here's a new one

1. In January 1916, was accepted into the Royal Flying Corps.
2. Was briefly deployed to Turkey in 1922/3 during the Chanak Crisis.
3. Was appointed as Air Officer Commander in Chief, RAF Middle East Command in June 1941.
4. Was knighted in 1942.
5. In 1950 he became Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

1. In 1936 was appointed Air Commanding Officer of RAF Far Eastern Forces.
2. Was Chief of Air Staff from 1946 to 1950.
3. Died of Parkinson's Disease in 1967

Marshal of the Royal Air Force:
Arthur W. Tedder

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

yep, nice one, your turn Soar

1. Received the Distinguished Service Order as part of the Royal Navy in Gallipoli.
2. Born in London, England.
3. Received nine wounds in World War I
4. Received Distinguished Service Order, Victoria Cross, Croix de Guerre, and was Knight Commander of the Order of Bath by the end of World War II.
5. Killed by one of his war wounds at Windsor on 4 July 1963.

Should be quite hard, I intentionally left out the more obvious facts. He is, however, quite famous. Have fun

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

i think i have it

1. From 1921 to 1925 he was a staff officer in the headquarters of the 44th Division.
2. Was injured in an aircraft accident in September 1944.
3. Served as Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 until 1952.

Bernard Freyberg aka 1st Baron Freyberg?

darn it, that went fast. I tried to insert the Royal navy to throw people off, and even completely left out New Zealand.

Great job General Patton. Your turn

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

lol, thank you, but to be honost, i have never really heard of any of these guys before... i just randomly look up their information on the web hoping that i will find something about them on the web... and i will post another person after i get back home from school today... i dont have enough time this morning to look for a good one right now

well then, i hope your learning, and not just answering the questions.
I should throw in a repeat to see if I can catch u off guard.

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

lol, believe me, i am learning a lot from this, seeing as WW2 is my favorite topic to learn about, how could i not learn from this and i think i have another person... i found him in one of my books

1. Was a First World War air ace and Second World War commander.
2. He was the son of a Scottish geologist for a mining company.
3. Commanded an artillery battery during the August 1915 attack on Suvla Bay.
4. Responsible for the fighter defence of London and southeast England, in April 1940.
5. Went to Egypt as Air Officer Commanding, where he built up the air defence of the Nile Delta.

number 4 gave it away right away

1. Tally of five destroyed and 14 out of control in World War I
2. Was Air Vice Marshal at the start of the Battle of Britain
3. Had a personalized Hawker Hurricane

Keith Park

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

lol, yep, nice one... i had to throw one in there that would have been kind of helpful... thats why i didnt put anything about Malta in there because i thought that would have given it right away too

Vague clues: Have fun.
1. General in World War I.
2. Politician career in between and after the World Wars.
3. Commanded in the Mediterranean theater.
4. Did not have high opinion of his own country's military capability.
5. Birthplace is now named after him.

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

wow, this one is going to be tough... you are going to have to give me a bit of time with this one, lol

i officialy give up on this one... i really cant find any leads as to who this person might be

I've spent too long looking now... the country will help?

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Looking for mm24 EK2's and anything related to the Altmark (especially photos!)

Albert Kesserling??

I dont believe it was Kesselring because he became head of the Department of Administration at the Reich Commissariat for Aviation between the 2 world wars.

I dont believe it was Kesselring because he became head of the Department of Administration at the Reich Commissariat for Aviation between the 2 world wars.

He wasnt a general in ww1 either, was on the general staff I believe, but I was just guessing off top of my head, as this one has pretty much defeated us.

Field Marshal Pietro Badoglio, staff general in the Italian Army during WWI, Fascist senator between the wars, Italian commander in Ethiopia and Lybia, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (1943-1945). Born in Grazzano, now called Grazzano Badoglio.

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun

sry for my awol, spring break vacation...
anyways...
Friedrich is the winner!!
Great job on that one. Did you get it right away, or did you do a little snooping first?

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

I had a vague idea that it may be Badoglio, then I googled it and found that his town had been re-named after him and that was it... It didn't take more than a minute!

Now, let me think on a guy...

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun

OK, I have one:

• Born in Berlin of an upper-class Prussian family.
• An artilleryman.
• Student of the War Academy in Berlin.
• Member of the General Staff during WWI.
• Ended the war as major and received the Iron Cross I Class.
• Remained in the Army and kept escalating positions, up and up...

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun

Yes! I think I got it...the artillery gave it away right away...

1. Despite disliking the political standpoint of the Nazis, he was quite close to Hitler, even borrowing a large sum of money. (It was nothing to Hitler, obviously.)
2. Passively opposed Hitler's Anschluss and Fall Grun, but did absolutely nothing to help or hinder the 1938 coup plotters.
3. Heart attack resulted in his relief from command. He spent the last three years in a hunting lodge in former Czechoslovakia.

Walter von Brauchitsch

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

Exactly! Your go, Stoar!

Well done. I think it was too difficult, but I now think differently!

But the artillery thing is misguiding... his first regiment was an élite Guard regiment...

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun