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November 4th, 2004, 10:48 AM
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Right here we are then
Which agent, run by the briths intelligence services, notified the british of the location of 10 panzer division at amiens just before the raid on dieppe?
this led to the change of the operation from a 2 tide to a 1 tide operation.
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November 6th, 2004, 08:34 PM
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any guesses guys?
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November 8th, 2004, 06:20 PM
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The Spanish double-agent who later got an Iron Cross for his intelligence about D-Day?
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November 8th, 2004, 09:00 PM
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Garbo, you mean, Gordon?
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November 8th, 2004, 10:41 PM
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Yes, the upper-class playboy Freddie. I couldn't remember his codename.
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November 9th, 2004, 06:45 PM
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Nope sorry guys.
Hint: His file has a 84 year closure at the PRO.
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November 19th, 2004, 04:21 PM
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I think we need more hints but I am going to take a stab in the dark. Jacques Cousteau [img]graemlins/sub.gif[/img]
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November 19th, 2004, 09:22 PM
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*thinks* Buster Crabb?
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November 30th, 2004, 01:27 PM
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Still not there.
Think Du Guesclin. Think that is the right spelling
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December 8th, 2004, 09:51 AM
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OK, complete stab in the dark here....Violet Szabo?
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December 8th, 2004, 10:39 AM
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Gordon, nope. Look at the hint. As someone with an interest in medieval history i should hope you get it.
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December 11th, 2004, 01:58 AM
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Ross,
Brain's not working this weather!
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January 3rd, 2005, 11:00 AM
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That's a toughie Historian, maybe another hint will get this thread going again? 
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January 3rd, 2005, 11:09 AM
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Actually, I think Mahross is the culprit.... 
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January 3rd, 2005, 12:23 PM
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I am, Martin. I'll change the question. But those of you who want to know the answer is Bertrand.
What did Stalin ask fo in return for soviet entry in the pacific war?
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January 3rd, 2005, 11:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mahross:
I am, Martin. I'll change the question. But those of you who want to know the answer is Bertrand.
What did Stalin ask fo in return for soviet entry in the pacific war?
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At Tehran, Stalin promised Soviet entry into the Pacific War three months after the defeat of Germany and presented a huge list of supply demands as payment. At Yalta, Stalin upped the ante to the return of Soviet control of the lower half of Sakhalin Island and the Kuriles as they were prior to the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. Stalin also wanted to secure leases for the ports of Dairen and Port Arthur and for the railways that Russia built from Vladivostok to Dairen.
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January 5th, 2005, 07:13 PM
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Correct. Your turn Bill.
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January 6th, 2005, 12:09 AM
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Alrighty then....One of Japan's most talented carrier admirals he graduated from Eta Jima the Japanese Naval Academy in 1912. Over the years he held various posts, studied at Princeton from 1921-23, served on the Naval General Staff and was a delegate to the London Naval Conference. He also served as a naval attache in Washington from 1934-37. Although a nonflier, in 1940 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and given command of the 2nd Carrier Division. With this command he participated in the Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Dutch East Indies and finally at Midway were he committed suicide by going down with his flagship. Who was this man?
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January 6th, 2005, 09:49 PM
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I believe it was Rear Admiral Yamaguchi.
During the battle of Midway, Yamaguchi's flagship, the Hiryu, launched bombers and torpedo planes against Yorktown. The gallant carrier was crippled but nearly succeeded in reaching safety before torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-168 finally sank her three days later. Retribution was not long in coming. On the afternoon of June 4, 24 American dive-bombers--including 10 refugees from Yorktown--scored four hits on Hiryu. Admiral Yamaguchi went down with his ship, refusing to abandon her.
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January 6th, 2005, 11:12 PM
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That is correct Col, your up to bat.
Incidently RADM Tamon Yamaguchi was a vocal critic of Nagumo's opting not to launch a third strike during the Pearl Harbor operation.
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January 7th, 2005, 04:28 AM
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Ok here is one. Who fired the first shot to start WWII, who shot it, where, and when?
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January 12th, 2005, 01:28 AM
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Doesn't anyone know? Should I post a new question? I am not sure because this is the first quiz I took part in.
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January 12th, 2005, 02:07 AM
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Usually we give hints if no one has any guesses or wrong answers. You could say if the person was German, Pole, or something else and if your defination of the start of WWII is Sept. 1939. [img]graemlins/tiger.gif[/img]
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January 12th, 2005, 02:44 AM
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Going with TA's definition of WWII starting with P | |
