More WWII Trivia

[kobayashi]

1. What was Olga Yamschchikova famous for?

2. What special role did General Hans Cramer play?

3. The greatest sea evacuation in history was ......

4. Why were birtish soldiers called Tommy?

5. The last surrender of a Japanes soldier took place where and when?

6. How did the Allied Ace RIchard Bong die?

7. Who invented the first electronic mine detector, where did he invent it?

8. The first plane that a spitfire shot down was a ......

9. What was the Charlemagne Division?

10.What was a Hurricat?

11. Why did one mechanic during the Battle of Britain remark "If we had nothing but Spits (as opposed to hurricanes) we would have lost the fight in 1940"

12. How did the 'Liberty SHips' get their nick name?

13. The last calvary charge took place in which year and the unit involved belonged to which nation?

 

[jacques]

Originally posted by kobayashi



3. The greatest sea evacuation in history was ......

4. Why were birtish soldiers called Tommy?

5. The last surrender of a Japanes soldier took place where and when?

13. The last calvary charge took place in which year and the unit involved belonged to which nation?

3) the evacuation in dunkerque?

4) I thought the cops were called tommies?

5) I know that a japanese officer resisted more than 30 years in an indonesian island. He and a corporal if I remember well killed tens of indonesian patrolling soldiers before he was talked into surrending.
He would accept orders only from his superior. So they had to find his superior who was still living in japan and working in a library who came to indonesia and read him the capitulation order signed by the emperor. He wouldn't believe that japan had surrended otherwise. Freaky. I think it was in 1975.

13) I'd say 1914 and the unit was russian?

 

[DingBat]

Originally posted by kobayashi
1. What was Olga Yamschchikova famous for?

2. What special role did General Hans Cramer play?

3. The greatest sea evacuation in history was ......

4. Why were birtish soldiers called Tommy?

5. The last surrender of a Japanes soldier took place where and when?

6. How did the Allied Ace RIchard Bong die?

7. Who invented the first electronic mine detector, where did he invent it?

8. The first plane that a spitfire shot down was a ......

9. What was the Charlemagne Division?

10.What was a Hurricat?

11. Why did one mechanic during the Battle of Britain remark "If we had nothing but Spits (as opposed to hurricanes) we would have lost the fight in 1940"

12. How did the 'Liberty SHips' get their nick name?

13. The last calvary charge took place in which year and the unit involved belonged to which nation?

#1 ?
#2 Dunkirk
#3

It's Tommy this and Tommy that
and chuck him out the brute
but it's saviour of his country
when the guns begin to shoot.

Rudyard Kipling, I believe.

#4 ?
#5 ?
#6 Bong died testing the P-80.
#7 ?
#8 ?
#9 An SS division manned by French recruits.
#10 A Hurricane launched from a freighter deck by catapult.
#11 ?
#12 ?
#13 Heh, it hasn't happened yet. Some armies still maintain horse units.

But, if you need an answer, I believe there was a cavalry unit in the Phillipines that made a charge against the Japanese.

Good questions,
/bruce

 

[DingBat]

Oh hell, I can't believe I forgot #1.

Olga Yam<mumble> was the first female to down a plane in combat.

/bruce

 

[DingBat]

Doh! More signs of old age.

#2: Cramer was the last commander of the DAK (Deutches Afrika Korps). He had the privilege of surrendering to the Allies. Lucky guy.

#3: I thought Dunkirk was just WAY too easy for this group. After some thought I'd have to say it was the evacuation of the bulk of Army Group North around Memel and Konigsberg. They'd been trapped against the Baltic by the Soviets.

REALLY good questions.

/bruce

 

[kobayashi]

1. Correct - She was also an ace.

2. Yes but he is known for something else....

3. Not dunkirk. Evacuation of Army Group North is Correct.

4. Not Rudyard Kipling

5. Later than 1975. The Indonesia one was the second last case. Say did anyone ever watch the 6 million dollar man episode which also had a similar storyline.

6. Correct. P-80 crash test. What a shame.

7. Nobody answered this yet

8. Nobody answered this yet

9. Correct. French SS

10. Correct. Hurricane launched from a cam ship.

11. Nobody answered this yet

12. Nobody answered this yet

13. Both wrong

 

[smokeyjoe]

13)

Was the last Cavalry charge the Autralian Light Horse attack on the Turkish garrison at Bathsheba?


and British police are called Bobbies, not Tommies


8) the first plane a spitfire shot down must be some odd old british leftover. A Gladiator? A Defiant?

 

[Case]

Originally posted by kobayashi
11. Why did one mechanic during the Battle of Britain remark "If we had nothing but Spits (as opposed to hurricanes) we would have lost the fight in 1940"

Hurricanes were better bomber killers (they were more stable gun platforms then the Spitfire), and were much more numerous then the Spitfire

13. The last calvary charge took place in which year and the unit involved belonged to which nation?

Italians in 1942 (according to Steel Panthers 3 )

 

[smokeyjoe]

I guess seeing a how it was a mechanic that said it, that hurricanes were much simpler to maintain than spitfires. Something to do with variable pitch propellers?

