The official AHF Japan at War quiz thread

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Re: The official AHF Japan at War quiz thread

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Post by Mostlyharmless » 24 Nov 2011, 02:45

Correct!

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Post by Mostlyharmless » 16 Apr 2012, 00:55

Although the last answer was correct and the baton should have passed on, I have arbitrarily decided to ask the following question:

Takagi Masao and Nakashima Ikken were two young men who graduated from military academies in the 1940-4 period and served the Empire during WW2. How did they become famous?


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Post by cloudy-joe » 16 Apr 2012, 10:54

Takagi Masao (高木正雄), real name - Pak Chung-hee (朴正熙)
Nakashima Ikken (中島一權), real name - Chung Il-kwon (丁一權)
Both of them were Koreans. After the WW2 they took part in the Korean War. Pak Chung-hee was the president of South Korea in 1961-1979. Chung Il-kwon served as South Korea's Prime Minister and as the ambassador to the USA and France.

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Re: The official AHF Japan at War quiz thread

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Post by Mostlyharmless » 16 Apr 2012, 11:11

cloudy-joe wrote:Takagi Masao (高木正雄), real name - Pak Chung-hee (朴正熙)
Nakashima Ikken (中島一權), real name - Chung Il-kwon (丁一權)
Both of them were Koreans. After the WW2 they took part in the Korean War. Pak Chung-hee was the president of South Korea in 1961-1979. Chung Il-kwon served as South Korea's Prime Minister and as the ambassador to the USA and France.
Correct! Now you have the pleasure and the duty of asking the next question.

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Re: The official AHF Japan at War quiz thread

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Post by cloudy-joe » 16 Apr 2012, 11:14

Well, thank you Mostlyharmless.

This is the picture of pilot`s instrument panel of Navy special attacker Okha 11 (source: “Japanese aircraft interiors” by Robert C. Micesh):
1 Rocket selector
2 Test button and Alert light
3 Altimeter
4 Compass
5 Airspeed indicator
6 Turn and Bank indicator
7 Inclinometer
9-10 Signal light and Switch

For what purposes the №8 device was used?
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Re: The official AHF Japan at War quiz thread

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Post by cloudy-joe » 30 Jun 2012, 15:55

So, I will answer - it was the holder for omamori amulet.

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Post by Marcus » 18 Nov 2012, 14:56

Anyone willing to post a new question to get the quiz moving again?

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Post by ijnfleetadmiral » 26 Jan 2013, 04:13

I'll take the initiative, and make my first post in this thread, if no one minds.

What IJN warship is this?

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Post by AVV » 27 Jan 2013, 16:03

Hello!
IJNS Yubari (probably, during operations at China)?

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Post by ijnfleetadmiral » 27 Jan 2013, 18:20

This is an enlarged part of a wartime photo. And it's not Yubari.
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Post by Marcus » 22 Feb 2013, 08:51

I think it is time for a hint.

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Post by hisashi » 22 Feb 2013, 12:40

Fm... DD Akizuki? Turrets look huge in comparison with the size of vessel.

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Post by ijnfleetadmiral » 23 Feb 2013, 02:44

I'll give it to hisashi since he got the class correct. This is actually an enlarged portion of a photo taken aboard cruiser Oyodo during June 1944. At first, just an ID of the class could be made (Akizuki-class), but then someone over on j-aircraft's IJN board noticed the funnel markings. This made IDing her easy, and also an exceedingly rare find. The pic I posted is the only known photo of DD Shimotsuki.

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Post by hisashi » 23 Feb 2013, 08:03

Then I'll take on.

In 1931 a Japanese Sake firm asked a famous militaryman, who by chance visited their workshop, to name their brand-new Sake. He named it as Suirai. The firm sold the Sake in the name of 'Top Suirai'. Suirai was a vague name for naval mines, torpedo and similar underwater explosives. Later IJN preferred Gyokei Suirai (fish shape suirai) =Gyorai as the translated word of torpedo.
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Who named this Sake? I have tasted this one but was not very impressed (no bad). A little old-fashioned sake in 2010s...

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Post by AVV » 23 Feb 2013, 17:42

Hello!
Was this famous man Togo Heihachiro?

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