4th Cumulative WW2 Quiz

[privatehudson]

Interesting answer.

 

[cidknee]

i agree PH...from what i remember the italians started it and then the germans copied it...and that smock was the one they copied...but..

 

[nonconformist]

When asked by Hermann Goering what he could be provided with to win the Battle of Britain, what did Adolf Galland reply?

 

[holy king]

When asked by Hermann Goering what he could be provided with to win the Battle of Britain, what did Adolf Galland reply?

"Ich bitte um die Ausrüstung meines Geschwaders mit Spitfires."

 

[nonconformist]

Yeah, spitfires works, no need to show off

 

[holy king]

when the us army landed in northern africa, what three devices had they with them to ensure their supply with beverages?

 

[holy king]

hint: answer's linked to a very successful soda company...

 

[philippe]

Coca-cola automates, a generator to keep them cool and something to open the bottles?

 

[holy king]

almost, it was three coca cola bottling plants.

http://www.coca-colaconversations.com/my_weblog/2008/06/general-eisenho.html

General Eisenhower and Coca-Cola plants

A key part of Coca-Cola’s history is that during World War II, the Company’s long-time leader, Robert W. Woodruff, said that every U.S. serviceperson should get a Coke for 5 cents, wherever he was.

And they did pay only a nickel – wherever they were – even though that meant sending portable Coca-Cola bottling plants around the world. Over 5 billion servings of Coca-Cola were distributed to U.S. troops during the War.

Did you know that General Dwight D. Eisenhower actually requisitioned 10 Coca-Cola bottling plants for U.S. troops overseas?

The telegram with that requisition was sent on June 29, 1943. It asked for the following:

* 3 million (filled) bottles of Coca-Cola
* Complete equipment for bottling, washing and capping 3 million bottles twice a month
* Sufficient syrup and caps for 6 million refills

Just one note: We were to ship the Coke and equipment without displacing other military cargo!

 

[Cutlass]

Since no one is going, I'll toss a softball out there to get it going again:

Some Liberty Ships were lost in winter, not due to enemy action. What was the cause?

 

[Bugfatty300]

The cold water caused the defected steel to become brittle and the ships broke into at the welding seam (or was it rivets?).

 

[Cutlass]

That's about right. Take a turn

 

[Bugfatty300]

What was the peace time profession of a man who supposedly revolutionized deception warfare for the British in North Africa?

 

[nonconformist]

Stage Magician (Jasper Mecalin or however he spelled it)

 

[Bugfatty300]

Noncom is correct!

 

[holy king]

what exactly did he do?

 

[nonconformist]

He hid the Suez Canal via an ingenious complex of mirrors.

How was Jazz music responsible for a number of RAF bomber losses?

 

[cidknee]

pilot distraction? all the german fighter pilots in one place? i dont know...them are just wag's

 

[dutchfire]

He hid the Suez Canal via an ingenious complex of mirrors.

How was Jazz music responsible for a number of RAF bomber losses?

I seem to remember something about Jazz music, it stands for something else...

Was it the name of a German fighter?

 

[nonconformist]

Cidknee is way off, dutchfire is somewhat closer.