3rd Cumulative WW2 History Quiz

[CruddyLeper]

Miale? Your answer anyway Noncon.

Believe it was used by the British too as the Chariot.

 

[Adler17]

Manned torpedoes. Also the Japanese (Kaiten) and Germans (Neger and Marder) used these kind of attack weapons.

Adler

 

[Zkal]

Noncon was first one to answer right so it's his question
CruddyLeper: IIRC it's Maiale. You forgot one A

 

[nonconformist]

Okay, a fairly easy one this time:

What legendary answer was given to a German when he crossed over to the surrounded British lines at Arnhem, do discuss surrender?
(Paraphrasing etc. allowed).

 

[Serutan]

That the British commander was sorry, but that he was unable
to accept the German's surrender?

 

[CruddyLeper]

"We haven't got the facilities old chap".

Rather different to Spike Milligan's CO in Tunisia - he just said "Shoo! Clear off"

 

[nonconformist]

"We haven't got the facilities old chap".

Rather different to Spike Milligan's CO in Tunisia - he just said "Shoo! Clear off"

Correct!
Sorry, Serutan, but Cruddy got closer than you.
I thought it was fantastic bit of "stiff upper-lip" at a crucial time.

 

[CruddyLeper]

As Serutan answered quicker than me, I give the honour of the next question to them. I was more worred about getting the Milligan reference in to be honest.

Anyway, I haven't got one handy.

Go Serutan!

 

[Serutan]

Ok, if you want me to...

What disease did the Japanese spread ( in a bio warfare sense)
around China during WW2?

 

[dgfred]

Wasn't it Anthrax? , as well as plague, cholera and typhoid.

Japanese formed the infamous Unit 731.

 

[Wotan]

Yellow fever

 

[Serutan]

Plague is what I had in mind. Your question, dgfred.

 

[dgfred]

What Allied ship sunk six Axis submarines in one month?

 

[CruddyLeper]

I would guess an S class destroyer - either on the Arctic convoys or (more likely) in the Med during the Sicily or Salerno landings.

Which one though?

 

[dgfred]

I would guess an S class destroyer - either on the Arctic convoys or (more likely) in the Med during the Sicily or Salerno landings.

Which one though?

'Destroyer Escort' , named after 'another country'

 

[dgfred]

The USS England attacked and destroyed 6 Japanese submarines in only
a 12 day period in 1944 thus becoming the champion of anti-sub warfare . .


Open floor for next question .

 

[nonconformist]

Okay guys, just something I read up on a short while ago...forgive me if you consider this morbid...
Since this is intentionally difficult, and vague, it Googleable (is that a word?)
What is the strangest death of any U-boat sailor?

 

[Zardnaar]

Okay guys, just something I read up on a short while ago...forgive me if you consider this morbid...
Since this is intentionally difficult, and vague, it Googleable (is that a word?)
What is the strangest death of any U-boat sailor?

Run over by a T34

 

[nonconformist]

Run over by a T34

I don't think any U-boatmen were....

 

[dgfred]

Died due to toilet malfunction?