3rd Cumulative WW2 History Quiz
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Serutan
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How many casualties from enemy action did the Red Army suffer when it invaded Bulgaria?
steviejay
Now in Black and White!!
although this may sound stupid (and it probably will be so bear with me) but I'm gonna say...none, off the top of my head I cannot recall the Red Army every invading Bulgaria. Hungary and Rumania certainly but I'm thinking the war ended by the time the Soviets could invade Bulgaria itself
PS- if I'm indeed wrong if you could point me in the direction of any websites/books about it then it'd be greatly apreciated
*runs back and hides*
edit-infact, ignore that, what I just said was silly. of course Russia had to invade Bulgaria. But iirc Bulgaria was always pretty much Pro-Russian so I'm sticking with my original answer, just not the explanation
PS- if I'm indeed wrong if you could point me in the direction of any websites/books about it then it'd be greatly apreciated
*runs back and hides*
edit-infact, ignore that, what I just said was silly. of course Russia had to invade Bulgaria. But iirc Bulgaria was always pretty much Pro-Russian so I'm sticking with my original answer, just not the explanation
steviejay
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heh maybe it wasn't so stupid an answer after all. from what I can remember the Bulgarians were always very pro-soviet during the Cold War, so I see no reason why they couldn't switch sides. Perhaps the Russians invaded and that set off a chain reaction in Bulgaria where soviet sponsered guerillas in the country took control
nonconformist
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I think this is ocrrect, that they turned as soon as he Red Army got anywhere near.meisen said:
Serutan
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Sorry I took so long... Yes, steviejay is right. Bulgaria surrendered without
a fight (but the Red Army marched in anyway), and changed sides, so the answer is none. Steviejay's question.
a fight (but the Red Army marched in anyway), and changed sides, so the answer is none. Steviejay's question.
steviejay
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heh aww man now I need to think of something good...
Bit of a toughie potentially but I've been reading about it so thought about it and decided to post it
Ok, if you're aware of the "Altmark Incident" then this'll be easy, otherwise, here's an explanation. On the 16th of Feburary 1940 a German Tanker called 'Altmark' was transporting British POW's and after being hounded by British forces took refuge in in a Norwegian fjord, despite Norwegian neutrallity the British forces boarded the German ship and liberated the POW's, my question is, what was the name of the British Destroyer that boarded the German tanker?
Bit of a toughie potentially but I've been reading about it so thought about it and decided to post it
Ok, if you're aware of the "Altmark Incident" then this'll be easy, otherwise, here's an explanation. On the 16th of Feburary 1940 a German Tanker called 'Altmark' was transporting British POW's and after being hounded by British forces took refuge in in a Norwegian fjord, despite Norwegian neutrallity the British forces boarded the German ship and liberated the POW's, my question is, what was the name of the British Destroyer that boarded the German tanker?
Admiral Kutzov
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so when do we get a new question?
steviejay
Now in Black and White!!
meisen got it right, it was indeed the HMS Cossack. I apologise for the delay in answering, I wasn't aware that someone had posted.
It's now meisen's turn
It's now meisen's turn
Adler17
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Oi (40)!
Adler
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Adler17
Prussian Feldmarschall
Good old Task Force 1942!
Oi was an old light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was converted to carry 40 torpedo tubes. That monster was only used in the Aleutes. In Guadalcanal that ship would have been a bad surprise for every allied fleet.
However a new question:
Only one Allied submarine was caught by the Germans: HMS Seal, later UB. In how far was this important for the German Kriegsmarine, although this boat never made a sortie against the Allies?
Adler
P.S.: Meisen: Good title
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Oi was an old light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was converted to carry 40 torpedo tubes. That monster was only used in the Aleutes. In Guadalcanal that ship would have been a bad surprise for every allied fleet.
However a new question:
Only one Allied submarine was caught by the Germans: HMS Seal, later UB. In how far was this important for the German Kriegsmarine, although this boat never made a sortie against the Allies?
Adler
P.S.: Meisen: Good title
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nonconformist
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It had decyphere German codes, letting them know that Enigma had been cracked?
(I know they had to change the code to "Shark")
(I know they had to change the code to "Shark")
Adler17 said:
I still have that game on an old hard drive somewhere. Played that one and the SSI Great Naval Battles Guadalcanal one to death back in the mid 90's. Both great games for their time.
I think one or two other old light cruisers were converted similarly. I agree, they would have been quite a terror in the Solomans night battles, each equal to about 4-5 destroyers with those torpedo outfits. I'm surprised more were not converted that way as these ships were not very useful as anything else. Several of these light cruisers did take part in the Solomans, but they just had the 6-8 tube batteries and some were not even using the Long Lance, but the earlier 61cm torpedo.
Adler17 said:P.S.: Meisen: Good title
Thanks. It's one of my favourite films.
Adler17
Prussian Feldmarschall
@ noncon: No.
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