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tedi88 General Blitzkrieg State Prosecutor Posts: 1,228	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 11, 2012 16:29:43 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tedi88 on Apr 11, 2012 16:29:43 GMT 1 Well you are close, but this was taken earlier, so try again.
	Hypothetically, if the only choice you've got is to do the wrong thing, then it's not really the wrong thing, It's more like fate. Vladimir Lem -------------------------- Omne mundi trinum Mulier, tabacum, vinum Et qui curat de pluribus Maximus est asinus!" Inscription on cigarette pack

tedi88 General Blitzkrieg State Prosecutor Posts: 1,228	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 11, 2012 19:48:34 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tedi88 on Apr 11, 2012 19:48:34 GMT 1 Correct. Tobruk August-September '42. You can proceed.
	Last Edit: Apr 12, 2012 1:10:10 GMT 1 by tedi88 Hypothetically, if the only choice you've got is to do the wrong thing, then it's not really the wrong thing, It's more like fate. Vladimir Lem -------------------------- Omne mundi trinum Mulier, tabacum, vinum Et qui curat de pluribus Maximus est asinus!" Inscription on cigarette pack

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WW 2 QUIZ Apr 11, 2012 23:14:21 GMT 1

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Post by GottMitUns on Apr 11, 2012 23:14:21 GMT 1

Apr 11, 2012 19:24:29 GMT 1 Squire James said:

I'm going to guess Tobruk, which would be sometime in late 41/42. Nice Pith Helmets too

(I have a British Army Wolseley Pattern one myself, very useful in the summer. Actually works!)

Sorry to interrupt the usual flow of quizzing...

But Squire, you shouldn't overestimate the quality of the German version of "safari- helmets".

In both, nearly every book about the DAK (Deutsches Afrika ... yeez, you know it anyways ;D) and in a long conversation with a German Africa- veteran I had during the last year, it gets mentioned that the German africa- helmet was actually a good point to recognize someone who's "new" to Africa. Those helmets were just too bulky and heavy for normal living.

The "old- africans" wore their plain field- caps or the shirts of their tunics over their heads... ;D
But this may only count for the German model.

Greetz from Hamburg.

Edit: Of course, propaganda- photos were a completely different field.

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tedi88 General Blitzkrieg State Prosecutor Posts: 1,228	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 12, 2012 9:29:34 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tedi88 on Apr 12, 2012 9:29:34 GMT 1 Well i remember reading about it, but i am not 100% sure regarding the vehicle. Maybe Mark IV WW1 tank?
	Hypothetically, if the only choice you've got is to do the wrong thing, then it's not really the wrong thing, It's more like fate. Vladimir Lem -------------------------- Omne mundi trinum Mulier, tabacum, vinum Et qui curat de pluribus Maximus est asinus!" Inscription on cigarette pack

lozos Zastavnik 1. klase Posts: 84	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 12, 2012 11:45:07 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lozos on Apr 12, 2012 11:45:07 GMT 1 i going to guess SJ and i say maybe it was a panzer III...?

LouisXIV Global Moderator Historical Accuracy Police Officer Posts: 2,006	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 12, 2012 12:38:18 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LouisXIV on Apr 12, 2012 12:38:18 GMT 1 The crew didn't even notice until told about it later .... ;D
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WW 2 QUIZ Apr 13, 2012 12:57:17 GMT 1

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Post by LouisXIV on Apr 13, 2012 12:57:17 GMT 1

And now I have to come up with something.

How about this? What general surrendered his army to the enemy, escaped from a POW camp, was given command of another army of the same nation, but was eventually forced to resign his position due to political manoeuvring by a rival?

(I hope there are no more than one person who can fit this description.)

Bonus marks: What general was in command of a corps-size unit, captured, escaped and was eventually given command of a corps again, where - I believe - he stayed until the end of WWII.

(Btw, the A1E1 was a Wild Ass Guess (WAG.))

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tedi88 General Blitzkrieg State Prosecutor Posts: 1,228	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 13, 2012 13:30:05 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tedi88 on Apr 13, 2012 13:30:05 GMT 1 I think it was General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor.
	Hypothetically, if the only choice you've got is to do the wrong thing, then it's not really the wrong thing, It's more like fate. Vladimir Lem -------------------------- Omne mundi trinum Mulier, tabacum, vinum Et qui curat de pluribus Maximus est asinus!" Inscription on cigarette pack

LouisXIV Global Moderator Historical Accuracy Police Officer Posts: 2,006	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 14, 2012 15:26:23 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LouisXIV on Apr 14, 2012 15:26:23 GMT 1 That's the bonus one. What's the main one?
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tedi88 General Blitzkrieg State Prosecutor Posts: 1,228	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 14, 2012 19:17:26 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tedi88 on Apr 14, 2012 19:17:26 GMT 1 Henri Giraud maybe.
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WW 2 QUIZ Apr 16, 2012 2:09:05 GMT 1

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Post by LouisXIV on Apr 16, 2012 2:09:05 GMT 1

tedi88 gets the main question and the bonus! Congratulations.

Giraud was in command of the French 7th Army in 1940, which he surrendered before the armistice. He escaped from a German castle POW camp and hung around in Vichy France daring the French authorities to arrest him and turn him back over to the Germans. FDR shoehorned him into the command of the French forces in North Africa for Operation Torch, but de Gaulle managed to slowly remove all his authority until Giraud felt required to resign. So he basically lost two armies.

Next question.

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tedi88 General Blitzkrieg State Prosecutor Posts: 1,228	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 16, 2012 11:43:06 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tedi88 on Apr 16, 2012 11:43:06 GMT 1 Next question is: This photo was taken during late summer of '44 on the eastern front. Now I'm interested in following: 1. What battle? 2. What unit? 3. Who won the battle?
	Hypothetically, if the only choice you've got is to do the wrong thing, then it's not really the wrong thing, It's more like fate. Vladimir Lem -------------------------- Omne mundi trinum Mulier, tabacum, vinum Et qui curat de pluribus Maximus est asinus!" Inscription on cigarette pack

lozos Zastavnik 1. klase Posts: 84	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 17, 2012 13:21:32 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lozos on Apr 17, 2012 13:21:32 GMT 1 i think it is operation bagration and the battle is the outskirts of minsk...the unit is 29th panzer division...

tedi88 General Blitzkrieg State Prosecutor Posts: 1,228	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 17, 2012 15:27:41 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tedi88 on Apr 17, 2012 15:27:41 GMT 1 No. Not Minsk or 29th.
	Hypothetically, if the only choice you've got is to do the wrong thing, then it's not really the wrong thing, It's more like fate. Vladimir Lem -------------------------- Omne mundi trinum Mulier, tabacum, vinum Et qui curat de pluribus Maximus est asinus!" Inscription on cigarette pack

fallschirmjager Potpukovnik Posts: 319	WW 2 QUIZ Apr 17, 2012 17:45:20 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fallschirmjager on Apr 17, 2012 17:45:20 GMT 1 Bagration 1944

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