Military "Pictionary" Game II

[Dreadnought]

The rifle looks pre ww1.

 

[mastertyguy]

Is it WWI, Petain, 1916, Verdun?

You got the war, but it is not Petain, and it wasn't Verdun in '16
I wouldn't choose a easy one like that!

 

[nonconformist]

Foche? Marne?

 

[mastertyguy]

No, no. (10 characters)

 

[YNCS]

It's definitely France (the flag), World War I (the French stopped using sword bayonets in the 1920s), post 1914 (no pantelons rouge). However, it's a painting of a bunch of pilous looking heroic. I doubt it's any one specific battle, because it has a propaganda picture look about it.

 

[sydhe]

Let's try World War I, Nivelle, 1917, Chemin des dames. In which case, those soldiers are toast.

 

[mastertyguy]

you got it, Sydhe!

 

[sydhe]

A person this time:

 

[Insane_Panda]

Guan Yu - Chinese War God, If I am not mistaken.

 

[sydhe]

Very Good. Apparently a real person before he was deified.

 

[Insane_Panda]

Alright, sorry for the delay, forgot about this for a few days. New image soon!

 

[Gangor]

Ok, a simple one to get the ball rolling again... Which Squadron had this insignia?

 

[Bugfatty300]

RAF Dambusters

 

[privatehudson]

617 squadron to be exact

 

[Dreadnought]

Insane Panda ditched us!

Ah well looks like they answered before me.

 

[Steph]

617 squadron to be exact

And their motto is in French

 

[Adler17]

BTW the motto of the Prince of Wales is in German .

Adler

 

[privatehudson]

Use of foreign language in mottos is nothing new, and though the motto of the Prince of Wales is in German, it derives from the King of Bohemia (which if memory serves is in the modern day Czech republic) and it's adoption had nothing to do with the ethnicity of the then POW.

 

[Gangor]

617 squadron to be exact

Of course. Next...

Edit: By the way, it's rather ironic that the motto is in French, considering how many French slaves died in the flood resulting from the dams raid.

 

[privatehudson]

I wonder if anyone can work out from the clues in the picture what the main subject of the photo has to do with military history.