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Post by Jagged Steel on Feb 9, 2010 23:43:46 GMT 1
An "unexpected" participant might be Poland, the Carptathian Lancers Brigade was there, after following the leapfrog from Tobruk to Sicily on to Italy.
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Post by evillittlekenny on Feb 9, 2010 23:51:15 GMT 1
Ah, close, really. But this is unfortunately not the solution.
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Post by Jagged Steel on Feb 10, 2010 0:02:43 GMT 1
This is obviously a subjective question with no real answer.
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Post by evillittlekenny on Feb 10, 2010 0:04:29 GMT 1
Hmmm, I will give a hint. It is a single "soldier", fighting with the Poles. You can find him in wikipedia Believe me, it's funny
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Post by Jagged Steel on Feb 10, 2010 0:14:41 GMT 1
Are you referring to "Popski"? Again- I think this is not a question with a real answer- apparently I am just trying to guess what you are thinking of.
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Post by Jagged Steel on Feb 10, 2010 0:30:41 GMT 1
OK because you admitted taking your "question" directly from Wikipedia, I took a look. I am assuming you are referring to the bear employed by the Poles during the battle as the Wiki entry says :
"Among the huge variety of troops serving at Monte Cassino, probably the strangest was a bear from Iran, called Wojtek".
Edit to add: I thought this was supposed to be a test of knowledge of WWII, not a test of googling skills. My answers about the Romanian aircraft being a copy of the H-1 was directly from my knowledge of aircraft, without looking anything up- and indeed that aircraft is a direct copy of the H-1- which several countries did, including of course Japan(A6M Zero). (Oddly enough the US wasn't interested in the design). My answer about the Polish soldiers being the "strangest" participants in the Battle of Montecassino was from memory as well. Having to read the Wiki entry to to try and find out what odd tidbit you have decided (or rather Wiki has decided) is "the strangest" is rather a bore.
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Post by evillittlekenny on Feb 10, 2010 8:21:52 GMT 1
At first.... calm down.
Second, you really want to tell me that you have never heard of wojtek??
I didn't find it in wiki the first time (I read it then again because I am preparing a presentation about world war 2 for matura, so I showed you this as a hint).
I have heard of the bear before, I thought that it was a rather famous figure in the war, but ok, seems it is not. What shall I say now?
To come back to topic...
That's right, it's your turn now.
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Post by Aleksandar on Feb 10, 2010 8:33:34 GMT 1
Take it easy guys, noone's gonna get money and Oscar for figuring out answers: this is just a game - play it friendly :-) (and chance to learn: had no idea that it was only the USA that Hitler declared war to, I thought he did it to the USSR and some other countries - great chance to learn new things).
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Post by ГАГИ on Feb 10, 2010 9:57:41 GMT 1
Score List updated
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Post by Jagged Steel on Feb 10, 2010 12:25:34 GMT 1
The British military used these 4 gallon steel containers for decades. Everything from cooking oil to water to gasoline was shipped in them, sometimes with disastrous results. When empty they were used for everything from barbecues to bath basins, but the Tommies favorite use for them was as sandbags. Filled with sand these made excellent barricades. The steel cans stacked up nicely and, unlike regular sandbags, would endure repeated hits from small arms and shrapnel without falling apart. What was the nickname given these ubiquitous containers?
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Post by Aleksandar on Feb 10, 2010 12:33:32 GMT 1
Jerry can?
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Post by Jagged Steel on Feb 10, 2010 12:45:04 GMT 1
No, the "Jerry Can" wasn't brought into use by the British until halfway through the second world war. The "Jerry Can" was copied from the Axis design (The Jerry Can name is actually a misnomer, as these were actually designed by the Italians) and has been the standard container ever since. Edit to add: Here is a picture showing the original and improved British containers alongside a "Jerry Can" . The Jerry Can is obviously a much more robust and functional design.
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Post by Aleksandar on Feb 10, 2010 12:47:28 GMT 1
Ah, right (that's the one with special shape looking like X and square). This is interesting, I thought all of them were called this way, I am eagerly expecting answer to this question.
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Post by evillittlekenny on Feb 10, 2010 13:12:18 GMT 1
Those are flimsies I guess.
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Post by Jagged Steel on Feb 10, 2010 13:21:47 GMT 1
Flimsies is correct! The containers were made of rather thin steel with no reinforcement and would easily buckle and crumple, especially when empty. In their defense, these containers were meant to be disposable, unlike Jerry Cans, so they were fabricated to the minimum standard required for the job of transporting liquids.
Your turn Kenny.
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