WWII Forums Quiz Part VII

[Slipdigit]

Not correct. It was not the guards.

[scarface]

....The last bodies to be burned in these ovens were those of the Nazi war criminals who were condemned to death at the Nuremberg trial, including top Nazi Hermann Göring who committed suicide before he could be executed. According to Robert E. Conot in his book "Justice at Nuremberg," their ashes were scattered in a stream outside the city of Munich, the birthplace of the Nazi movement.

from here

-whatever

-Lou

[skunk works]

Sounds good to me, or so they say. Weren't they all necked? Hopefully they didn't burn up all that valuable Nazi regalia. Naw, them boys took all that stuff home, or traded it for a beer.

[Slipdigit]

Lou, you're the man. Give it a go.

[scarface]

What aircraft carrier was nicknamed 'The Blue Ghost'..... and why?

whatever

-Lou

[Slipdigit]

The Lexington CV-16 not CV-2

[scarface]

ahem!.... and why?...

[TA152]

They have the carrier bathed in blue flood lights at Corpus Christi and it looks really cool at night.

Not the reason for the name but I am sure our esteemed and learned and wonderful modulator will guess the answer later or sooner !

[Slipdigit]

She looked like Caspar?

She was reported sunk several times by the Japanese and wasn't camouflaged.

[TA152]

Also she was painted dark blue like the USS Texas is painted now.

TPWD: Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site. - History

scrool to bottom for dark blue

[scarface]

Originally Posted by TA152

They have the carrier bathed in blue flood lights at Corpus Christi

Nope!

Originally Posted by Slipdigit

She looked like Caspar?

Nope!

Originally Posted by Slipdigit

She was reported sunk several times by the Japanese.

Nope!

CV-16 was the only carrier not painted in camouflage colors.

Your go, Jeff.

-whatever

-Lou

EDIT: Actually, I just checked Wiki, and they say that lack of camouflage was 'part' of the reason for the nickname.... so, Jeff's answers are likely correct, too.

I'm gonna have to draw the line at 'Caspar' and the 'blue light' thing, though.... that's a bit of a stretch, and, after all...



... it is MY question!

-w/e
-L

[Slipdigit]

Staying with post-war trials genre.

Why was Nuremburg chosen over cities like Berlin for the trials?

[scarface]

a quick guess here....


.... less bomb damage?

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-Lou

[Slipdigit]

well, sorta close, but need more specifics.

[scarface]

Because they had the only operating brewery left in Germany???

No, no.....wait! Wiki gives the following reasons:

• It was located in the American occupation zone
• The Nuremberg Palace of Justice was spacious and largely undamaged (one of the few that had remained largely intact through extensive Allied bombing of Germany). A large prison was also part of the complex.
• The city had been the location of the Nazi party's Nuremberg rallies, there was symbolic value in making it the place of the Nazi demise.
• As a compromise it was agreed that Berlin would become the permanent seat of the International Military Tribunal and that the first trial (several were planned) would take place in Nuremberg.

Because of the Cold War, there were no subsequent trials.

Yeah, I'll go with that....the Palace of Justice one.

hmmmmmm??????

-whatever

-Lou

[Slipdigit]

Close enough. My source stated the prison as being the reason. It was only undamaged one large enough to hold the prisoners in one spot.

quiz us, Lou.

[scarface]

OK.....and carrying on with the 'Post-war trials' genre.....


Who was pardoned on January 19, 1977?

-whatever

-Lou

[Slipdigit]

Ikuko Toguri aka Iva Toguir D'Aquino aka Tokyo Rose

[T. A. Gardner]

CV-16 was the only carrier not painted in camouflage colors.

This is absolutely wrong. Lexington wore measure 21 solid navy blue camoflauge until mid 1945 when she was repainted into Measure 12 navy blue (or possibly 5-N navy grey) to the hanger bay with haze grey above.
But in addition to Lexington, Cabot (CV 28) and, Langley (CV-27) also never got a mulit-color "dazzle" pattern measure 32, 33 or 34 like many other carriers. Just thought we should be correct on this....

[scarface]

damn!

you got it, Jeff!

keep 'em rolling...

-whatever

-Lou