer

 

[YNCS]

You're halfway there, cidknee.

 

[FriendlyFire]

The German word Knickebein translates into English as "crooked leg." How would you use aspirin to cure a crooked leg?

Aspirin wasnt that somekinda British radar directed AAA system ?
I know it had something to do with radar but thats it.