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Post by Michael Emrys » 13 Apr 2005, 10:49

The Commander was Admiral Cunningham and I will guess that the battle was Cape Matapan.
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Post by Jon G. » 13 Apr 2005, 11:00

Spot on, Spot :)

The fellow golfer was the Japanese naval attaché in Alexandria.
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Post by Michael Emrys » 14 Apr 2005, 07:33

Since my question in another thread seems to have not gotten any takers, I'll try to make this one easier.

What Scottish Member of Parliament joined the SAS, raided Benghazi, later became liaison to Tito, and eventually wrote a fascinating book about the whole thing? He lived to a ripe old age and only passed on a few years ago.
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Post by G. Trifkovic » 14 Apr 2005, 12:57

Fitzroy Maclean,naturaly! I agree totaly with you,one hell of a life!

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Post by Michael Emrys » 14 Apr 2005, 15:08

rommel_gaj wrote:Fitzroy Maclean,naturaly!
We have a winner! :D
I agree totaly with you,one hell of a life!
It's interesting that at the start of the war he was in the Foreign Office, which would not release him to join the army. That's why he ran for a seat in Parliament. There was some obscure law or regulation of the civil service that stated that an MP could not be prevented from joining the armed services.

Okay, rommel_gaj, it's your turn to ask a question.
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Post by Michael Emrys » 30 Apr 2005, 05:04

Are you there, rommel_gaj? It's your turn to ask a question.

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Post by G. Trifkovic » 30 Apr 2005, 14:34

Wow,I totaly forgot about this great thread! :o
Ok,here we go: Name the town on the pic and tell us what happened.
Hint: It's sometimes called ________'s "Lidice"...
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Post by Lupo Solitario » 30 Apr 2005, 17:11

kragujevac?
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Post by G. Trifkovic » 30 Apr 2005, 17:42

No, Mr. Lupo,it's not Kragujevac (altough Germans shot thousands they didn't raze the city to the ground). It's more to the south...

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Post by Königstiger » 01 May 2005, 15:15

Is it the Czechian town of Lidice, destroyed as a revenge after the asassination of Reinhard Heydrich?
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Post by Miha Grcar » 01 May 2005, 15:21

Königstiger wrote:Is it the Czechian town of Lidice, destroyed as a revenge after the asassination of Reinhard Heydrich?
This is a Mediterranean quiz! :D

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Post by Königstiger » 01 May 2005, 16:04

Are there more Lidice's then? :?
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Post by G. Trifkovic » 01 May 2005, 16:24

All over Europe,unfortunately...

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Post by SiG I » 01 May 2005, 18:21

My guess is that the photo is from Distomon, Greece (239 killed on the 10th of june 1944).
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Post by G. Trifkovic » 01 May 2005, 19:11

You're close...
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