3rd Cumulative WW2 History Quiz
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Serutan
Eatibus Anythingibus
Nonconformist has been closest so far. Change an adverb & a place name,
and you've got it.
@friendly_fire - That happened during the Moscow counter-offensive during
the winter. Zhukov (and others) argued for concentrating forces around
Moscow; Stalin wanted to attack all along the front. But Zhukov was not
punished (at least during the war) for that one.
and you've got it.
@friendly_fire - That happened during the Moscow counter-offensive during
the winter. Zhukov (and others) argued for concentrating forces around
Moscow; Stalin wanted to attack all along the front. But Zhukov was not
punished (at least during the war) for that one.
classical_hero
In whom I trust
I would say that he advised to attack from Kiev.
nonconformist
Miserable
Hmmm.
A guess here, but to retrreat from Leningrad,letting it fall into German hands, to allow Soviet forces to regroup.
A guess here, but to retrreat from Leningrad,letting it fall into German hands, to allow Soviet forces to regroup.
Serutan
Eatibus Anythingibus
meisen is right. Zhukov advocated abandoning Kiev,
believing (correctly) that it was a trap, and making
a stand further east.
Meisen's question now.
believing (correctly) that it was a trap, and making
a stand further east.
Meisen's question now.
Hornblower
Cry Havoc!
Huai Hai Campaign of late 1948. The last conventional battle of the Chinese Civil War?
Serutan
Eatibus Anythingibus
It is; if the answer is something after the war, then
I don't think it's a legal question.
I don't think it's a legal question.
IronMan2055
Korra 2011
the rules say imediatly before, during, or imediatly after the war but that is three years.
The war happened between 1939 and 1945. It lasted around 2 months. Sorry, it was not during the Chinese civil war, Hornblower.
A couple of hints:
China was not involved.
Less than a year after this war, a short man died from an air attack staged from one (or both possibly, on further thought) of the 2 countries involved in this war, but the attack was not by either of those 2 countries that fought against each other in that war. Earlier, a famous - or infamous in my view - collegue of the dead man remarked, in casual conversation with him, and I paraphrase, "X, you'll be standing on a box on the bridge of your....". It turned out to be a prophesy come true.
A couple of hints:
China was not involved.
Less than a year after this war, a short man died from an air attack staged from one (or both possibly, on further thought) of the 2 countries involved in this war, but the attack was not by either of those 2 countries that fought against each other in that war. Earlier, a famous - or infamous in my view - collegue of the dead man remarked, in casual conversation with him, and I paraphrase, "X, you'll be standing on a box on the bridge of your....". It turned out to be a prophesy come true.
nonconformist
Miserable
Would it be that between Argentina and Brazil in 1945?
Hornblower
Cry Havoc!
With the parameters of the question I figure that it has to be in Asia. Thinking of all the brief conflicts that flared up I thought of Vietnam but that didn't last for a brief 2 months. You have discounted the Chinese civil war so the only area left that I can think of that fits your parameters of equipment and timing is the Indonesian War of Independence/Revolution. 1945-1950
The war was fought between the Netherlands and the Indonesians. But on the surrender of the Japanese there was a brief period of conflict between the British occupational forces and the Indonesian revolutionaries. The revolutionaries were armed with weapons confiscated from the Japanese. The occupational forces however used British and American equipment no French stuff. In the decisive battle the commander of the British forces was killed during an air attack (which was probably British) whilst standing on Red Bridge in Surabaya.
Later on in the conflict the Dutch used French aircraft but that wouldn't quite fit the parameters mentioned. If this isn't it then I give up.
The war was fought between the Netherlands and the Indonesians. But on the surrender of the Japanese there was a brief period of conflict between the British occupational forces and the Indonesian revolutionaries. The revolutionaries were armed with weapons confiscated from the Japanese. The occupational forces however used British and American equipment no French stuff. In the decisive battle the commander of the British forces was killed during an air attack (which was probably British) whilst standing on Red Bridge in Surabaya.
Later on in the conflict the Dutch used French aircraft but that wouldn't quite fit the parameters mentioned. If this isn't it then I give up.
Hornblower
You were right it took place in Asia and Vietnam was one of the involved, but as a colony of the French. Timing off, though. I'll go ahead and post up the answer.
It was between Thailand and French Indochina. There were some incidents in November 1940, escalating to fighting in December that lasted till a brokered peace on Jan 31, 1940. I first read about it some years ago in an account of the air fighting during this war in a copy of an issue of Air Enthusiast/Air International.
Some links for furher reading if anyone is interested:
A Sideshow of a Large War
by Aleksandr V. Kotlobovskii
http://www.j-aircraft.com/research/George_Mellinger/a_sideshow_of_a_large_war.htm
Japanese Aircraft In Royal Thai Air Force and Royal Thai Navy Service During WWII
by Jan Forsgren
http://www.j-aircraft.com/research/jan_forsgren/j-aircraft_royal_thai.htm
The Royal Thai Airforce, 1940-41
http://www.dmbcrtaf.thaigov.net/aircraft/Other/Nieuport17/Nieuport17.htm
The thread is open for whoever would like to ask the next one.
Edit: realised I had not posted who the short man who died later was. This was Admiral Tom Phillips who commanded Force Z:
http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/Malaya_and_Singapore/html/body_z_force.htm
The person who said he "would be standing on a box on the bridge of his battleship while aircraft sank it" was "Bomber" Harris. This was because Phillips was doubtful aircraft could sink a battleship that had manuevering room at sea. He evidently was a talented admiral otherwise. Thought it strange that he would get command of a force that was likely to see a lot of air attacks, but then I read Phillips had argued against Churchill's decision to move troops out of North Africa over to Greece in 1941 (a good strategic analysis by Phillips). Perhaps they clashed in other ways and Churchill wanted to get Phillips posted far away?
You were right it took place in Asia and Vietnam was one of the involved, but as a colony of the French. Timing off, though. I'll go ahead and post up the answer.
It was between Thailand and French Indochina. There were some incidents in November 1940, escalating to fighting in December that lasted till a brokered peace on Jan 31, 1940. I first read about it some years ago in an account of the air fighting during this war in a copy of an issue of Air Enthusiast/Air International.
Some links for furher reading if anyone is interested:
A Sideshow of a Large War
by Aleksandr V. Kotlobovskii
http://www.j-aircraft.com/research/George_Mellinger/a_sideshow_of_a_large_war.htm
Japanese Aircraft In Royal Thai Air Force and Royal Thai Navy Service During WWII
by Jan Forsgren
http://www.j-aircraft.com/research/jan_forsgren/j-aircraft_royal_thai.htm
The Royal Thai Airforce, 1940-41
http://www.dmbcrtaf.thaigov.net/aircraft/Other/Nieuport17/Nieuport17.htm
The thread is open for whoever would like to ask the next one.
Edit: realised I had not posted who the short man who died later was. This was Admiral Tom Phillips who commanded Force Z:
http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/Malaya_and_Singapore/html/body_z_force.htm
The person who said he "would be standing on a box on the bridge of his battleship while aircraft sank it" was "Bomber" Harris. This was because Phillips was doubtful aircraft could sink a battleship that had manuevering room at sea. He evidently was a talented admiral otherwise. Thought it strange that he would get command of a force that was likely to see a lot of air attacks, but then I read Phillips had argued against Churchill's decision to move troops out of North Africa over to Greece in 1941 (a good strategic analysis by Phillips). Perhaps they clashed in other ways and Churchill wanted to get Phillips posted far away?
El_Tigre
Prince
Do you have another question at hand, meisen?
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