The official AHF WW2 in Africa & the Med quiz thread

[Karl234]

Mosul ?
with Sonderstab "F" of general (LW) Felmy or sonderkommando Junck

http://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/?ei ... v=ex_L3_ct

Regards

JPK

No...they were talking to make a movie about the actual battle in this town. The battle of.....

Name of a town where Wehrmacht , Royal Army( British Army) was fighting and actual US Army is fighting?

[SiG I]

Habbaniya?

[Karl234]

Habbaniya?

no...here in germany the town was shown every day in the news....



Name of a town where Wehrmacht , Royal Army( British Army) was fighting and actual US Army is fighting?

[Michael Emrys]

Are you thinking of Faluja?

[Karl234]

Are you thinking of Faluja?

Congratulations......your turn.....

[patrynius]

Hi

But I have one questioon, when exactly Werhmaht fought in Faluja
Maybe a link or smth, You have to admit that question was v.hard and..and.. I wanna know

Best regards

[Karl234]

Hi

But I have one questioon, when exactly Werhmaht fought in Faluja
Maybe a link or smth, You have to admit that question was v.hard and..and.. I wanna know

Best regards

I have this information in the "Diary of OKW" , but there is a graveyard also in Faluja with british and german soldiers.
Only a small group of Wehrmacht was there.
But i will look if i find a link.

[Michael Emrys]

Hi

But I have one questioon, when exactly Werhmaht fought in Faluja
Maybe a link or smth, You have to admit that question was v.hard and..and.. I wanna know

Best regards

I have to admit that I was puzzled by the question as well. By 'Wehrmacht' do you mean the Heer or some other branch of the German armed services? And when did the British/Commonwealth/Empire forces tangle with them? If it was in 1941, it must have been embassy guards or something, because I never heard of it before. I only guessed based on current events.

Well, here's my question, not too hard I hope. What did Winston Churchill quip about a major American ship in the Med in 1942 and why? And in what way was he mistaken?

[Michael Emrys]

Well, here's my question, not too hard I hope. What did Winston Churchill quip about a major American ship in the Med in 1942 and why? And in what way was he mistaken?

Still no takers yet, eh? Okay, here's a hint: The ship in question was an aircraft carrier. There, that ought to give the whole thing away!

[G. Trifkovic]

Something like "Who said that the wasp can sting only once?".IIRC, "Wasp" was the US carrier on loan to the British in the Med. making a cuple of runs to Malta delivering fighters. Please,correct me if wrong...

Cheers,

Gaius

[Michael Emrys]

Something like "Who said that the wasp can sting only once?".IIRC, "Wasp" was the US carrier on loan to the British in the Med. making a cuple of runs to Malta delivering fighters. Please,correct me if wrong...

Cheers,

Gaius

Very good! Churchill was mistaken (or perhaps taking literary license) in attributing the single sting to the wasp (insect). It is the bee who suffers that limitation. The wasp can sting many times, as some of my friends can attest.

Your turn to pose a question, Gaius.

[G. Trifkovic]

Thanks Grease-Spot.

Let us stick with the good old Winston. Couple of days after the victory at El Alamein Churchill delivered a speech.Two sentences from that speech went into history as some of his most remembered.And he said...?

Cheers,

GAius

[Jon G.]

'This is not the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning'

[G. Trifkovic]

Pretty quick you were-you're right,and the first sentence is "Now this is not the end."

Your turn,

Gaius

[Jon G.]

Thanks Gaius.

Which city was taken by the company-sized M squadron who had commandeered the local fire brigade's vehicles to accomplish their task?