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January 19th, 2005, 01:30 AM
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Correct Hessler!
TA, I really do want to know where you found that info...
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How many Japanese POWs were taken on the island of Tarawa?
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There are a number of sources on the raid that say it was the 8th Air Force but I now find out it was the 15th Air Force that made the raid I was thinking of.  Here is a good one from Air Force magizane;
http://www.afa.org/magazine/valor/0591valor.asp
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The majority of the books I have in my possesion say 17 although one says 18 and one says 21. Since majority rules....I will go with 17.
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January 19th, 2005, 04:03 AM
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Correct Bill. My sources say 17.
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January 19th, 2005, 06:39 AM
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Ok then. During WWII 3 appendectomies were preformed on US submarines while on a war patrol. Name the three subs and for bonus pts, can you tell me what year they were preformed in.
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January 19th, 2005, 06:52 PM
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I am going to take a stab at this one and say the USS Seadragon, USS Grayback and USS Silversides. I think all were performed in 1942.
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I am going to take a stab at this one and say the USS Seadragon, USS Grayback and USS Silversides. I think all were performed in 1942.
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Even got them in the order of occurance and you are also correct in that they all took place between September and Decemeber of 1942.
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What was the most destructive air raid of the war?
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What was the most destructive air raid of the war?
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Would this be the March 9-10, 1945 incendiary bombing raid over Tokyo?
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Correct Bill. Back to you.
The most destructive air raid of the war was against Japan's capital city, Tokyo. During the night of March 9/10, 1945, 1,665 tons of napalm-filled bombs (I love the smell of napalm in the morning.  I just had to say that.) was dropped on the city from 279 US B-29 bombers. The death toll was greater than that at Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the official count being 83,793 Japanese killed. Another 41, 000 were severely injured or burned. The Allied air attacks on Tokyo destroyed 15.8 square miles of the city.
The RAF launched a heavy attack (over 800 bombers in two separate waves, which is followed the next day by 400 bombers of the US 8th Air Force) against Dresden. The Raids are estimated to have killed in a fire-bombing holocaust, 35,000 to 135,000 people and becomes the most destructive raid of the war in Europe.
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How many US Admirals were promoted to the rank of Fleet Admiral (5-star) prior to the end of World War II and who were they?
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Four. Halsey, Leahy, Nimitz and, King.
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Sorry T.A. ....this is not quite right....read the question a bit closer.
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I believe there were three. They were Leahy, Nimitz, and King. Halsey didn't become a fleet admiral until December 11, 1945. WWII ended on August 15th when VJ Day was declared.
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Correct Col...Halsey was not promoted to the rank of fleet admiral until Dec. 1945 after the cessation of hostilities with Japan.
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After the invasion of Crete, German parachute troops were almost only used as ordinary ground troops. In the summer of 1943, however, there was a plan that involved the landing of two German divisions by parachute to reach an important goal that never was carried out. What was the goal of this plan?
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Since no one got it yet, here is a hint. Think Eastern Front.
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1943? In 1942 they intended to land fallschirmjäger to the oil fields at Baku but don´t remember any ops for 1943...? I might be wrong though.
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Sorry Kai, that is not the answer I am looking for.
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In 1943 in the eastern front apart from Kursk and Kharkov not many attack operations for Germans.
Ok, I say Stalingrad. Maybe someone was mad enough to think of sending men there to help.
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Well apart from operation Edelwiess I cant find much else...
I will have to go away and dig a little more...
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Since no one got it yet, I am going tell tell you guys the answer. The answer is to end the siege of Leningrad.
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Since no one got it yet, I am going tell tell you guys the answer. The answer is to end the siege of Leningrad.
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More likely to end the Fallschirmjäger.... What idiot thought dropping paratroops into a besieged, well defended city was a good idea? Just wondering.
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Monday, January 11, 1943 www.onwar.com
On the Eastern Front... The siege of Leningrad, in the north, is partially broken. A narrow land corridor is opened south of Lake Ladoga by coordinated attacks from the Leningrad garrison and the Soviet Volkhov Front.
Breaking the deadly ring: Troops of the 136th Rifle Division rush across frozen Neva river during Operation Spark in January 1943. Diorama from Lifting the Siege Museum, Marjino village, Kirovsk region.
http://www.bair-travels.com/battlefield/siege.htm
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