2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Maier. As a result, the Berliner Schnauze (Berlin so-called humor ) renamed the air raid sirens to 'Maiers Waldhörner' (French Horn), since Göring was an avid hunter, and 'Reichsjägermeister'...no joke, that was the official title

Oh, and Erhard Milch was a GFM, and 'Reichsluftzeugmeister'. Even for contemporary German ears, those titles must have sounded completely ridiculous.

Btw, that Göring quote is quite famous, but IIRC it isn't archived anywhere. And 'Maier' has no deeper meaing I am aware of, it's just like 'average joe', being a very common surname.

 

[privatehudson]

Back to the question damnit!

 

[CruddyLeper]

Well, it's a bit vague. You could be thinking about Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech.

 

[privatehudson]

Nope. As I said, it's very close in wording to Churchill's, which none of those are and it changes very little from it. Another clue would be it was another Brit who said this.

 

[BananaLee]

Was it Lord Haw Haw by any chance?
Shooting things in the dark here

 

[privatehudson]

Nope. I guess the last clue would be it was a future prime minister of Britain talking about events that partly took place in the country that would be his downfall.

 

[nonconformist]

Not the old "Battle of Britain" film quote?

*Pilots listening to radio*
Radio; Never was so much owed by so many, to so few
Pilot: Sounds like the mess fees!

 

[privatehudson]

A good one that

But no

 

[Hamlet]

I have absolutely no idea with this one.

 

[privatehudson]

Oh well, give it until later this evening and I'll pass the answer on.

 

[Serutan]

Some comment Eden made about the Suez crisis?

 

[Hamlet]

Wasn't it supposed to have been said a year or so after Churchill said it, I.E, in '41 or so?

 

[privatehudson]

Some comment Eden made about the Suez crisis?

Right person yes.

Anyway the answer was:

Soon after Mussolini brought the Italians into the war he began to demand an Invasion of British held Egypt from Italian held Libya. On paper the British were in an impossible position, over 250,000 Italians were facing barely 30,000 Brits (this rose later but not greatly), and in pretty near every field the Italians heavily outnumbered the British at the start of the campaign. The Italians though were in the main poorly equipped, led and trained. The Italian forces invaded Egypt anyway, making small headway against a withdrawing British force who's main aim was to stretch the Italian supply lines and exhaust their men before counterattacking. After a small advance the Italians dug in, their commander demanding a three month delay before advancing further. The British had other ideas, and under O'Connor and Wavell struck first. Within 2 days they'd captured 20,000 PoWs, 180 guns, and 60 tanks. Despite having his largest formation withdrawn O'Connor continued the advance, pressing on into Libya.

They went on to advance 500 miles in two months. For a loss of only 500 dead, 55 missing and 1373 wounded they destroyed an army of 10 divisions and captured more than 130,000 prisoners, 180 medium and over 200 light tanks, 1500 softskin transports and 845 guns.

O'Connor's remark was I think this may be termed a complete victory

Anthony Eden, the then Foreign Secretary though followed in his masters footsteps, his comment was

Never has so much been surrendered by so many to so few

And that was the answer

Of course the comment referred in part to events in Egypt, and 15 years later Egypt and the Suez Crisis would help bring about the resignation of Anthony Eden.

 

[Hamlet]

So do we get a new question?

 

[privatehudson]

Anybody, I don't think I ask very good ones somehow

 

[cidknee]

Nonsense is best taken in excess.

It may be confusing, but I'm British, not Danish.

man thats a great quote...and i didnt find it confusing.

Which Luftwaffe fighter aircraft's performance fell off signifigantly above 25,000 feet?

Fokker D. XXI

Messerschmitt Bf-109K

Focke Wulf Fw-190A

Junkers JU-88G-7b

 

[BananaLee]

The one without the supercharger/fuel injection/money put into the research.

THe DXXI would probably die off first..

 

[FriendlyFire]

Anybody, I don't think I ask very good ones somehow

Another whirley one by Hudson.
There was also another saying after Rommels offensive at Masseiaine pass against the Green Americans.

"Never have so many been lead by so few so far away"

 

[privatehudson]

What's a "whirley one"

 

[cidknee]

i dont know what a "whirley one" is either... anyways, nope not the right answer