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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
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Person: Zoya Kosmodemjanskaja
Mission: Reconnaissance and sabotage behind enemy lines. Particularly to set fire to houses where German soldiers were bivouacked...in the village of Petrishchevo.
If that's correct then try my question once more...radar is incorrect...hint: naval device...
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October 22nd, 2007, 08:34 PM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
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Easy one here... What device was suggested, but, after consideration, deemed unnecessary that could have changed the outcome of the attack against Pearl Harbor?
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just a guess....
Torpedo Nets?
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October 23rd, 2007, 03:13 AM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Okay.... I'm having a little trouble here coming up with something suitably challenging for this board of WWII geniuses.... so, I'm just going to throw it open....
.... first person that comes up with a good question, go ahead and post it.
- keep things moving along, and all that.
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
I'll take it Lou,
Slava had better get this one.
In the early days of of the war in 1941, this Russian general led a counter-attack against German tanks armed only with a pistol. Who was he?
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October 23rd, 2007, 05:03 AM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
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What was the codename for the device that provided a diversion for the first U.S. bombing raid over Europe in 1942?
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October 24th, 2007, 08:31 PM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Wow.... I'm coming up a crapper here....
my digging has come up with the following:
on July 4, '42 - there was a raid by 12 RAF-marked Bostons (A-20's), 6 of which were crewed by American 8th Air Force crews. The targets were 4 airfields in Holland.
on July 12, '42 - 6 RAF-marked Bostons with American 8th Air Force crews raided the airfield at Abbeville.
on August 17, '42 - 12 8th Air Force B-17's conducted the first B-17 raid of the war. The target was the Rouen marshalling yards, and the diversion was an attack/feint by 6 B-17's on the French coast.
I find no mention of a 'diversionary device' in either of my sources*.
How about a hint??
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* The Mighty Eighth - Gerald Astor
WEAPONS OF WAR: The B-17 Flying Fortress - Robert Jackson
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
You're there, just dig a little deeper...
Hint: British airborne ground radar spoofer installed in aircraft 17 August 1942...
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October 24th, 2007, 10:02 PM
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Tinsel?
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
This may be an obscure bit of information, so, I'll just go ahead and give it to you...almost...
It was developed by a team of Brits under Sir Robert Cockburn...
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Sorry. The answer is " Moonshine."
[8.0] Electronic Warfare Against The Axis (1)
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Okay - I'll dive in here to keep things moving along:
We're all familiar with British Operation 'Chastise' (the Dambusters raid) against the hydroelectric dams in Germany carried out by a squadron of Lancasters equipped with specially designed spinning 'depth charge' bombs that skipped across the water until they struck the dam, and then sank and detonated.
The question is:
What other country developed a similar technology, and when, where and against what target did they use it?
....the clock is ticking, gentlemen.
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Germany and the USSR both had their versions of the bouncing bombs.
The Germans tried to deploy this weapon against the British shipping but was unsuccesful, infact more on the lines of a disaster.
The USSR used this weapon in the sinking of the German anti-aircraft cruiser Niobe in Kotka, Finland on 16 July 1944.
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
34 MINUTES???????
You got my question in 34 MINUTES???? 
Good grief!
okay.....okay.....
....I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100...... 
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Bingo!
Your go, Slip...
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Ok, I am one of the few Americans which doubted German success in Russia from the very start. I have met with Stalin on several occasions representing the United States and did not denounce Communism, as a result I bumped heads with other officials but had full support from Roosevelt.....
Who am I?
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Re: WWII Forums Quiz Part VII
Armand Hammer?
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Nope....
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