WWII Forums Quiz Part II

Meyer might have been the youngest, but I think the lowest ranking officer to take over was Christian Tysen...He took over 2nd SS Das Reich after the death of their CO. That was around the same time, during the Normandy campaign. He was killed only three days later. Am at work right now, so I can't verify, but will do when I am home.

[ 19 September 2002, 05:00 AM: Message edited by: Stevin Oudshoorn ]

 

If you would be so kind to tell me the rank of those officers then you might be correct and I wrong. But for the moment you still being WRONG!!!

 

Kurt Meyer was standartenfuhrer, a colonel at the time. Sorry about forgetting the main issua here...

 

On July 26, obersturmbannfuhrer Christian Tychsen took over control of 2nd SS Das Reich from General Lammerding, when the latter was wounded. Tychsen was KIA two days later, when ambushed by a partol of the 2nd Armored Div.

 

No, no, no! You are still wrong!!!

Clues: he was not a major and he commanded a 13.000 men elite division of the Wehrmacht.

 

Sorry Friedrich, working on it with the search engines but only colonels coming up.Elite Wehrmacht, isn´t that something like Grossdeutschland, 116th Pzdiv or Panzer lehr..

I don´t fancy going through all the divisions so do give us a clue on the time period, please.Berlin 1945?

http://www.feldgrau.com/heer.html
But I don´t find it...

 

Come on! It's not so bloody difficult!!! Last clue: It happened in 1940. That's all!

Now, let's see who can give me the answer! Where are our experts (Carl, Martin, Erich, Crazy, etc.)

 

You got me on this one Friedrich.

A wild guess: Joachim Peiper!

 

Didn't you read, Carl? I said Wehrmacht!!!


Shame on you all!!!

Should I skip to other question?

 

Argh! Can´t find it...Well, at least I found the youngest General of Wehrmacht but it is no good here. But for the sake of finding something:Lt. General Otto Ernst Remer-famous German general-- the youngest in the history of the Wehrmacht.

http://members.shaw.ca/grossdeutschland/remer.htm

But please tell us who it is,Friedrich...This should be quite interesting.

 

Friedrich--the Waffen SS IS a part of the Wehrmacht.

 

Carl, I perfectly know what the bloody Wehrmacht is. Actually, it includes the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Heer and Waffen SS!!! OKW sounds familiar?!

Well, I will make a correction: it was a Heer division...

Kai, I was just wondering that, who was the youngest general of the Wehrmacht? How old was he? I have heard of him.

I will come with the answer and a new question tomorrow.

Shame on you all!

 

Otto Ernst Remer was born in August 1912 so he was 32 years old as he was promoted to General. Did not find the exact time, yet.
On 20th July 1944 he was promoted on the spot to colonel from major, so quite an achievement.

 

In a case like this--you had to specify--even though I already knew which branch you were talking about but, I just wanted to make sure.

 

Shame on you all!!!

The name of the lowest ranked officer who commanded a division in the German Wehrmacht was Hauptmann (captain) Graf Johann Adolf von Kielmansegg who took command of the 1. Panzerdivision on May 17th 1940, in the precise momment when colonel Charles DeGaulle's 4e. Division Blindée was attacking the 1. Panzerdivision in Lisle-Montcornet.

On May 15th, the division commander, Generalmajor Friedrich Kirchner was laying on the ground, sleeping, he bloody needed a rest. But then, some fool Panzer commander in a Pz II passed over Kirchner's knee. He obviously lost his leg. Then, Major Wenck and Hauptmann Von Kielmansegg, Kirchner's chieffs of staff took command, in a certain way receiving orders from Kirchner, who yelled orders from a bed in the rear, but they actually had to command Germany's best division. But on the 17th, Major Wenck had returned from the XIX Panzerkorps' headquarters, after witnessing a hard fight between generals Guderian and Von Kleist. Wenck went back just in the precise moment when DaGaulle's tanks (including heavy Char-Bs) were smashing the German lines. He got hit. Then Von Kielmansegg had to gave orders, coordinate the deffense and counter attack and tell Guderian about everything. DaGaulles' counterattack was repelled.

 

Dang !! It was on the tip of my tongue all along !

 

Now, something easy, you ignorants!

Which was the Greek counterpart of the "Maginot Line" and why was it named that way? Explain also a bit of its History and data.

 

I know it was the Metaxas line, named after the dictator General Metaxas. Or a famous brand of Ouzo, take your pick.

Metaxas was pretty much airbrushed out of Greek History for a while, after all he was a military dictator appointed by the Monarch so post-war it wasn't the sort of thing to shout about. It was pierced by the German XVIII Corps, but was pretty much outflanked anyway. By this time the key allied defense had moved south to the Aliakamon position. The 3 Greek Divisions manning the front refused to withdraw south, and paid for it.

Jumbo

 

It is up to you Jumbo!