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December 13th, 2005, 09:10 AM
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Skopje might be it but I guess Kiev. I remember that German HQ at one point calculated that they could feed 1.5 million and there were some 2 million in the city so they got rid of some 500,000. Kiev and German Army ( SS and Wehrmacht ).
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December 13th, 2005, 10:09 AM
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Skopje was in the same coutry before 1990 as the city we are looking for.
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December 13th, 2005, 06:01 PM
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Zagreb?? By Croatia.
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December 14th, 2005, 06:16 AM
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We are getting closer.
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December 14th, 2005, 06:36 AM
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Minsk by AGC?
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December 14th, 2005, 10:21 AM
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No, closer to Zagreb.
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December 14th, 2005, 11:44 AM
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Sarajevo and German/Italian army?
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December 14th, 2005, 01:23 PM
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Nope, getting colder.
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December 14th, 2005, 03:17 PM
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Samabor?
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December 15th, 2005, 07:00 AM
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No, think OSCE.
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December 15th, 2005, 01:11 PM
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hmm...
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December 16th, 2005, 05:42 AM
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December 16th, 2005, 02:38 PM
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Sarajevo by Croatia?
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December 20th, 2005, 07:30 AM
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No, it was Ljubljana, present capitol of Republic of Slovenia, that got sorounded by barb wire. I still want to know who did it.
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December 20th, 2005, 09:25 AM
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Italy ?
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December 20th, 2005, 02:11 PM
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Seems like it is your question Martin:
In 1941 the city was occupied by the Italians, who surrounded it with barbed wire in 1942. After the capitulation of Italy, Ljubljana was occupied by the Germans.
http://www.geocities.com/ljubljanalife/Ljpast.htm
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December 21st, 2005, 07:15 AM
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Martin, you got it.
Italians enclosed Ljubljana with 41 kilometres of barbed wire, which connected 69 bunkers and 11 checkpoints. The city became hostage of the Italian fascist army.
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December 21st, 2005, 08:33 AM
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Good question though, hamburg - I'd not previously been aware of this.
Now I will have to scratch my head to think of a question.... 
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OK, this is a sort of multi-part movie/wwii question but what the heck ? It's Christmas.....
The fictional Bomb Group in the legendary movie 'Twelve O'Clock High' was based on which real-life Group ? Which UK airfield did they fly from, and why was their most famous member famous for supposedly peeling potatoes ?
Go to it, men ! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
[ 21. December 2005, 03:46 AM: Message edited by: Martin Bull ]
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December 21st, 2005, 09:33 AM
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Ah, fishing for a hint here.....Was the potato-peeler perhaps peeling those potatoes when USAAF brass came to the airfield to award him some high medal? 
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December 21st, 2005, 10:38 AM
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Errrr.....yes...... 
( I've a feeling that 2nd Lootenant Oudshoorn is going to spoil my fun here.... [img]tongue.gif[/img] )
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Quote:
Originally posted by Martin Bull:
Good question though, hamburg - I'd not previously been aware of this.
Now I will have to scratch my head to think of a question....
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OK, this is a sort of multi-part movie/wwii question but what the heck ? It's Christmas.....
The fictional Bomb Group in the legendary movie 'Twelve O'Clock High' was based on which real-life Group ? Which UK airfield did they fly from, and why was their most famous member famous for supposedly peeling potatoes ?
Go to it, men ! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, stationed near London during World War II.
Potatot-peeler= Brigadier General Savage
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February 12th, 2006, 07:55 AM
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Close, Celestial - but no cigar ! You got the fictional outfit right....I was after the real one....
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LtCol Beirne Lay, Jr.
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February 12th, 2006, 11:19 AM
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Beirne Lay wrote the book but it's not the answer... divide by three ( which is what Lay did ) and you're on your way.
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