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May 21st, 2003, 04:36 PM
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Nope - must be someone else's, urqh...
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May 21st, 2003, 04:37 PM
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May 21st, 2003, 04:42 PM
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No !! 
This is great fun .... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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May 21st, 2003, 05:07 PM
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Greycap...?
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May 21st, 2003, 05:27 PM
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Well done, Kai !
Greycap Leader it was....
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May 21st, 2003, 06:10 PM
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My oh My!
I read it in a review ( in Finnish) of his book and he calls himself "Greycap" in one place...Don´t know the history to it though...
Wow!
Ok, so here´s the next question:
What did engineer Hauptsturmführer Wim Brandt and Professor Otto Schick create?
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May 21st, 2003, 09:09 PM
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Camoflage?
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The 'Krummlauf' barrel design for later war German assault rifles and machine pistoles.
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May 22nd, 2003, 07:34 AM
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KmPok-indeed. That´s the correct answer.
Your question, please.
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May 22nd, 2003, 04:07 PM
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OK.
Keeping to the uniform theme, who designed the double lightening design for the "Schutzstaffel"?
And, on a side note, how much was he paid?
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Walter Heck,worked for Ferdinand Hoffstatter of Bonn,party member.He was paid 2,5 Reichsmarks
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May 23rd, 2003, 12:08 AM
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Right on all counts.
Your turn, Tommy.
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May 23rd, 2003, 05:26 PM
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Sorry about the delay chaps,went to bed after my last post and have been at work all day 
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Sorry about the delay chaps,went to bed after my last post and have been at work all day
Near what town did that charming man SS Obergruppenfuhrer Theodore Eicke of the SS Totenkopf division receive a full divisional funeral in 1943 ?
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The same place he ordered 100 British POWs executed...Le Paradis...
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Panzerknacker,Le Paradis lives in infamy but it wasn't where his funeral was (It was on the Eastern front....)
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In checking this I have come across two place names rather than just the one I had in mind,so I will accept either.Give you a clue,they are both in the Ukraine and both start with the letter O.....
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May 24th, 2003, 04:05 PM
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Orel ?
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May 24th, 2003, 05:13 PM
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Martin you are sooooo close (add another two letters )
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Orelka, Russia. Since Martin got the answer first, I will let him have it. Call it gentleman sportmanship.
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May 24th, 2003, 05:32 PM
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PzJgr you are a gentleman
Over to you Martin.
Ps And may Mr Eicke rot in hell
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May 24th, 2003, 07:16 PM
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No, come on - I was only guessing anyway and let's face it, I'd be a real heel to steal a man's question on his Birthday ! [img]redface.gif[/img]
So thanks, PzJgr - but over to you for the next question.....
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Good show Martin I must say...Happy Birthday PzJgr by the way!!!
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Well thank you all and here is the question.
This person was born at Franfurt-am-oder on 14 September 1886. During WWI, he served in several staff posts and was retained in the Reichswehr afterwards. He developed an interest in mobile tactics and the tanks needed to implement them. By 1938, he had risen to the rank of major-general and was commander of the 1st light division based in Thuringia. He led the XVI Korps during the invasions of Poland and France. He led the 4th Panzergruppe in Barbarossa. he was relieved of command when he authorized a tactical retreat during the Russian counteroffensive and discharged from the Army.
Who is he and what how did he meet his end?
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Generaloberst Erich Hoepner.
He participated in the july plot against Hitler, he was arrested and hanged at Plötzensee prison on August 8th 1944.
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