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Post by LouisXIV on Apr 30, 2012 0:47:38 GMT 1
Here's one that is probably too easy.
This is something that has been bothering me for a long time, ever since this publication came out.
From "Kursk: the Clash of Armour," by Geoffrey Jukes, from the Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II series, page 115.
What's wrong with this picture? So we know whom to blame, the Art Director was Peter Dunbar.
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Post by tedi88 on May 1, 2012 13:25:40 GMT 1
Well the prototype of Nakajima G10N (also known as project Z and Fugaku, that is Mount Fuji) was canceled sometime in July of '44. Project was under Imperial Japanese Army, but i think it was the navy who was to use.
Idea was to make a bomber capable to fly from Kuril Islands in Western Pacific, bomb US and then land in France. There were try configuration a bomber armed with bombs (obviously), troop transport capable of carrying 300 men, and somekind of ground attack aircraft armed with 40 machineguns.
None of these were ever realised. Prototypes had problems with engines, so they had to change them. i think one of these engines (2-row 22-cylinder Ha-50) was found somewhere in Japan in '79.
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Post by tedi88 on May 3, 2012 15:55:17 GMT 1
OK. I'm interested in following:
On Semptember 8th 1943. Germans launched one of few arctic offensives.
So the question is:
1. The name of the op
2. Outcome
3. Few interesting facts about it (one of it was related to end of war)
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Post by LouisXIV on May 3, 2012 16:53:20 GMT 1
There's nothing in my chronology about it. Unless you're talking about the naval operation to bombard Spitzbergen, which started on Sept. 6th.
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Post by tedi88 on May 3, 2012 18:28:16 GMT 1
It was certainly on 8th of September, but if my sources are wrong then it's 6th.  |
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Post by LouisXIV on May 7, 2012 14:58:36 GMT 1
Operation Zitronella was a sortie by Tirpitz (her only offensive action) and Scharnhorst with nine destroyers - some carrying Wehrmacht troops - to destroy the Allied base and weather station on Spitzbergen in the arctic north of Norway. The troops were landed and, with the help of naval bombardment, were completely successful in destroying the facilities, although the garrison mostly escaped. The Germans left a self-sustaining clandestine weather-reporting group there which were said to be the last German forces to surrender at the end of WWII.
The operation weighed anchor on September 6th, did their dirty on the morning of Sept 8th and were back in Norway by the evening of Sept 9th. The Allies had the facilities rebuilt and operational by Sept 15th, partly due to the garrison which the Germans failed to destroy.
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Post by tedi88 on May 7, 2012 15:34:04 GMT 1
Correct, you can proceed.
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Post by LouisXIV on May 9, 2012 1:42:20 GMT 1
(I hope I've got this correct.)
Who was the last ever Field Marshall (FeldMarschall) appointed in the German army?
(Sorry this was a little late, I was busy today and didn't even look at this forum until tonight.)
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Post by GottMitUns on May 11, 2012 17:16:08 GMT 1
Who was the last ever Field Marshall (FeldMarschall) appointed in the German army? Cheers, now, let me have just a quick grab into the bookshelf besides my pc... ;D The very last officer who got promoted into the rank of Generalfeldmarschall was "Robert Ritter von Greim". He got promoted at the 25. April 1945 by Hitler directly. I guess this fact was even part of the famous movie "The downfall", wasn't it? Greetz from Germany. |
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Post by LouisXIV on May 14, 2012 12:16:56 GMT 1
Sorry, I've been out of town for the past two days.
According to my sources, your answer is incorrect. Anyone else like to take a stab at it?
Answer in 24 hours if not.
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Post by tedi88 on May 14, 2012 18:38:59 GMT 1
Ferdinand Schörner, maybe?
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Post by GottMitUns on May 14, 2012 19:07:07 GMT 1
According to my sources, your answer is incorrect. Anyone else like to take a stab at it? Then maybe use different sources??? "Hitler promoted Ritter von Greim to Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal), making him the last German officer to achieve that rank, and then appointed him head of the Luftwaffe to replace Hermann Goering." source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ritter_von_GreimDefinetly the last one who got promoted to this rank and it's not only Wiki claiming that...  For example have a view here: www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/Dienstgrade/GFM-R.htmAnd this source is one, you can trust for your live... And @tedi: Schörner got his promotion at the 5th of april 1945, so a little before Greim became Generalfeldmarschall.  Greetz from Hamburg. |
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Post by tedi88 on May 14, 2012 19:34:27 GMT 1
Yeah but Greim got promotion in Luftwaffe, while Schörner got his in ground forces. That would be logical if it's a Field Marshal in army in question.
Also Greim was the last person that got promoted to that rank in German Armed Forces.
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Post by GottMitUns on May 14, 2012 21:30:29 GMT 1
True that, if you do understand the term "army" as ground- forces only. Then you're right and Schörner would be our man here...  But isn't the air- force an "army- branch"??  Greetz from Hamburg. |
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Post by tedi88 on May 14, 2012 21:41:40 GMT 1
Yes, but Wehrmacht was the armed forces of Germany during WW2. It was divided into:
1. Heer
2. Luftwaffe
3.Kriegsmarine
Last field marshal in Heer was Schörner, in Luftwaffe Greim and in Kriegsmarine Dönitz. The first thing to come to my mind was Greim, but after Louis said that that wasn't correct next logical thing to come to my mind in can only be Schörner.
Edit: Also Schörner was, hands down, last living Field Marshal in German army. He outlived Manstein by some 23 days.
Of course it could be Dönitz, because he was Grand Admiral, which was the same rank except in different branch and because he became supreme commander of German forces on 7th of May '45. However i would stick with Schörner.
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