I think Hurris had canvas skin as opposed to the spitfies metal skin. That must have made it a lot easier to repair superficial damage.

 

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by smokeyjoe
I guess seeing a how it was a mechanic that said it, that hurricanes were much simpler to maintain than spitfires. Something to do with variable pitch propellers?

I think Hurris had canvas skin as opposed to the spitfies metal skin. That must have made it a lot easier to repair superficial damage.

Correct. The downtime on a hurricane was a third of the spitfire which was a much more complicated animal. At that time they were just landing-refueling and taking off again. If the RAF had only spitfires, they would never have been able to maintain so many aircraft in the air. Fortunately, the bulk of RAF fighters were hurricanes at the time.

 

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by Case

13. The last calvary charge took place in which year and the unit involved belonged to which nation?

Italians in 1942 (according to Steel Panthers 3 ) [/B]

Correct

 

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by smokeyjoe


8) the first plane a spitfire shot down must be some odd old british leftover. A Gladiator? A Defiant?

Close but not there yet.

 

[DingBat]

Wasn't there an incident in France where somes Spitfire's bounced some Hurricanes by mistake?

I'd hate it if the first Spitfire kill was a Hurricane.

/bruce

 

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by DingBat
Wasn't there an incident in France where somes Spitfire's bounced some Hurricanes by mistake?

I'd hate it if the first Spitfire kill was a Hurricane.

/bruce

Correct.

 

[kobayashi]

This is what's left

Originally posted by kobayashi

2. What special role did General Hans Cramer play?

4. Why were birtish soldiers called Tommy?

5. The last surrender of a Japanes soldier took place where and when?

7. Who invented the first electronic mine detector, where did he invent it?

12. How did the 'Liberty Ships' get their nick name?

 

[kobayashi]

Last call......

 

[Case]

Originally posted by kobayashi
5. The last surrender of a Japanes soldier took place where and when?

Guam, sometime in the 1960s?

 

[kobayashi]

Nope it has already been mentioned that the 1975 surrender in Indonesia was the second last.

The last Japanese soldier to surrender was Captain Fumio Nakahira, who held out until April 1980 before being discovered at Mt.Halcon, Mindoro Island, in the Philippines. I think there were some other questionable cases even later but those guys actually gave up and went native so its not counted.

See this site.

http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/list.html

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

The Tommy question is easy, in the Napoleonic wars, the British army issued illustrated instructions on how to fill out a paybook, and the name used in the example was "Tommy Adkins", and foreever after, British soldiers have been known as tommies.

The Calvery charge is incorrect, the Soviets where still charging here and there as late as 1944, so for get some games' info on that.
In fact, I remember reading somewhere that a British unit charged africans in the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya in the mid 50s.

Hmm, Cramer briefly commanded 48 Panzer corp at stalingrad, is that what your driving at Kob?

I'm not sure why they called them Liberty ships, I do know that Kasier (the guy whose's shipyards designed them) called them the fleet of liberty, but I'm not sure if that fits your question.

I have no idea about the mine detector question.

 

[kobayashi]

Originally posted by Alcibiaties of Athenae
The Tommy question is easy, in the Napoleonic wars, the British army issued illustrated instructions on how to fill out a paybook, and the name used in the example was "Tommy Adkins", and foreever after, British soldiers have been known as tommies.

Correct


The Calvery charge is incorrect, the Soviets where still charging here and there as late as 1944, so for get some games' info on that.
In fact, I remember reading somewhere that a British unit charged africans in the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya in the mid 50s.


Don't know, I'll assume you know better.

Hmm, Cramer briefly commanded 48 Panzer corp at stalingrad, is that what your driving at Kob?


Cramer was imprisoned in a POW camp in Wales, his deteriorating health caused him to be repatriated to Germany through the Swedish Red Cross. He was allowed to see tons of tanks and ships being stocked for D-day and misled into believing they were in some part of England (when they were in another part) so Hitler was sure the main landing would be in Calais.


I'm not sure why they called them Liberty ships, I do know that Kasier (the guy whose's shipyards designed them) called them the fleet of liberty, but I'm not sure if that fits your question.


The first of the series was called USS Henry Patrick who said " Give me Liberty...."


I have no idea about the mine detector question.


Around 24,000 Polish soldiers escaped to Britain and reformed in Scotland, as the 1st. Polish Army Corps. It was while in Scotland, in 1941, that Polish signals officer, Lt. Jozef Kozacki, designed the first practical electronic mine-detector called the Mine Detector Polish Mark 1. It was soon mass produced and 500 were issued to the British Army in time for use prior to the Battle of El Alamein.