The official AHF Winter & Continuation War quiz thread

Discussions on the Winter War and Continuation War, the wars between Finland and the USSR.
Hosted by Juha Tompuri
Post Reply
Esa K
Member
Posts: 1257
Joined: 13 Jan 2005, 14:49
Location: Sweden

#616

Post by Esa K » 30 Oct 2005, 17:20

Correct Tapio K.! Nothing more to add than, congratulations, and it´s your turn...


Regards

Esa K
Top
Tapani K.
Member
Posts: 871
Joined: 09 Jul 2002, 12:29
Location: Helsinki, Finland

#617

Post by Tapani K. » 30 Oct 2005, 21:25

Thank you, Esko K. ;-)

We will stick with the Estonians for the next round: There was a definite personal connection with the Estonian volunteers and Marshal Mannerheim. What was that? And I do not mean the thank-you order-of-the day by Mannerheim when the Estonians returned home.

regards,
Tapani K.
Top
Top
Esa K
Member
Posts: 1257
Joined: 13 Jan 2005, 14:49
Location: Sweden

#618

Post by Esa K » 31 Oct 2005, 12:17

(Oh, crap...:oops: Sorry TAPANI K. for calling you something else... Esko K. aka Esa K)
Top
Esa K
Member
Posts: 1257
Joined: 13 Jan 2005, 14:49
Location: Sweden

#619

Post by Esa K » 31 Oct 2005, 14:16

...and shall I try to answer the question too...

Of the first Estonian volunteers the III/JR 47 (Third batallion, Infantry Regiment 47) was formed. The commander of the batallion was major C. Gripenberg, Mannerheims nephew.


regards

Esa K
Top
Tapani K.
Member
Posts: 871
Joined: 09 Jul 2002, 12:29
Location: Helsinki, Finland

#620

Post by Tapani K. » 31 Oct 2005, 15:34

That is exactly what I had in mind. Congratulations, Esa K ;-) , and again over to you.
regards,
Tapani K.
Top
Esa K
Member
Posts: 1257
Joined: 13 Jan 2005, 14:49
Location: Sweden

#621

Post by Esa K » 31 Oct 2005, 16:47

Thanks Tapani K.... 8)

A new Q:

A list wich starts:
55 Tanks
306 Guns
246 mortars
272 Machineguns
.... etc...

What is this probably about...?


Regards

Esa K
Top
Mikko H.
Member
Posts: 1665
Joined: 07 May 2003, 11:19
Location: Turku, Finland

#622

Post by Mikko H. » 31 Oct 2005, 18:09

Without checking any sources, my guess is this is the list of booty gained from the motti in Porlampi in early September 1941.
Top
Esa K
Member
Posts: 1257
Joined: 13 Jan 2005, 14:49
Location: Sweden

#623

Post by Esa K » 31 Oct 2005, 18:42

Yep, a part of the booty from the Porlampi-motti in September 1941...


So, congratulations and regards from Esa K to Mikko H.


...it´s your turn...
Top
Mikko H.
Member
Posts: 1665
Joined: 07 May 2003, 11:19
Location: Turku, Finland

#624

Post by Mikko H. » 01 Nov 2005, 18:19

Thank you.

How many Russian officers of the rank of major and up did Finns capture in 1941-44, including the corresponding naval ranks but excluding comissars?
Top
Mikko H.
Member
Posts: 1665
Joined: 07 May 2003, 11:19
Location: Turku, Finland

#625

Post by Mikko H. » 02 Nov 2005, 17:48

Well, there was one major-general, one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel...
Top
Esa K
Member
Posts: 1257
Joined: 13 Jan 2005, 14:49
Location: Sweden

#626

Post by Esa K » 02 Nov 2005, 18:24

...could it been just one major among them, so the answer would then be 4...?


Regards

Esa K
Top
Mikko H.
Member
Posts: 1665
Joined: 07 May 2003, 11:19
Location: Turku, Finland

#627

Post by Mikko H. » 02 Nov 2005, 18:51

No, there were considerably more majors... and some naval officers, too.
Top
Mikko H.
Member
Posts: 1665
Joined: 07 May 2003, 11:19
Location: Turku, Finland

#628

Post by Mikko H. » 02 Nov 2005, 23:01

Well, there was one major-general, one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel...
...two Navy commanders and ten times the amount of Finnish majors taken POW by the Soviets in the same time period...
Top
Steady
Member
Posts: 436
Joined: 07 Aug 2004, 21:45
Location: Helsinki, Finland

#629

Post by Steady » 02 Nov 2005, 23:35

Soviets only ever captured one Finnish major, so the answer must be ten Soviet majors captured by Finns?
Top
User avatar
Juha Tompuri
Forum Staff
Posts: 11563
Joined: 11 Sep 2002, 21:02
Location: Mylsä

#630

Post by Juha Tompuri » 03 Nov 2005, 00:02

Steady wrote:Soviets only ever captured one Finnish major, so the answer must be ten Soviet majors captured by Finns?
IIRC there were two majors, the other being a medical.
So...
How many Russian officers of the rank of major and up did Finns capture in 1941-44, including the corresponding naval ranks but excluding comissars?


one major-general, one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel...
+
...two Navy commanders and ten times the amount of Finnish majors taken POW by the Soviets in the same time period...
= 3+2+(2x10)= 25 ?

Regards, Juha
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Winter War & Continuation War”