Another WW2 quiz!

You know the rules by now. If you answer a question correctly you get to ask the next question.


Ok, I'll start off with an easy one. Name the 3 arms of the Wehrmacht.

 

I thought it was easy.

 

I have no clue and I try to have a general idea about war history.

If you wanted easy, I'd have gone with, I don't know, who attacked Poland along with Germany, or Who won the Battle of Britain, or Did hitler try to get Mexico or Canada to attack the US (eh, maybe not that one).

In any case, maybe you've read this, but if not, some chivalry:

http://www.eagle1ministries.org/b17-2.html

In short a B-17 was flying the wrong way (away from England) and a German pilot was sent up to intercept. He got up and saw that the B-17 was (*)(*)(*)(*)ing screwed; tail gunner dead, top gunner spread along the side of the plane, the plane barely running. He pulled up beside the plane and communicated (by hand I assume) to the pilot. He got them flipped around and escorted them back to the channel, where he broke contact and went home. The German pilot, Franz Stigler, reported a kill to his command. Brown, the pilot of the B-17, told the story to his group, and apparently was told to keep it under wraps.

I always love this kind of stuff; shows respect in war, as crazy as that may be.


EDIT:

Ignore the rest of the webpage after you read the story, the poster goes bold and talks (*)(*)(*)(*) about the current US enemy. While I'm not a fan of them, having been a soldier myself, I guess this isn't the thread to talk about it. Still, I will say, in the Iraq/Afghanistan war the enemy by European terms has no honor. Same time, what can you do against a conventional force that can kick the (*)(*)(*)(*) out of you if you expose yourself. I don't respect them, but I do understand why they do what they do.

 

I have to admit I would have to look it up.

 

Who destroyed the French Navy?

 

That would be the Brits and the Germans.

After France surrendered to Germany, and the puppet Vichy French Government was formed, the French fleet was in several locations- some were in Great Britain, a large part were in French North Africa, and I believe the rest were in Toulon.

The British were concerned that the French fleet could fall into German or Italian control, so they gave the French fleet an ultimatum- either remove the fleet to neutral territory- i.e. the U.S., go to French Mauritius, or turn the fleet over to Britain. The French commanders refused.

In Great Britain, Brit troops moved in to take over the fleet. In French North Africa, the Brits issued a similar ultimatum which was rejected, and the British Navy attacked the French Fleet.

Finally, Germany attempted to take the French Fleet in Toulon, but the French commanders attempted to scuttle the fleet before they were captured.

Oh and in a postscript- the U.S. and Brits also assisted in building up the new Free French Navy, including both captured French warships and surplus allied warships. That is just off the top of my head.



But you haven't answered the original question- and you should be playing by the rules.

 

You didn't answer my question.

 

Ok, time is up, I guess.

The 3 arms of the Wehrmacht were:

Heer
Luftwaffe
Kriegsmarine



New question.

In terms of weapons what was a Ronson?

 

A Sherman tank?

 

Yeah, pretty sure that's it.

 

Correct. Named after a lighter of the time that was advertised as lighting on the first try, which Sherman crews thought applied to the Sherman's ability to burst into flames when hit.

 

Well, it's been 23 hours without a question asked so I'll ask another one for them.

What does the D in DDay mean?

 

aka 'tommy cooker"

 

D in DDay means Day

 

Correct. It's just repeating the first letter in Day, same as the H in HHour is just repeating the H in Hour.

Your turn.

 

If we gave out bonus points you'd have some.

 

Hitler wanted them to be Aryan cows – ancient beasts resurrected from a time before Europe was populated by "racially degenerate" wildlife.
What was the name of these cattle?

 

THe Heck cattle, an attempt to resurrect the extinct Auroch, a cow half the size of a Rhino, and could survive with very little food!

 

You are right.
Heck Cattle, also called reconstructed aurochs or aurochsen, are a hardy breed of cattle (Bos taurus) often referred to by its promoters by the name of "Aurochs" as the Aurochs is an extinct ancestor of modern cattle.

 

Can anybody tell me about Dunkirk.

 

Isn't that where the Brits pulled out of Europe via lots of volunteers with boats?

 

I'll give you a right on that so to keep the quiz moving, but you can't deny it was due to the success of the blitzkrieg.

 

Really a matter of perspective isn't it? The German blitzkrieg western offensive was extremely successful. However, Dunkirk was only possible due to two important factors:
a) Herman Goering convinced Hitler that the Luftwaffe could and should be the ones who closed the channel and destroyed the troops at Dunkirk- giving the British the opportunity to evacuate the majority of their forces. Thus the success of the German military accomplishments were thwarted by the idiocy of Goering and Hitler's judgement of Goering.
b) And of course the determination, bravery and skill of the Brits who didn't abandon their countrymen but did what no one believed was possible, and thereby saving the forces that would hold England, defeat the Germans in North Africa and eventually destroy the Third Reich.

 

It's amazing how many times Hitler fell for that.

 

So here's an easy one. What US weapon fielded in WWII is still used today. I suppose there are two I can think of, but I'm talking about the one in wide use, not the one only a few units have.