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Re: The official AHF Allies & Neutral States quiz thread

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Post by Ironmachine » 22 Dec 2012, 22:15

Spain (borders with Portugal and Andorra)?

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Re: The official AHF Allies & Neutral States quiz thread

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Post by Polar bear » 23 Dec 2012, 00:51

hi, Ironmachine,

quite right, I was sure that at least you would know that.

over to Spain !

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Post by Ironmachine » 23 Dec 2012, 09:49

Thanks, pb.
A man linked to two of those three countries:
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Who?

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Post by Graham Clayton » 31 Dec 2012, 05:03

Antonio de Oliveira Salazar - Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968?
"Air superiority is a condition for all operations, at sea, in land, and in the air." - Air Marshal Arthur Tedder.

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Re: The official AHF Allies & Neutral States quiz thread

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Post by Ironmachine » 31 Dec 2012, 09:38

No, this man is not Portuguese.

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Post by Ironmachine » 06 Jan 2013, 10:36

The same man, much later, with a relative:
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Post by Adam Carr » 06 Jan 2013, 11:01

Nicolas Franco Bahamonde, brother of the dictator and Ambassador to Portugal.

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Post by Ironmachine » 08 Jan 2013, 14:39

Yes, Nicolás Franco, Spanish Ambassador to Portugal from 1937 to 1957.
Over to you.
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Post by Adam Carr » 08 Jan 2013, 15:03

OK, I've learned not to make these questions too easy, since there are people at this forum with phenomenal levels of knowledge. What and where is this? (From my photo collection, January 2011)
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Post by Trackhead M2 » 08 Jan 2013, 19:33

Adam Carr wrote:OK, I've learned not to make these questions too easy, since there are people at this forum with phenomenal levels of knowledge. What and where is this? (From my photo collection, January 2011)
Dear AC,
It is of a US Naval Officer; perhaps at the US Naval Academy? Who he is is tough; Arleigh Burke?
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Post by Adam Carr » 09 Jan 2013, 03:11

I didn't ask who he is: so far as I know it's a generic US Navy officer.

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Post by Trackhead M2 » 09 Jan 2013, 20:34

Adam Carr wrote:I didn't ask who he is: so far as I know it's a generic US Navy officer.
Dear AC,
Is it at the Academy?
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Re: The official AHF Allies & Neutral States quiz thread

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Post by Adam Carr » 11 Jan 2013, 12:37

No, it's not in the US.

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Post by Polar bear » 30 Jan 2013, 21:15

hi, Adam,

after more than two weeks, what about a hint to get going again ?

greetings, the pb
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Re: The official AHF Allies & Neutral States quiz thread

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Post by Rob Stuart » 23 Feb 2013, 23:47

Hmm. A statue of a generic USN officer but not in the US. Australians regard the Battle of the Coral Sea as preventing a Japanese invasion of their contry. Could it be in Australia?

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