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February 16th, 2005, 10:22 PM
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Because the Red Army was a few yards away?  Because it was home-made poison? 
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February 16th, 2005, 10:53 PM
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The dog gave him fleas? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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February 17th, 2005, 08:55 AM
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Maybe it wasn't poison at all, maybe Eva was just a very poor cook and the dog got the leftovers?
Really, I can't recall reading anything about why the poison had to be tested, just that it was. Maybe it was old? He didn't trust his doctors? Argh!
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February 17th, 2005, 09:10 AM
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Guys, guys....
I give Friedrich the chance to answer this first after this hint:
Who gave the poison to Hitler and who did Hitler think was the most loyal one and was not? Quite easy, right??
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February 17th, 2005, 03:20 PM
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Göring? Himmler? Goebbels?
Was it Blondi (not Eva, the dog) the one he thrusted the most?
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February 17th, 2005, 03:51 PM
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OK, you get to ask Friedrich,
but "der treue Heinrich" was what Hitler called Himmler and the poison was given to Hitler by Himmler and once Hitler heard of the treason Himmler had done ( negotiations with the allied ) he started suspecting the poison capsules and one was given to his dog to test the effect, although they probably would have killed Blondi anyway...
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February 17th, 2005, 05:04 PM
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Alright, not exactly WWII, but about a WWII character.
He was the officer responsible for all telephone and wire communications of the German V Army in 1916 at Verdun. This all communications and the butchery of the battle affected his military thinking.
Who was he?
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February 24th, 2005, 05:47 PM
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Come on! It's not so difficult… the man influenced the entire German tactical theories in the 1930s…
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February 25th, 2005, 12:05 PM
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Heinz Guderian?
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February 26th, 2005, 12:32 AM
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Bah! Only becaused of the clue I gave…! [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]
Yes, dear Kai. Your turn. 
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February 26th, 2005, 05:09 PM
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Of course Friedrich, the clue helped!
Next question: Who was the famous waffen-SS high ranked officer who had his cuff title and eagle on his shoulder and the totenkopf on the cap made in "gold"? ( I think there was only one..)
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February 28th, 2005, 12:39 PM
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He was famous for his effect on morale of troops yet claimed not to have understood the maps at all...
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February 28th, 2005, 03:12 PM
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Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich?
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February 28th, 2005, 04:37 PM
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That is correct. Over to you, Friedrich!
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March 1st, 2005, 02:36 PM
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Who was the top-scoring female fighter-pilot of WWII and all aviation history?
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March 1st, 2005, 04:34 PM
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That would be Russian ace Lilya Litvyak. She had 12 kills before she was shot down and killed on 01/08/1943.
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March 1st, 2005, 05:07 PM
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Correct, colonel. Over to you.
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March 4th, 2005, 01:40 AM
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What was the only German ship larger than a light cruiser that was fit for duty by the time of the general surrender in 1945?
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March 4th, 2005, 10:39 AM
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Prinz Eugen
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March 5th, 2005, 11:48 AM
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pocket-battleship "Lutzow"...scuttled in May '45.
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March 6th, 2005, 09:07 PM
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Correct, Hamburg. My sources say it is the Prinz Eugen.
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March 7th, 2005, 07:44 AM
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Another naval question. There was an idea for exchanging a newly built British battleship HMS Duke of York for a number of American heavy cruisers. The question is for how many cruisers and why was the idea rejected?
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March 9th, 2005, 10:14 AM
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Hint: the number of cruisers is equal to the caliber of their main guns.
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March 9th, 2005, 10:29 AM
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Dont know the answer to that one, but can we reconsider the deal based on what we have today?
In fact a few cruisers for the present Duke of York seems a great idea.
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March 14th, 2005, 01:45 PM
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The idea was to exchange HMS Duke of York for eight American 8-inch gun cruisers. Main reason for rejecting the idea was the serious manpower shortage in RN.
New question: What did Oberleutnant Armin Faber do for the British?
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