WWII Forums Quiz Part II

OK: I will give you part of the answer. The second invasion site was thought to be Civitavecchia.

 

In English or German please--I do not verstand Italian.

 

Sorry Steve, this one's got me beat.
I have checked every source that I have : Kesselring's, von Senger's and Clark's memoirs,'Tug Of war','Circles Of Hell', 'Rome Fell Today',etc etc.
And I can't find the answer !!

Clark suggested this operation to Alexander, who rejected it out of hand. However, plans were put in hand to give the appearance that a further invasion would happen, with the 36th Dvn being sent back to Naples for high-profile amphibious training. Allied aircraft flew observation flights over the Civitavecchia beaches.
However, I cannot find out which division Kesselring sent there......

 

Hi Martin: I am going to give you this one. Kesselring sent 14th Army troops to keep an eye out for the a landing that would never take place. My source is "The Rock of Anzio" by Flint Whitlock, which by the way is an excellent book. Your turn.

 

Thanks, Steve - must be just about the only book about Anzio I haven't got !

NEXT QUESTION : ( Not too obscure - we're getting complaints ! )

Which tormented Allied fighter 'ace' was credited with shooting down 27 enemy aircraft in 14 days, and survived a Liberator crash only to die in another plane crash in 1948 ?

 

BAGRATION---OR TAIFUN????

 

Sorry guys-wrong quiz!!!!

 

Charles Mcdonald?

 

Dick Bong?

 

Good tries, guys - but way out.

This is not an 'obscure' question !
Two clues : he became an overnight National hero, and his spectacular victories were scored over Malta......

 

"Buzz" Beurling...?

 

Well done, Kai-Petri - splendid !

Indeed it was George 'Buzz' Beurling - probably Canada's most famous air hero of WWII. His short life and career make fascinating reading.

Over to you.......

 

Hey where´s my question??

Ok, again.

I didn´t find the story in the net so I must do it by heart.here´s the riddle:

I am battling about Leningrad in 1941, as during the intial phase of a Russian offensive all my comrades die. With my 5 cm AT gun I manage to destroy alone 6 tanks, and the attack is worn down.No help arrives. The next day 10 russian tanks arrive, I get wounded, the optics of the gun are destroyed, yet through aiming through the mouth of the gun I kill 7 more tanks. As well as killing many russian soldiers. The Russian attack stops again. the German counter attack finds me, and comrades are amazed. As well as the destroyed tanks there are about 100 dead Russian soldiers.

I am later decorated with a medal of high order for my deed.

Who am I?

 

SS Unterscharfuhrer Fritz Christen

 

None other than my friend Ritterkrueztrager, Remy Schrijnen--from SS Sturmbrigade Langemarck.

 

Panzerknacker-you´re right!!
Shows you that one man can make the difference-sometimes!

Ok,it´s your turn now!

 

OK-i want to make this hard, but not too hard.
So here goes...

Who Am I?

In May 1944, I was awarded a Victoria Cross after single-handedly destroying a German tank-with a weapon I had never handled before-, and scaring the crew of the second to reverse It's vehicle from the attack.
On my return home, 2000 peopel welcomed me as a hero. In 1982 however, my medal was stolen by a burglar, and 9 months later, I wrote a letter to my mother saying I had nothign to live for-and I jumped in front of a train....

 

Hi Panzerknacker, Is it Francis Arthur Jefferson?

 

And he fired it from the hip....hehehe (sorry!)